Questions 293: Mental Health in Fiction
Subscribe Here! Nicole asks: “Does accurate portrayal of mental illness makes an interesting story?” Resources: The Life of David Gale House, MD Sherlock Stephen King’s Misery (the film) Misery by Stephen King
Deep Characterization 4: Authority Styles
Subscribe Here! Today, I continue our series on deep characterization by exploring how a character’s relationship to hierarchy effects the way that character expresses, develops, and interacts with characters with other orientations. This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Questions 270: Getting Characters to Speak to You
Subscribe Here! Dan Dan the Art Man asks: “How can you create characters that feel so real to you that your characters tell you where the story should go?” Resources mentioned: Writing the Blockbuster Novel by Albert Zuckerman Writing to Sell by Scott Merideth
Deep Characterization 3: Relational Style
Subscribe Here! In the third episode in our miniseries about how to think about character and characterization, we discuss the ways that a character’s relational style impacts the structure of their lives and is shown in how they respond to the world around them. This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Questions 250: Solidarity as a Biological Drive
Subscribe Here! Ed: “How do you justify classifying ‘solidarity’ as a biological drive in your Deep Character series?” Resources mentioned: Cast Away
Deep Characterization 2: The Social Drives
Subscribe Here! In the second episode in our miniseries about how to think about character and characterization, we discuss the four basic social drives that are common to all humans, their roots, and how they can affect the flavor and makeup of a character. This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Questions 233: Unreliable Narrators
Subscribe Here! Vega asks: “What kinds of unreliable narrators are there?” Resources mentioned: The Usual Suspects How to Cheat at Everything by Simon Lovell Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking by Christopher Hadnagy and Paul Wilson Psychological Subtleties, vol 1 by Banachek Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov