tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887010472488561421.post3454258137036183660..comments2024-03-09T17:06:32.355-08:00Comments on Hazel West's Character Purgatory: Creating the Fellowship: Characters!Hazel Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01234157921832851920noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887010472488561421.post-62542936812691949372017-03-21T18:04:46.958-07:002017-03-21T18:04:46.958-07:00I've done that in a couple stories and I would...I've done that in a couple stories and I would say that it really depends on the story and how the plot works. Sometimes, having characters all over the place is just confusing, especially when you try to use too many different POVs but it can also help to NOT be so confusing if the number of characters is just making it hard for any one of them to get screen (or in this case, page) time. <br />Think like in LotR when you had Frodo and Sam split up and then Merry and Pippin, and Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. They all had their own stories to tell and after their personal story lines concluded, they came back together for the finale (apologies if you are not a LotR fan LOL)Hazel Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234157921832851920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887010472488561421.post-52166128354094330662017-03-21T16:07:44.979-07:002017-03-21T16:07:44.979-07:00Great post! Most of my stories tend to have fairly...Great post! Most of my stories tend to have fairly small casts- I generally like to stick to duos or trios, or maybe a quartet- but in certain stories, I may eventually have to cut the cast down a bit. :P<br /><br />Question: if you have a larger cast, would you say that splitting that cast up over different locations/groups helps? Or does that just make it more confusing?Sarah Penningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377945004067760298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887010472488561421.post-47636806159747891262017-03-20T22:41:39.910-07:002017-03-20T22:41:39.910-07:00That can be a problem. I was actually going to hav...That can be a problem. I was actually going to have three POVs again in my Third Na Fianna book but decided it would be unnecessary so I just stuck with two. Usually unless you have characters in different places where others won't be, or a certain POV is necessary to the plot, cutting back as much as possible is better.<br />I'm glad you enjoyed the article :)Hazel Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234157921832851920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887010472488561421.post-37774712539474197602017-03-20T19:53:14.190-07:002017-03-20T19:53:14.190-07:00Great article! I'm kind of debating on whether...Great article! I'm kind of debating on whether or not I have too many POV characters in my current WIP. We'll see when draft 2 comes around. <br />Love how you broke it down! I'm partial to duos and trios myself. Claire B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03731278845380794276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887010472488561421.post-45770804674320968452017-03-20T13:38:47.155-07:002017-03-20T13:38:47.155-07:00That's always a good way to do it :)That's always a good way to do it :)Hazel Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234157921832851920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887010472488561421.post-20748794130197944492017-03-20T13:37:53.169-07:002017-03-20T13:37:53.169-07:00I'm glad you liked it :) I actually never real...I'm glad you liked it :) I actually never really thought about it until I wrote Blood Ties which was around the time The Hobbit movie came out and I was like, you know this is a pretty good way to introduce a lot of characters ;) I think as long as they just show up and don't cause problems it's perfectly fine :)Hazel Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234157921832851920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887010472488561421.post-51861746105512627942017-03-20T13:22:45.955-07:002017-03-20T13:22:45.955-07:00I am Bilbo; my main character(s) comes like Gandal...I am Bilbo; my main character(s) comes like Gandalf, and then the supporting cast are the Dwarves :P Abigail Leskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04220987331584276501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887010472488561421.post-57867855879233192512017-03-20T11:57:34.302-07:002017-03-20T11:57:34.302-07:00...Wow, this was a fascinating article. O_O I'......Wow, this was a fascinating article. O_O I've honestly never thought about it this way... my characters just show up and the story is written that way. *shrug* I have occasionally run into difficulties with juggling them... so I've been trying to figure out how to do that when there are a lot. But... yeah, wow, this post was really interesting! Thanks for sharing! And duos like Sherlock and Watson are some of my favorites. :DDeborah O'Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969896655321575875noreply@blogger.com