Witchking: You're welcome! have another!
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So you have an evil he-thing and a bunch of morlockian stooges. Is the he-thing your protagonist, or your set-up guy for the protagonist?
Nar & Feanaro: (Hmmm, notice a certain similarity in the monikers?)
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[H]ow do you get your characters into interesting trouble? How do you put them in jeopardy?
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Well, since my story is already complete and now in revision number thirteen-thousand-eight-hundred-and-twenty-six, I feel I can answer this with some definition.
My coin is ruling passion. The heads side is the positive, the tails side is the negative. O.'s passion is adventure. His positive is boldness, his negative is recklessness. W.'s passion is personal self-esteem. His negative is passiveness and self-absorbing pride, his positive is ---- hmmm ----- perhaps self-discovery and the resulting growth of character; needless to say, he's in seriously big trouble for most of the story... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
Recklessness and passiveness can cause all kinds of problems, needless to say. Conflict, conflict, conflict, both interior and exterior. It's bound to cause an increase in recklessness and passiveness, or, on the other hand, boldness and self-discovery. These are the examples just from my two main characters. Each one of my supporting cast (which is getting humongous) has hisher own set.