The desire to be a good person can stop you from being a whole one — that struck a cord. I love the contradictions. Feels like a permission slip to honor my own :) thank you
I am afraid of not ever witnessing my own self. I keep things from others. Keep them from myself, I’m aware. I want to break. I don’t want to sound correct, proper. What’s on the other side of proper? Will I hate what I see? But then, that will be me. I’ve never let myself break. I need to break.
Yes! Traditionally, characters in stories are categorized as protagonists (all-good) and antagonists (all-bad). But purely good or bad characters are flat, more like stereotypes than real people. The most interesting characters in stories for me are the morally ambiguous (part-good, part-bad), because they better represent real people. I find morally ambiguous people to be more interesting in part because they are unpredictable.
So interesting to hear your perspective on writing edgy characters with emotional depth. What goes through your mind when you’re giving your characters that edge?
The desire to be a good person can stop you from being a whole one — that struck a cord. I love the contradictions. Feels like a permission slip to honor my own :) thank you
I am afraid of not ever witnessing my own self. I keep things from others. Keep them from myself, I’m aware. I want to break. I don’t want to sound correct, proper. What’s on the other side of proper? Will I hate what I see? But then, that will be me. I’ve never let myself break. I need to break.
Yes! Traditionally, characters in stories are categorized as protagonists (all-good) and antagonists (all-bad). But purely good or bad characters are flat, more like stereotypes than real people. The most interesting characters in stories for me are the morally ambiguous (part-good, part-bad), because they better represent real people. I find morally ambiguous people to be more interesting in part because they are unpredictable.
Well said. But your podcast mate Alexis taught you how to harden and form a back bone. 😁
The best way to express your inner rage isn’t in being fierce though. It’s in fiercely objecting to whatever stokes the embers creating the rage.
It’s discipline in returning as smooth as water. A substance best reserved for dousing a smoldering fire in the first place.
Real and raw >>>
So interesting to hear your perspective on writing edgy characters with emotional depth. What goes through your mind when you’re giving your characters that edge?