Comments on: Character Trait Entry: Cautious https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:04:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Becca Puglisi https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-11167 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:03:55 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-11167 An impulsive/responsible combination sounds like a great character combo. Very unusual, but realistic if you write it consistently. This is how you create unique characters, so I say go for it!

]]> By: Monica T. Rodriguez https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-11156 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:13:18 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-11156 Like @patonlorraine, I’m now wondering if it’s realistic to have my character be impulsive, though he feels a great responsibility for his brother (who he partly raised). Sounds like they’re in contradiction. OTOH, you’ve also said the contradiction may be good!

]]> By: L.B. Gale https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10979 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:49:12 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10979 Rick in The Walking Dead comes to mind. I haven’t seen the finale yet, but I know that this season his caution has been a focus of the plot. Lots of drama comes from pitting the cautious hero against the reckless/gunslinger type of hero.

]]> By: Bonnee Crawford https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10952 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:51:34 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10952 Love these entries of yours! 🙂

]]> By: Elisa Nuckle https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10951 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:39:19 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10951 This came at a perfect time! I’m writing a WIP where the character is cautious but still independent. However, she has a lot of people depending on her, or she feels she does, and I didn’t want to create a cliche cautious person. So thanks for this! =D

]]> By: Leslie Rose https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10949 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:22:52 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10949 Love Elrond. Especially because when push comes to shove he does send the elves to fight the Uruk Hai. You go, Elf. You know when a cautious character acts, they mean business.

]]> By: patonlorraine https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10948 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:04:24 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10948 I enjoy your character traits posts!

Now I’m mulling over how to merge cautious and irresponsible traits into one character. Hmmm… 🙂

]]> By: Bish Denham https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10946 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:42:10 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10946 Elrond is a perfect choice! Cautious, but not to a fault. Cautious in wanting to expose all the possible consequences, to not rush in making a decision. Caution with wisdom.

]]> By: Michael Horvath https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10945 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:26:26 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10945 The joke around the African-American part of my family is that “the black guy always dies first” in a movie. After watching that happen over and over they are almost 100% accurate. Now maybe if they make him less cautious or even give him a line he might live a little longer. lol

]]> By: Natalie Aguirre https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10944 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:00:31 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10944 Seeing Elrond makes me want to watch those movies again. Thanks for the great post.

]]> By: Traci Kenworth https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10943 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:38:50 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10943 I love the character of Elrond. Cautious–but not afraid to fight for those he loved. My hero is this sort of person in the wip I’m editing at the moment. He needs to be since its a horror story, lol…

]]> By: JeffO https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10942 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:19:32 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/03/character-trait-entry-cautious/#comment-10942 “Cautious characters … generally are the ones still alive at the end of a Horror movie.”
Hah! That’s a good one. This nails me perfectly, and my two daughters as well. Though I was neither overprotected as a child nor overprotecting as a parent.

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