When I’m writing a multiple POV story I like to let my other character to describe the character
@TheFinalWhistle004 жыл бұрын
Same
@anhai78673 жыл бұрын
I searched POV on Google because i was too embrassed to ask in the comment, the thing i saw is unpredictable
@hlogilehlogonolo54383 жыл бұрын
@@anhai7867 what is it
@anhai78673 жыл бұрын
@@hlogilehlogonolo5438 try it yourself
@duckuniverse60213 жыл бұрын
thats a damn good idea
@cwfcwfcwf4 жыл бұрын
I agree with not introducing a character with dialog. I did that with one novel and after my thousand rounds of editing, I practically had an entire scene written before the dialog started. :)
@rubytiger134 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it make sense to introduce a drill sargent giving commands to people they are drill sargenting
@coreymichaels33894 жыл бұрын
The sirens in the background near the end of the video were actually cops looking for Shaelin, to arrest her for the crime of passing along helpful writing tips.
@cwfcwfcwf4 жыл бұрын
They will never catch Shaelin, she will outthink them every time. :)
@Reedsy4 жыл бұрын
I managed to get away this time!
@cwfcwfcwf4 жыл бұрын
@@Reedsy 👍
@avastars33934 жыл бұрын
@@cwfcwfcwf i wanna be a writer
@diphenhydramine60724 жыл бұрын
It's annoying when there's a character you really want to add, but your story is close to its end, so you don't really have time for character development.
@gamerstheater11873 жыл бұрын
then introduce them in the end and leave it on a cliff hanger for a sequel with them
@martinlutherkingjr.29933 жыл бұрын
@@gamerstheater1187 What if your story has no place for a sequel and everything will be wrapped up perfectly.
@gamerstheater11873 жыл бұрын
@@martinlutherkingjr.2993 then kill them off an pretend they didn't exist
@Zyleace3 жыл бұрын
That actually looks like a deus ex machina to me. Give some foreshadowing first in the earlier parts of the story like some side characters talking about when this character will come or something like that. I also have that kind of character, but he's dead in the earlier parts of the story. Characters argued about him because of their backstory. Eventually he's going to be resurrected. Some buildup is important too in this case.
@greatscott92312 жыл бұрын
Zail has the right idea. Assuming you can edit your story (not a serial published as you write the installments) then go back and either add the character earlier, or as Zail suggests add a reference to that character. By the time you get to the third act you shouldn't be adding any new characters. Well, maybe an Uber driver or hot dog vendor, but not someone who will have a big effect on the story. "No. No. I'm the good brain. Come to take the bad brain back to our planet where he will stand trial for his crimes." The End.
@bookishwriter94604 жыл бұрын
*G.R.R Martin has perked up his ears*
@leech13554 жыл бұрын
Coming from a very picky reader, the best descriptions involve some kind of unique observation from the protagonist. What does the character you’re introducing look like to your protag? I won’t ever remember a munadane list of attributes, but if your protag compares them to something specific then I will remember that for the rest of the book
@dawson_cashwell4 жыл бұрын
Leech but I feel like that would only work for a story written in first person.
@leech13554 жыл бұрын
Dawson Not really? It’s very simple to get a protag’s opinion across in a third person narrative
@Reedsy4 жыл бұрын
It'll work just fine in any POV! It's a great technique @Leech, thank you for sharing :D
@HomeAtLast5013 жыл бұрын
Fitzgerald was extremely effective in using physical description to imprint a new character in the reader's mind, and to clearly distinguish them in memorable ways from other characters in the mind of the reader. I'm thinking of "The Great Gastby".
@robertlombardo8437 Жыл бұрын
Hell of a lot of characters in that one. Gotta love when he imprints the gambler on us by showing us his prized human molar cufflinks. 😂
@diphenhydramine60724 жыл бұрын
I introduce a character with dialogue when it's a mysterious character.
@ddh194544 жыл бұрын
Or a suprise attack from someone you don't know as yet
@diphenhydramine60724 жыл бұрын
@@ddh19454 That's also a good time to use it.
