Timeline for Struggling to 'find the voice' of a character who is conflicted when speaking to a person - how can I do this?
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| Aug 27, 2022 at 19:11 | history | edited | Laurel♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 27, 2022 at 10:17 | comment | added | ProseFerret | I think you're neglecting the fact I do not want them to be 100% passive with their mother. I can write a passive character. I'm interested in writing a conflicted character. | |
| Aug 27, 2022 at 9:48 | comment | added | Amadeus | @ProseFerret They are passive with their mother; not with anybody else. You need a contrast. Part of "voice" is how it is voiced; which is the 'action' I provided. But I will leave you to your exercise. | |
| Aug 27, 2022 at 0:00 | comment | added | ProseFerret | The point of the exercise I shared was to find the voice, without action or description. It's deliberately 'taking heads'. Also, I appreciate you think the character should be more passive, but I want a big bit of this character's development to be them switching away from being passive. | |
| Aug 26, 2022 at 20:42 | history | answered | Amadeus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |