Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Main characters feeling sorry for themselves

I heard a line in the movie, The Bad and the Beautiful, with Kirk Douglas, that said something to the effect:

"Never let your character feel sorry for themselves for too long."

I was also read the blog, Greetings from Nowhere, and the blogger, Barbara O'Conner, asked the question:

Does she (your main character) MAKE the story happen?

OR........

Is the story simply happening to her or around her?

Eureka! That's it! My main character is feeling sorry for herself AND not doing anything about it.

Time to give my character a pep pill.

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