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Nobody wants to read a ho hum novel or short story.
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Bone China: The antagonist considers Adolf Hitler a genius and decides to build a covert Nazi empire in America.
Let's take a look at two writers and the characters that they motivated.
Writers often use cultural clash to bring drama to their writings. But that is another subject.
Psychological behavior was of great interest to Poe, perhaps because he was a bit odd himself. He used that knowledge to create memorable psychological thrillers.
In The Tell-Tale Heart (1843), Poe decided to use the first person. Here is the first paragraph:
Now, you don't have to cut off your ear.
Okay! You may not be able to travel because of cost, but with careful research, you can crank out a historical novel.
The character is as nutty as a fruitcake, a psychotic killer who has buried his victim under the floor. He thinks he can hear the heart of the corpse pounding away. Anxiety, fear, dread, horror do little for his madness.
Bull: The protagonist witnessed the murder of his parents when he was a child. He later learned that riches and power could protect a person from such happenings. He builds an Intermountain empire. He uses his power to control or eliminate his enemies.
Writers write! We also read our stuff to our wives because we are so vain. Here is what my wife suggested for the Third Person Subjunctive example:
Third Person Subjunctive: Jenny looked out from the ranch house window. Where is Jed? She noticed that water was dripping from the rail of the fence. She said, "It must be a Chinook!" She ran out onto the porch--though stark naked--and allowed the fingers of the warm wind to caress her body. She starred into the whiteness of the snow until she could see the rider clearly, "Oh, there is Jed coming now. I'd better get dressed,Cheap iphone 5."
Now that scenario (situation) would not be well received by my readers if I placed the scene in Camden, New Jersey with Americans rather than Samoans being the characters.
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What you need is the motivation to study history not only in books but by visiting the places where the history occurred.
Jenny looked out from the ranch house window. Where is Jed? She noticed that water was dripping from the rail of the fence. She said, "It must be a Chinook!" She ran out onto the porch-- threw her coat on the old rocker --and allowed the fingers of the warm wind to caress the skin of her arms and face. She starred into the whiteness of the snow until she could see the rider clearly, "Oh, there is Jed coming now. I'd better get naked."
When Marco Polo lay on his deathbed, his priest, his friends and relations clustered around him to plead that he at last renounce the countless lies he had recounted as his true adventures, so his soul would be cleansed to Heaven. The old man raised up, roundly damned them all and declared, "I have not told the half of what I saw and did!"
For example: The protagonist (hero,Attractions, Shopping and Nightlife in Bruges, Belgium_59696., star) does not have sexual relations with his sweetheart because he want to protect her virginity. Why does he want to do this? Because he is of the upper class and knows that her virginity will have to be proven in a public ceremony. If she proves to be virgin, he (not she) will receive great honor.
Gary loved adventure and his characters are often motivated by simple curiosity and the desire for adventure. We read this in The Journeyer:
Again, I say, "Writer's write."
If your characters are not driven, your writing will be boring to your reader. Note that I said, "reader," not "readers." The only reader will be you!
If you are writing for money, you may take shortcuts that hurt your writing. I always say, "Writers write!" If you are interested in selling your writings, do your homework--even if it takes years.
If you are not sure of the motivations of your character, then just start writing the novel. As soon as you know the plot (what happens) and the motivation of the characters, throw the first draft away! Rapidly write your novel again. You will see a tremendous improvement that just might perk the interest of a literary agent--if money is your motivation
The character is driven by his own abnormal mind.
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Scenic View: The wind came in from the north--a Chinook, the adiabatic compression of air (which heats the air) as the wind comes down the slopes of the Rockies,and a new River Island store.. Scientist say that such winds are common in Colorado. If you let compressed air pass through your fingers you will see that it is cooled by the expansion of the air. Compression heats the air as explained above. So you get heating with compression and cooling with expansion. Now what happens in your refrigerator--blah, blah, blah. George loosened the buttons on his blue jacket with the white stripe that his friend, Joe Plate, gave him. The wind felt good--blah, blah, blah.
So did you learn something here?
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Gary Jennings was born on September 20, 1928 in Buena Vista, Virginia. He graduated from Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey, and was mostly self-educated thereafter. His novels were known for their historical detail and graphic content. Jennings' novels are well-researched: he lived for 12 years in Mexico to research the Aztec novels. He joined nine circus troupes during the writing of Spangle. Gary Jennings died on the 13th of February 1999 in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. Like me, Gary served in Korea. He was a writer but still received the Bronze Star,Buy Apple ipod touch 4th online.
If the writer is not motivated--neither will his characters be motivated.
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Revenge on the Mogollon Rim: The protagonist runs away from home because he does not want to kill the husband of the woman who seduced him. Working as a deputy, he learns that if you can generate enough hatred for a person, you can kill him in cold blood.
After reading his novel, Aztec, I came upon some original articles by anthropologist describing the Aztec culture. There was no doubt in my mind that Gary had read some of those same articles in his research.
Then write with passion.
I have never written a historical novel but I have done a tremendous amount of research because my novels often have a historical backdrop.
Try to keep that from happening to you.
Do you need an example?
First Person: I loosened the buttons on my coat. The wind was warm and it was a relief from the freezing weather of just an hour ago. I don't know what warms the wind up so fast like that--but I'm sure glad for it.
Here are some of the motivations I used in my novels"
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Edgar Allan Poe, who was born in Boston on January 19, 1809 and died on October 7, 1849 in Baltimore, is best known for his poems and short fiction. He perfected the short story and created the detective story. He wasn't very successful in life but is famous in death.
Yesterday, I picked up a used copy of Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa. If I were to use Samoa as a setting in my novel, I would certainly read that book (again) to determine,The infatigable designer, not only the setting, but the motivation of my characters.
Here is one last word of advice: You can't get in the mind of your character if you view the scene through a television camera (scenic view). I use first person or what my former writing instructor called, "Third Person Subjunctive." In the later, you can not show your readers what is going on other than through the eye, ears, nose, mind, etc., of your protagonist.
Gary Jennings was a lot like Marco Polo and his admiration for Marco Polo may have been the reason he wrote the The Journeyer.
In No Way Guilty: The deceased husband of the heroine was a compulsive gambler.
No!
Must you have a Ph.D. in "history" to write a historical novel?