Comments on: Somebody Else Says: Nathan Bransford (and Me) on Redeemability http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/ Moving Forward on the Writing Path Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/#comment-543 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:38:49 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=507#comment-543 That’s great about your premise, Andra! Sounds wonderful. And, yes, Maass’ book is fantastic.

Didn’t Wonder Woman start in WWII? Or was that Captain America? [Asks the not-so-closet comic-book fan.] I’m sure the outfit was a lot more shocking then, but you just didn’t mess with WW, no matter when!

]]> By: Andra M. http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/#comment-538 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:57:54 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=507#comment-538 I need to pick up Donald Maass’s book!

Funny, though. The premise of my first novel is how no matter how bad someone is, they’re not beyond redemption. The story even opens with my main character killing someone in his sleep.

Thanks also for the link to Nathan’s site.

Tries to imagine Wonder Woman in 1913 Chicago . . .

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/#comment-519 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:13:44 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=507#comment-519 I think impulsiveness is a great cause of “bad things.” Plus,it can turn into something that makes the MC do something great, as well, which works, I think, with Nathan’s redeemability.

]]> By: Shawna http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/#comment-518 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:11:29 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=507#comment-518 That kind of action does make the best page-turner. (I’m more and more intriged by your WIP) I suppose I was thinking that it’s because of my MC’s impulsiveness that she acts in such a way it affects all the characters in the novel. Ugh, I need another cup of coffee. : ) Articulate before caffeine doesn’t work for me.

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/#comment-517 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:29:05 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=507#comment-517 It is. I’m working on it! :)

]]> By: P. J. Hoover http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/#comment-516 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:19:33 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=507#comment-516 Yeah, it’s hard to make the people (characters) we love bad. But necessary.

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/#comment-513 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:23:03 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=507#comment-513 Shawna, I think, for me, it’s easy to forget that I need to show this “badness” in action–a big one. That’s what Nathan’s post brought home to me, that it’s not just being a certain personality with flaws, but that my MC is going to have to do a BIGGIE and then somehow make up for it.

]]> By: Shawna http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/#comment-512 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:14:14 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=507#comment-512 I think it’s easy to make our heroes all good and our villans all bad, but people aren’t that way. I read Nathan’s post but it wasn’t until I read yours that I really thought about my current WIP. She’s a bit of a hot head, impulsive but she matures. I do think I’ll have add a few nuances to my bad guy’s character to make him more complex.

Thanks for the post!

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/#comment-511 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:11:46 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=507#comment-511 Sue, that’s a great idea! I’ll have to look at some of the nasty things people are doing around my MC and see if anything needs to be shifted to her!

]]> By: Sue http://beckylevine.com/2009/02/27/somebody-else-says-nathan-bransford-and-me-on-redeemability/#comment-510 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:35:24 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=507#comment-510 I went through this with my main character. It was as if I wanted to protect him or something. But when my critique group noted that my MC’s sidekick was actually more devious than my MC, I knew something was wrong. So, all those characteristics I’d given my sidekick (his best friend), I put on the MC. He is a much more complex character for it, and far more interesting!

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