tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post7759010024366860436..comments2024-03-15T05:16:15.397-06:00Comments on Writing While the Rice Boils: Color Wheel Characters by Wendy Paine MillerDebbie Maxwell Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533418585502995994noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-63275469101581007382010-07-13T21:11:24.710-06:002010-07-13T21:11:24.710-06:00Marilynn-
Terrific insights! Thanks for adding yo...Marilynn-<br /><br />Terrific insights! Thanks for adding your thoughts. You're ablsolutely right about taking into consideration the mood and genre of the book. <br /><br />-DebbieDebbie Maxwell Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533418585502995994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998863657658685998.post-23106035979044079302010-07-13T14:13:23.398-06:002010-07-13T14:13:23.398-06:00The variety of viewpoints also depends on genre re...The variety of viewpoints also depends on genre requirements and the length and complexity of the work. You will almost never see more than two viewpoints in a category romance (Harlequin & Silhouette) or more than one viewpoint in an urban fantasy told in the first person. <br /><br />Too many viewpoints in a short work rarely work because they dilute the power of the story and stop the reader, at least momentarily, as the viewpoint is switched. <br /><br />Even in a longer work, multiple viewpoints must strengthen the work because a complex plot or world which requires multiple POVs is the only way to tell the story, not because the reader needs to know absolutely everything from a number of characters' points of view. The reader never does.<br /><br />As to the color metaphor, a writer must choose the personality colors of the characters with great care. Think of a novel as a large house. The character colors must compliment the color scheme of the house. <br /><br />A dark urban fantasy is akin to a brooding mansion with its dark woods and colors. A glittery yellow and chartreuse polka-dot comic major character wouldn't work in that dark urban fantasy mansion anymore than an angst-riden emotionally black and blood red vampire would fit the bright, sunny colors of a beach house comic novel.Marilynn Byerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720129999636676998noreply@blogger.com