Give Your Characters the Wrong Ideas
Give Your Characters the Wrong Ideas
Fallacies in Logic and Rhetoric
Errors in logic and rhetoric are a great basis for characters misrepresenting themselves, obfuscating the truth, and creating dialogue based on false information.
Especially in mysteries where the protagonist uncovers the truth using fallacies by placing them in the mouths of your characters will set your protagonist down false paths.
Think of your character's personality, what they want to hide, and what type of fallacious thinking they can use to state their case.
Thanks to Gideon Rosenblatt for the new reference tool.
https://www.zaraaltair.com/write-time-blog/give-your-characters-the-wrong-ideas
Fallacies in Logic and Rhetoric
Errors in logic and rhetoric are a great basis for characters misrepresenting themselves, obfuscating the truth, and creating dialogue based on false information.
Especially in mysteries where the protagonist uncovers the truth using fallacies by placing them in the mouths of your characters will set your protagonist down false paths.
Think of your character's personality, what they want to hide, and what type of fallacious thinking they can use to state their case.
Thanks to Gideon Rosenblatt for the new reference tool.
https://www.zaraaltair.com/write-time-blog/give-your-characters-the-wrong-ideas
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ReplyDeleteI love it when your character takes over the writing for you, Zara Altair - they relegate you to the medium as they tell you what they want to do next.
ReplyDeleteBut, for sure - they can forget their role and how they are part of a team, not the solo star in a piece, LOL. (that may say more about the writer than the character, though :-))
aside: - is that a Weebly website you're using, Zara? How are you finding it compared to WordPress?
Jason Darrell [waves] Yes, when characters take the writing is when the process is working!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a Weebly site. It's fairly simple. As you know, Wordpress.org requires a lot of maintenance plus hosting. For appearance and simple blog posting, Weebly eliminates a lot of headaches. In addition, Weebly offers more features than wordpress.com. For the moment I'm satisfied.
I do need to tweak the H1 on Weebly, but it's a simple fix.
zaraaltair.com - Header 1 Tag for Weebly Users
::waves back::
ReplyDeleteI had a Weebly site once and upgraded it, but they don't (or at least didn't) offer .co.uk as a domain.
I let it run its course, but never really drove it. I was a complete newb then.
But as I saunter towards fiction - rush head on into the supernatural and land of zombies, werewolves and vampires, if I'm honest - I might give its WYSIWYG format another try.
I have so many stories (novellas, a novel that's complete in my head, but - at around 180k words/120k written - needs trilogising, flash fiction, poetry) written that, like you, I want to focus on writing and editing, not SEO and maintaining a site.
I'd love to catch up, Zara. I'm totally busy this week, but are you free for a chat anytime next week onwards? Cud-chewing definitely allowed!!!
Jason Darrell I'd love to chat. Name a time. My week is fairly flexible. Meeting next Wednesday afternoon (your evening).
ReplyDeleteGet back to you tomorrow, Zara Altair - my wife's throwing me daggers. #PastBedTime :-o
ReplyDeleteJason Darrell Avoiding daggers is a useful skill. Talk tomorrow. :)
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