tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post5985795266235263133..comments2023-07-26T09:55:48.093-04:00Comments on S. R. Wood: Untangling motivationS R Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934872671798326776noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-85029377466289398612009-08-12T12:45:28.252-04:002009-08-12T12:45:28.252-04:00TO! TO Task. Hey, one difference between blogs and...TO! TO Task. Hey, one difference between blogs and print is that you can get away with tpyos in bogls, right? Who's with me?<br /><br />I can't keep track of my own ranked list of motivations day by day or scene by scene; trying to do so for a character is only slightly easier!S R Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934872671798326776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-88317949413242041172009-08-12T09:24:15.247-04:002009-08-12T09:24:15.247-04:00It's hard to define all that motivates charact...It's hard to define all that motivates characters or even all of us in real life. Too often we take the shortcut, less threatening approach to a problem, or race into something full steam with no explanation. It all depends, I suppose what our synapses are doing at that very moment or, perhaps, what we had for breakfast! Edit away!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873878223861672856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-88644436067356627532009-08-11T14:23:30.262-04:002009-08-11T14:23:30.262-04:00Props for the hidden Emperor quote. I'm also ...Props for the hidden Emperor quote. I'm also going back through my book and reexamining motivations and actions. I was inspired after hearing Brad Bird talk about making Ratatouille. He said that late in the process, he realized what was the true story and what got in the way. This led him to kill off one of the three main characters before the movie begins. Chop! So I need to be ruthless in pursuit of the story.<br /><br />Finally, one little edit: it's "...my brother took me TO task..."<br />COME ON! WHAT THE EFF IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!Peter Shttp://psoutowood.vox.comnoreply@blogger.com