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By: Southpaw

Southpaw — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:16:24 +0000

Hey, I thought this post was about me! LOL

My goal this month is to become organized.

By: Mirka Breen

Mirka Breen — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:17:02 +0000

Not me, but this type feels so familiar… maybe it fits many people around me.
If only we organized types could fix it… No amount of organizing another person can work. And you better believe we try.
The interesting thing for me about the scattered types is the effect they have on others.

By: Melinda S. Collins

Melinda S. Collins — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:59:05 +0000

Hehehe…. I couldn’t help but giggle when I saw this character trait entry. I’m fairly OCD with certain things, but when it comes to my writing space, I have what I like to call ‘organized chaos.’ Nobody else would be able to make sense of the piles and piles of books and papers, but if you asked me where a particular post-it note was, I could find it in 2 seconds flat – haha! So I guess I can relate a little to Clark Griswald in that aspect. 🙂

By: Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:54:43 +0000

Uh… Stupid thing. I’ll just move these books over. I’ll mop that up later. Any way I never have any problem being organized.

By: Jemi Fraser

Jemi Fraser — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:18:49 +0000

Perfect pic for this one!! I read one novel a while back where one of the MCs was disorganized in personal life & organized in professional – it was very well written 🙂

By: Arlee Bird

Arlee Bird — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:41:57 +0000

That sounds like the way my wife would describe me.

I love this description and now it makes me want to write a character like this. What fun! So many complications could arise.

Lee
Wrote By Rote

By: Angela Ackerman

Angela Ackerman — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:33:26 +0000

LOL, I love reading everyone's own read into personal disorganization. I think writers operate in a 'Order Within Chaos' mode a lot of the time. Or, what we do appears to be disorganized to others, but to us, it all fits and makes sense.

I love this trait, because there is so much you can do with it, and it creates empathy with the reader, because we all feel we struggle with it at some point or another. :)

Angela

By: Miranda Hardy

Miranda Hardy — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:28:07 +0000

You've discribed my everyday life. lol

Love that movie. Great trait!

By: Becca Puglisi

Becca Puglisi — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:00:51 +0000

Oh my gosh. Al will be so proud to see Clark featured on our blog. Great choice!

Dane, that's a good point. EVERY character needs some good qualities to make them relatable. Clark, for example, is very loyal and ridiculously optimistic. Our characters need both negative and positive qualities to make then well-rounded, believable, and likable.

By: Dane Zeller

Dane Zeller — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:52:36 +0000

Stimulating topic. Disorganized characters come to mind quickly, mostly played by John Candy: "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles," and "Uncle Buck." No detective has been disheveled as much as the one-eyed Peter Falk in "Columbo."

In creating a disorganized character, doesn't he or she have to have one heck of a redeeming quality, especially if they are the protagonist or a significant character?

I'm just brainstorming on this. Can you think of an important character who is totally disorganized without one important positive trait? I could be wrong.

By: Rebecca Kiel

Rebecca Kiel — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:01:01 +0000

The photo of Clark made me laugh. (And then cough because I have a cold.) Disorganized is a great trait to highlight. Characters who are highly disorganized in one arean and meticulously organized in another interest me.