Comments on: Character Trait Entry: Clever https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:31:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Resources For Describing Characters | Stephanie Tillman https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-657671 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:31:15 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-657671 […] Clever […]

]]> By: Khaalidah https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10605 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:44:08 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10605 I like clever, but I like quiet taciturn and deep even better.
I think I’m pretty clever and I see myself in a lot of the above description, especially the part about not wanting to be told how to do things. I have my own way to get a thing done.
Clever = stubborn(ish)?

]]> By: Medeia Sharif https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10561 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:47:09 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10561 I’ve always enjoyed clever characters. Thanks for the breakdown and what to avoid.

]]> By: Diane Carlisle https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10559 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:07:43 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10559 I see clever people as somewhat lonely and I’m not sure why. Clever puts you out of the realm of normal people. I can see a clever person being a bit socially misfit and therefore somewhat lonely.

]]> By: Leslie Rose https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10551 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:40:25 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10551 I loved The Invention of Hugo Cabret because both its main kid characters were both clever and full of heart. Great story to show kid readers their potential.

]]> By: Gwynneth White https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10550 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:04:21 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10550 I think of Hermione Granger, and I just love her as a character. She embodied all the wonderful aspects of being clever with a delightful quirk of being a little dumb too – like leaving hats for the house elves. I also agree that writing clever people is difficult because they can end up seeing stuck up and full of themselves.

]]> By: Traci Kenworth https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10546 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:16:33 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10546 Oh, I just watched the Hansel & Gretel episode of Once Upon a Time last night. Definitely clever children.

]]> By: Mary Witzl https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10545 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:52:38 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10545 Those negatives don’t just apply to clever people: I felt my cheeks burn, just reading your descriptions. I’d be a lot further along in this process if I just listened and learned — and followed a few of the rules.

What you wrote about clever people getting caught up in their own cleverness reminds me of the protagonist in ‘The Social Network’, who becomes so obsessed with outthinking everybody else he really loses sight of the big picture.

]]> By: Kelly Hashway https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10542 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:03:45 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10542 Ooh, I really like this one. Clever can be very fun.

]]> By: Angela Brown https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10541 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:16:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10541 This character description puts me in the mind of Artemis Fowl as well.

]]> By: Mirka Breen https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10540 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:42:15 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10540 It’s actually tricky to make the clever ones lovable. Some have gone about it by making them not show their cleverness, but the reader is privy to it via inner-dialogue.

]]> By: Kelly Polark https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10539 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:01:07 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/character-trait-entry-clever/#comment-10539 I always thought of clever as being only positive -not thinking of the negative aspects! Way to make me think! Great post!!

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