@robertlombardo8437 Жыл бұрын
One of the three main characters in my story is a starfighter pilot named Joker (no, not *that* one!) The way that I distinguished his younger self in the Prologue from his older, present self was this. Shortly after introducing him, I sent him on a fighter scramble that to his eye resembled the intro to Top Gun too perfectly to ignore. So he decided to have a little fun and do the whole upside-down middle finger to an enemy pilot. Of course it was way easier because air speed, inversion and wind pressure aren't a factor in space, and he was in a way more advanced craft than Maverick was. But that wasn't the point to him and it had him and his navigator howling with laughter. Fast forward to his present self and not only is he older, he's visibly far less energetic. He doesn't lead conversations like he used to, he seems absent minded and although he's a civilian pilot now, it's all very rote and routine for him. He doesn't seem to derive much joy from the act. Except when he happens to glance at a military shuttle about to land nearby and he briefly smiles wistfully before burning jets and taking off. The shuttle happens to contain the next main character and the POV switches to him rather seamlessly, I think.
@Yatukih_0018 күн бұрын
When I write characters the first sentence describes the passion of each - and that shows the reader what are their main interests, thus who these characters are.
@RodneyBuxton4 жыл бұрын
This is really great advice, and honestly something I've never consciously really thought about. Thinking back on it though I have started and introduction with a line of dialog. Too late to change it now.
@marjoriedybec34502 жыл бұрын
so helpful. I'm writing a character rich story right now and I definitely need to go back and beef up my character intros after viewing this tip. TY.
@ScottyDMcom4 жыл бұрын
Physical descriptions for a POV character in a 1st person novel are a challenge. In my WIP I open with my MMC and the introductory line that he's in love. 2nd paragraph the FMC's action gives the start of a description for him: *Little Red Feather stroked my back, running her fingers through my fur.* 3rd paragraph he describes her-how she looks and smells. Toward the bottom of the page she calls him doggy and he wonders at her naïvaté (a three-dollar word he learned at college), and marvels that for someone living at the foot of the Montana Rockies she doesn't know a wolf from a dog. She names him Cowboy: *She stroked the side of my face. "Mmmm, cowboys. Rugged, heroic, manly, and oh so hot."* On page 3 the FMC's BFF shows up and never having seen this girl the MMC gives a description of her: *Horse and rider came into view and I relaxed. It was a girl. Still in her baby fat. Her round face framed by bobbed hair and her plump arms poked out the sleeves of a baggy Blackfeet Nation tee-shirt.* I switch POVs to the FMC and through dialog between FMC and her BFF we see more of him: size, fur color, ear shape, etc. With a detailed description of his eyes, which one key to the plot: *"What’s wrong with his eyes?” she asked.* *“It’s just the way they are.” I thought his eyes were pretty. Both had narrow brown lines radiating out from his pupils, like cracks set in golden yellow. But the left had a brown zone on top, almost like a pie wedge. “He has crazy eyes.”* 3rd person descriptions of POV characters are _much_ easier.
@greatscott92314 жыл бұрын
*A surprisingly eloquent bear...* A remember a video on your personal channel where you talk about describing characters. At the time I'd described my hero and heroine upon introduction, but no one else (almost). You said without a description the character may as well be a surprisingly eloquent bear. So while editing I've been adding descriptions for my characters (usually by focusing on a main plus 1 or 2 key attributes). However near the end of Act II I _did_ have a bear. And as it happens, she is quite eloquent. And at the time she was the only other character I'd bothered to describe. This is how I introduce her: ------ I stared at the sun, now half visible above the edge of the earth, and closed my eyes. The rusty cry of the jay became the warbling chirp of a red-wing blackbird, and the whisper of the breeze through the trees became the gurgle and hiss of water sliding over stone. A slender path wound between clumps of diamond willow, which screened my view of a creek. Someone wept. I followed the path around a red-stemmed willow bush, and froze. An enormous bear sat upright on a log, a human-like pose. Its brown hairs tipped with blond across its shoulders and down its broad back. Head down, it held its face in its paws and sobbed. Fear gave way to sympathy. My heart broke to hear such pain. I stepped forward and laid my hand on her broad shoulder. “Mother bear, why do you weep?” She lifted her head and looked at me. “I weep for the foolish choices I have made, little one.” The way her lips moved fascinated me. Tears soaked the fur below her eyes and she pawed at her face to wipe them away. I pulled a handkerchief from my back pocket and held it out. “Tell me. Please.” Her nose twitched. “I know you. Little Red Feather, the girl who loves a wolf.” She held her paws up. “These are clumsy. Dry my tears and I will tell you a story.” ------
@lyasweetheart4 жыл бұрын
:O //clapping
@agniflame98122 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's beautiful.
