tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post4852572481688274204..comments2024-03-13T12:29:29.462-07:00Comments on Aidan Writes: : Aidan's Pensieve: Change IAidanFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-24479998535474173712011-03-14T11:44:50.014-07:002011-03-14T11:44:50.014-07:00I would think of change in the context of signific...I would think of change in the context of significant events. It's easy to be complacent and resistant to change. It takes something that challenges us and forces us to reconsider our personal assumptions (about ourselves and about the world) before we'll open ourselves to change. So, to me, in order for change to happen, you need to see something significant to the character in question that challenges them directly. You then illustrate that change in the same way that you illustrate that one character is different from another: through dialog, character actions (how they react to situations), mannerisms, character thoughts, and also, potentially, oblique references to the moment that precipitated the change.Stephen Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706597991293794033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-14572291153446844452011-03-11T08:42:27.216-08:002011-03-11T08:42:27.216-08:00@Stephen, I don't think I ever thought about t...@Stephen, I don't think I ever thought about the time aspects and how change takes time. Many of my short stories are similar to "24" with all of the action occurring continuously across a couple hours or a day. I will have to consider that aspect as well. <br /><br />There was a post on the Literary Lab taking about epiphanies vs. actions which meshes perfectly with what your saying. I.e. epiphanies are a harder sell and they stress the need to move it to actions as well.AidanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-19633101858025229842011-03-10T03:53:53.349-08:002011-03-10T03:53:53.349-08:00I guess there's a lot of different ways, but a...I guess there's a lot of different ways, but a particular one can be to make sure that time passes. For change to happen, it is most often -- or more believably -- associated with a lapse of time. <br /><br />So, if a story is 'stuck in the moment', there may be an epiphany, but it's a harder sell than having a realisation occur over jumps of time -- weeks, months, years. <br /><br />These jumps don't need to be described in detail. It is enough to know they have occurred. St.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111660663883108862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-35053714192739271612011-03-09T14:20:32.821-08:002011-03-09T14:20:32.821-08:00Repeat situations are a nice complement to the cha...Repeat situations are a nice complement to the change/contrast; except applying it to the same character at different points in their arc. Interesting way to look at it.AidanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-61123762946322520802011-03-09T14:04:38.193-08:002011-03-09T14:04:38.193-08:00Sometimes by showing them reacting a repeat situat...Sometimes by showing them reacting a repeat situation from the past in a different manner. Sometimes shifting their attitudes and manner of speaking towards different characters. I haven't thought about it too conciously though. HmmTessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08377570668333453073noreply@blogger.com