Comments on: Creating Dimensional Characters—The Blind Spot https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/01/creating-dimensional-characters-the-blind-spot/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: pontiuscominius https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/01/creating-dimensional-characters-the-blind-spot/#comment-55555 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:06:31 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16711#comment-55555 Reblogged this on Dog's Breakfast and commented:
And here’s the crux of the matter – story arc relates to character arc relates to character flaw (blind spot) and virtue and it’s what the story is really about.

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]]> By: Author Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/01/creating-dimensional-characters-the-blind-spot/#comment-55552 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:53:54 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16711#comment-55552 In reply to Gaines Irving Arnold.

Awww, thank you ((HUGS)).

]]> By: Gaines Irving Arnold https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/01/creating-dimensional-characters-the-blind-spot/#comment-55551 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:22:58 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16711#comment-55551 I always hate it when I wait to read your posts and it happens to be one I identify with in some way and want to comment on (happens a lot with your blog posts). I have a master’s degree in mental health counseling and it has helped me immensely as a writer. I better understand the depth people refuse to let others see and I have translated it to blog posts and other writing frequently. So, I am starting a website and I have already written several blog posts on this very topic.

I like the way you choose words. Wounds is very apropos and characters wouldn’t be lifelike is they didn’t have blind spots. We all have a perspective that in many ways diverges from reality. Mental illness provides a look at true breaks from reality, but we all have them.

Excellent article. Thank you.

]]> By: Debbie Erickson https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/01/creating-dimensional-characters-the-blind-spot/#comment-55550 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:26:07 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16711#comment-55550 What an amazing post and story! I envy your openness to talk about your life. How inspiring.

]]> By: Sammy https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/01/creating-dimensional-characters-the-blind-spot/#comment-55549 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:05:42 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16711#comment-55549 My main MC has a definite blind spot. She’s easily angered and doesn’t always realize it when her enemies are trying to get a rise out of her to trip her up. It isn’t until a great tragedy strikes due to her lack of control and rash decisions that she realizes that she needs to cool it and find inner peace. Great article, Kristen!

]]> By: Saralyn https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/01/creating-dimensional-characters-the-blind-spot/#comment-55548 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:51:19 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16711#comment-55548 I’ve been working on an ensemble cast of characters who are all flawed in some way, some more than others. I’ve noticed a rash of popular books (e.g., Gone Girl, Girl on the Train) with unreliable narrators, and it seems that this is a trend. I think it can be overdone, though, so that the reader doesn’t believe in the authenticity of the storyteller. Do you agree?

]]> By: Author Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/01/creating-dimensional-characters-the-blind-spot/#comment-55547 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:49:56 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16711#comment-55547 In reply to Rick.

They are also REALLY hard on themselves and far more sensitive to”failure.” They (as you said) also often end up alone because they’re often unbalanced and lack friends or a significant other. Thus, darkest moments are really dark because they suffer alone. Additionally, since others believe they are so strong, they don’t reach out and Type As too proud to ask for help. I could go on a WHILE having been there and gotten the t-shirt….

]]> By: Marinda Dennis https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/01/creating-dimensional-characters-the-blind-spot/#comment-55546 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 13:56:49 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16711#comment-55546 Loving this! You are always so insightful.

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