Drawing Up Your Story Line
People and Points of Perspective, Part 2
You can be a character. How you are perceived is relative to how you interact with the other pieces in your life story. What character you can be is entirely up to you. A character produces a voice within a story and it changes based on the perspective of the storyteller.
We often love to hear the stories of the underdog, the person who against what seemed like insurmountable odds, that succeeds in a series of events. There is also the beloved good guy, the one who does everything under the guidance of their moral compass. These characters in the stories possess what you may call a positive influence on a story line.
What about negative influences on the story line? A critic who loudly proclaims the errors of the beloved. A counterpart who may be striving for the same goal as a heralded character, but in this instance they are pursuant for a less than good reason (perhaps selfish). What's even more obviously devious is the character who actively fights to keep someone from winning something for no good reason.
As the sports world continues, there are stories and voices and characters abound. Lebron James has fans and support, but since his move to Miami and back, he has been seen in varying lights. Sometimes good and sometimes bad. Just one of many examples that could be provided for characters who fluidly float between protagonist and antagonist.
Next week I will write about how you should view your story and what character you are (and what you can be). There is a lot of be said about your story and how you write it.
We often love to hear the stories of the underdog, the person who against what seemed like insurmountable odds, that succeeds in a series of events. There is also the beloved good guy, the one who does everything under the guidance of their moral compass. These characters in the stories possess what you may call a positive influence on a story line.
What about negative influences on the story line? A critic who loudly proclaims the errors of the beloved. A counterpart who may be striving for the same goal as a heralded character, but in this instance they are pursuant for a less than good reason (perhaps selfish). What's even more obviously devious is the character who actively fights to keep someone from winning something for no good reason.
As the sports world continues, there are stories and voices and characters abound. Lebron James has fans and support, but since his move to Miami and back, he has been seen in varying lights. Sometimes good and sometimes bad. Just one of many examples that could be provided for characters who fluidly float between protagonist and antagonist.
Next week I will write about how you should view your story and what character you are (and what you can be). There is a lot of be said about your story and how you write it.
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