@ScottyDMcom2 жыл бұрын
@@agniflame9812, thank you.
@FrankThorntonReviews3 жыл бұрын
Admittedly, I have to introduce 4 characters at once in the beginning of my book, but they are arguing at the time, which shows their distinct personalities due to their points, how much they talk and their speaking style.
@vikingswrld16843 жыл бұрын
Clever
@copingflower19092 жыл бұрын
Thats a very interesting way of introducing characters having all there views be challenged all at once and in the process revealing who they are as a character
@FrankThorntonReviews2 жыл бұрын
@@copingflower1909 That's nice of you to say :). A year on from the original comment, though, I still haven't been able to pull it off😅
@miketacos90344 жыл бұрын
Used this to go back and fix, like, all of my character intros lol
@saikrishnanep25913 жыл бұрын
Your 'Bye' at the end is so cute. If you're a character, thats your defining trait.
@thevideoguys61913 жыл бұрын
these videos should have MILLIONS of views!
@gopro_audio4 жыл бұрын
Always quality content. I enjoy learning it.
@CookiehsAndDreams4 жыл бұрын
I writing about a character who had a pretty picture perfect life, and then she contracts Tuberculosis. I'm having trouble starting the intro and then shifting to a more grave note.
@fangcao44143 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, and I love the summary , it helps a lot in my notes taking
@michaelhunter21362 жыл бұрын
I would like three examples of great introductions along with a breakdown of how those intros set up the character and the story as a whole. Otherwise, this sounds like fine advice.
@saeed84354 жыл бұрын
I watched several videos of yours and I think they are very helpful. Thank you very much. It might be useful to include examples of your points 😊
@sesurin Жыл бұрын
I like your approach. Very simple and on point.
@ravisinghmewada74034 жыл бұрын
Hii am Ravi,I have learned so many things from you about book writing,thankyou for sharing your knowledge with us.
@pilgrim19784 жыл бұрын
Agatha Christie had a habit of introducing too many characters at one time and that's really my only complaint with her books, it got way too confusing too fast.
@copingflower19092 жыл бұрын
I have a new main character I'm going to be introducing in my next big animation project and the trouble and fear I've been having with introducing her is I'm not trying to make her a stereotypical character and want her to have an interesting and compelling arc to her like in my head I would think like she starts off being a very shy a quiet person to a kind a noble hero to those around her as time goes on
@nerdydevildog81264 жыл бұрын
Solid video, great input. Thanks for the help 👍
@thesandwich53214 жыл бұрын
This was really helpful, thank you so much!
@vessel25784 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making great videos :D
@jarmoliebrand2005 Жыл бұрын
The MC looking at a person subjectively and despising him/her, because they are a type of person the MC has a trauma on is going to be the premise of two of my most important characters in a multiple POV story.
@not_yourtsuki Жыл бұрын
im having hard time writing this- but after watching this i finally see my mistake
@jonitbelind2044 жыл бұрын
Thank u reedsy
@AlexFiliUK4 жыл бұрын
Good advice, thanks!
@jayashreechakravarthy494910 ай бұрын
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@johnynoway91273 жыл бұрын
"This is me. What happened to me to be this way? My ex killed me and i became a ghost."
