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.
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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
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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.
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Ed:
“How do you justify classifying ‘solidarity’ as a biological drive in your Deep Character series?”
Resources mentioned:
Cast Away
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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.
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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
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