Timeline for Creating and keeping track of characters
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| Feb 4, 2019 at 19:31 | comment | added | wetcircuit | …and, after writing each character as an individual arc, they all feel equally important to me – but once it is on the page (outline) it's clear some arcs have more going on than others. I have to delay the "emotional processing" of some character beats so they can occur where it narratively makes more sense. It ends up that a single character will emotionally carry a chapter. During plot climaxes everyone shifts and it feels more momentous. | |
| Feb 4, 2019 at 19:25 | comment | added | wetcircuit | Ha! Pictures would be my messy Scrivener docs, shuffling to get all the arc beats in order. Since the arcs work like subplots it's mostly dragging the "beats" to their approximate position in the story so I'll remember to include it when I write. Obviously some moments are way more important than others, so I feature the most important one. Each chapter has at least one major arc shift. The other arcs progress too, but I structure that section around the big one, so each chapter has a clear set-up and payoff. For me character IS the story, so I re-fit the main plot around these transitions. | |
| Feb 4, 2019 at 18:38 | comment | added | Cyn | Thanks. 1) I think the reason index cards work so well for my husband and so badly for me is that I'm not plotting out who is where when, because there aren't a lot of variables for my characters. Whereas for his, they can be all over the place and with other characters too. In your case, you need to plot out character development and other things that I'm able to keep in my head. Stuff I can't keep in my head you may be able to with your characters. Interesting how it all translates to different tools. 2) I want pictures!! :-) | |
| Feb 4, 2019 at 18:19 | history | answered | wetcircuit | CC BY-SA 4.0 |