[stylist] anoTher character question

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

Hi,
You have all given great ansierwiths.  I was thinking about it 
last night (as all writers do).
I think I'm going to go with the anger issues and will mostly 
focus on online issues.
In one of the mini-stories about her, she had to fill out a 
survey in school about whether she went online in school and 
whether her favorite sites were blocked, etc, and she was honest 
about it, so school could monitor her.  Then I could come up with 
a made-up site she is always addicted to.  I think considering 
the fact that she gets along with her parents, this is a good 
idea because if they trust her, then that means they'd trust her 
with her phone so wouldn't monitor it.  Brigit, I really like 
your idea of her meeting someone online too.  Yes, online 
addiction is real, and all because you don't take drugs or drink 
alcohol doesn't mean you are innocent.
My other favorite idea was Sem's, about her getting framed for 
stealing something; unfortunately people with that personality 
just are more vulnerable and more likely to be accused.
Thanks,
Vejas

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From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org
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Date sent: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 11:00:39 -0500
Subject: Re: [stylist] anoTher character question

Vejas,

These sound like legit problems your character can experience.  
Bad and
problematic behavior doesn't have to be as dramatic as drug 
addiction or
anything like that.  And because your character is a loner and 
introverted,
these would be perfectly acceptable problems to deal with.

Another idea to consider, because this character is introverted, 
could they
meet someone or experience something that takes them out of their 
shell,
therefore causing some out of character behavior? Again, doesn't 
have to be
drugs or sex or violence or anything, but maybe they meet someone 
they spend
a lot of time with and are caught breaking curfew.  Or they 
secretly dream of
being a writer, and their favorite author will be signing books 
in a
neighboring city, so they take off with permission.  Just 
throwing ideas out
but potential direction to think about too.

Bridgit

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Subject: [stylist] anoTher character question

Hi,
I have one more question about my main character, and would 
really
appreciate some input.
I know that we have talked in the past about how it isn't a good 
idea to
make characters one-dimensional.
The thing about my main character that makes her different from 
her siblings
is that she's a lot more introverted than them.  She values her 
relationship
with her parents probably more than she does her siblings.  Her 
siblings
will go out often, but she hardly ever does.  Which means that 
she is like a
"good girl" and hardly gets in trouble, and her parents know a 
lot about her
because she shares it with them.  It means she has to deal with a 
lot of
problems with loneliness in school and the like, but it also 
means she
hardly gets in trouble.  Bearing in mind that she's not the 
taking
drugs-drinking alcohol type, I'd still like to have a time where 
she really
gets her into trouble.
Considering there can't be anything drug-related, I'm looking for 
things she
could do to get into trouble, but the ideas I have just seem like 
nothing.
I'll share them anyway just so you can get an idea:
- Playing songs too loud on her phone when her younger siblings 
are
sleeping, so she gets the phone taken away.
- Going online during school time when she really should be doing 
classwork,
then being found out.
- Website addiction.
- Reading when she shouldn't.
- Reacting strongly to someone out of anger.
Sorry if these seem bad, but I'm a bit stuck and would like 
ideas.
Thanks,
Vejas

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