@UserFriendlyArtist2 жыл бұрын
I agree, though take this advice with a grain of salt, especially if you are making a manga/comic and not a novel, for instance "dont introduce a character with dialogue" really doesnt apply to a visual story, as you can see who is speaking, and so you dont really get confused
@chhavijoshi60463 жыл бұрын
I can't understand the 3rd one that is show, don't tell
@lauralai96942 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tips! It's great stuff to consider before starting writing the story. Keep up the great work! :-)
@LordRichard9873 жыл бұрын
2:19 I think a very distinct feature of one of my characters is the fact that he is 12 feet tall. Definitely interesting.
One thing that I find kinda annoying is when they infodump about the character’s roles or past so casually at the initial dialogues in the story, it always feels forced. Like why always need to conveniently over specify certain details at the beginning of the story when they are having a normal conversation? It is often the most obvious stuff in a in-story POV too (like stating someone social status) They could easily just show character’s details and traits as the story goes on if those traits ACTUALLY serve a role in the scene and plot.
@eruanimations36093 жыл бұрын
I´m not a writer, i´m a animator and gachatuber wanting to show my new characters.
@justbreathe59013 жыл бұрын
Hello fellow gacha lover
@eruanimations36093 жыл бұрын
@@justbreathe5901 hello-
@boojiboy162 жыл бұрын
Great advice but the background music is really distracting
@sawyer0812904 жыл бұрын
Can you suggest a film that introduce characters like Jordan belfort in wolf of wallstreet ?
@raeun27114 жыл бұрын
I love it..
@automotionz2 жыл бұрын
I want to write but I have no idea how to even memorize characters in my story without looking back at a previous chapter that I wrote-
@somxr_7384 жыл бұрын
1:00
@whispurr19273 жыл бұрын
hey i have the exact same salt lamp lol
@BrandonNinja3 жыл бұрын
Do you offer editorial services? 🤔
@brooktu42493 жыл бұрын
Drives me nuts when literate people use the term 'disorienting' as a replacement for 'disorientating'. I know it's pedantic but I'm old, and you're a writer. :-)
@Reedsy3 жыл бұрын
I believe the terms are essentially the same/interchangeable :)
@dannyrosabal91763 жыл бұрын
can i show you one part of my book i been working on since 2013? how can we be in contact
@danramirez85533 жыл бұрын
She's way too beautiful.
@theblanketfortcohort73324 жыл бұрын
In both looks and personality, the love interest of my story is a human cinnamon stick. Like, that comparison just sums them up so well, and I can't get it out of my head. So I'm trying to introduce them and my brain keeps getting stuck on "CINNAMON STICK!! CINNAMON STICK" it's really annoying actually, I'm writing 1st person so i want to convey the main character's mesmerised attitude towards them and that's very hard to do calling them a human cinnamon stick. Tall, slender, sweet but a little spicy, with curly black hair and cinnamon coloured skin. LITERALLY A CINNAMON STICK
@ajain05093 жыл бұрын
hi
@vough95422 жыл бұрын
Need to rewatch cause u cute
@davidpollard55284 жыл бұрын
I don't think Charles Dickens ever watched this video - if he had his books would have been easier to read!
@mariamann82923 жыл бұрын
I think Tolstoi, Dostojewski and Thomas Mann should watch it as well.
@tinniesealjiji4 жыл бұрын
Are you Canadian?
@Reedsy4 жыл бұрын
Haha yes !
@ashmit82743 жыл бұрын
Yeah i too wanted to ask that. Because resemblance to Justin Trudeau is striking.
@jayashreechakravarthy494910 ай бұрын
Bye.
@adamjake3 жыл бұрын
I found this useful but I would like to tell you this as a friend and not as a viewer so don't mistake me. That nose ring made me to stiffen up a bit and thought to watch someone else's video on the same topic but I continued. Anyway just thought to tell what I had in mind , be you.
@ajax54612 жыл бұрын
You are very beautiful and voice is sweet
@abhijatsinghshakya13992 жыл бұрын
I don't like physical description of a character as any reader reading my book can imagine themselves as that character :)
@mercedesaug4 жыл бұрын
You misspelled judgments.
@g.gg.g45393 жыл бұрын
Please slow down when you speak and keep it clear and consise