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DONALD MAASS WRITE TIP #88
When your MC makes a mistake, who’s let down?
Earlier, build up that character’s high regard of your MC
“I
don’t want to say I’m disappointed like I feel all-Love’ya. Don’t that slide
out easy when there isn’t any rough feelings to slow down the pace?
I
thought you were the one thing in the world I could rely on.
The
thing about disappointment is it seems it comes with the idea that I just
lost something that never existed.”
Did you put your MC on a pedestal so, when he
made a mistake, he had a long way to fall?
I think I did. Even I cried when he screwed up, and I was writing the story.
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Oh, Donna! I can sooo see you doing that!
DeleteI keep going off on re-write tangents -- in my wip -- after I've written experimental pieces, for the blog, based on Donald Maass' writing tip Tweets.
Good point! I've never thought of that. I'll have to watch more closely how I write my MC...
ReplyDeleteI tend to do the opposite--send my character down first and see if s/he can climb out.
ReplyDeleteThat seems like odd advice from Maass, only applying to very specific stories. Huckleberry Finn wouldn't benefit from him being put in higher regard. I guess for Fantasy about kings and such?
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