Comments on: Character Trait Entry: Eccentric https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Anna https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-565487 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:19:12 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-565487 Twists on the Traditional Eccentric:
– Eccentrics are almost always old. Why not create an eccentric child or teen with mental faculties fully intact?
– What about an Eccentric who is admired by society? Instead of people dismissing his oddities, they emulate them and make them part of the culture.
– Eccentrics in literature are often secondary characters. Why not make your main character the odd duck?

I wasn’t even planning this, but my character fits all of these twists. She is young and intelligent, admired by society and her peers, and she is the main character. It’s funny, but I use these thesauruses for everything I write.

]]> By: Emily https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-9870 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:21:53 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-9870 Great list!! I have an eccentric young couple raising a baby in a tiny apartment right now. Love it! Thanks for all the fantastic resources.

]]> By: Angela Ackerman https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-9284 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:23:34 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-9284 Thanks so much, Clifton! 🙂

Angela

]]> By: Clifton Hill https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-9279 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:27:37 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-9279 Fantastic Thesaurus. Kudos on the creation.

]]> By: Carol Riggs https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8660 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:07:37 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8660 What a great idea, to switch up the cliches of eccentric characters. I love eccentric characters; they are fun to include!

]]> By: Silent Pages https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8640 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:28:04 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8640 It just makes me think of Doc (from Back to the Future)every time I see this post. XD

]]> By: Becca Puglisi https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8639 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:21:01 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8639 Luna Lovegood and the Wizard of Oz are awesome examples!

]]> By: Gail Shepherd https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8638 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:42:35 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8638 And we can’t ever forget the Wizard of Oz…

]]> By: Leslie Rose https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8637 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:34:46 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8637 What a great picture. I loved that movie and old weird Willy. Your comment about breaking the stereotype of the “old” eccentric is spot on. I see eccentrics in the making every year in my 5th grade class.

]]> By: Pk Hrezo https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8636 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:05:23 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8636 An apologetic eccentric! I love it!
Luna Lovegood comes to mind. Eccentricity is one of my fave traits in others. Love the unconventionalness of it!

]]> By: The Golden Eagle https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8635 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:06:07 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8635 I like the idea of writing from the perspective of an eccentric character. It could be fun. 🙂

]]> By: tracikenworth https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8634 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:28:37 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2011/08/character-trait-entry-eccentric/#comment-8634 Perfect choice of a picture for this one!! It is difficult to discover an eccentric personality that isn’t cliche, but then Johnny Depp creates them all the time on screen. We have only to breath life into the mold and viola the eccentric will be there. Nice one!!

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