Comments on: Character Trait Entry: Modest https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Cynthia Chapman Willis https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10139 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:17:12 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10139 I tend to like modest characters. Aibileen is the perfect example. Great analysis here, as always. You always make me think in more depth about character traits. I so appreciate this. ; )

]]> By: Deb Marshall https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10117 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:04:29 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10117 MMMMmwwwwwa! Happy ‘Versery! Checking back in after work. Ciao Bella’s

]]> By: Heather https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10071 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:02:34 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10071 I love the idea of thrusting a modest character to the forefront. Hmmm.. I may have to try that.

]]> By: Leslie Rose https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10069 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:26:41 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10069 I think modest understated characters are often the ones we learn the most from. These posts are so fabulous. They always give me another POV to sift my characters through. Thanks.

]]> By: Becca Puglisi https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10067 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:06:26 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10067 Awww, I love Aibileen. Great twists. It’s interesting to me, how modesty is largely viewed as a virtue, but modest characters are so often drawn as weak or timid.

]]> By: Janice Lane Palko https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10066 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:38:38 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10066 Great post. Often modest characters are often heroic, but don’t realize it.

]]> By: tracikenworth https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10065 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:18:59 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10065 It could be interesting for sure to bring a modest character into the forefront, their survival or the survival of everyone around them, in this character’s hand. Great idea!!

]]> By: Jeanne https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10064 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:08:56 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10064 You’re right, Angela. Interesting, isn’t it, how the exaggerated stories gave Forrest the larger-than-life feel we usually associate with a more self-assured protagonist.

]]> By: Angela Ackerman https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10063 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:35:14 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10063 Thanks everyone! We are glad these character entries are useful to you. And Michael–you are far too good to us. So happy you enjoy this blog. 🙂

I like the idea of bringing a modest character to the forefront, and I think this twist really has the potential to create a break out character that the readers would love and root for.

Jeanna, I’m trying to think of a truly modest character in a single protag story. I think the closest I can think of might be Tom Hanks character in Forest Gump. What do you think?

]]> By: Debbie Maxwell Allen https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10062 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:21:19 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10062 Another wonderful addition! Thanks so much!

~Debbie

]]> By: James Chesley https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10061 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:44:04 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10061 I like the break down of modest characters. It gave me a great idea for a new character in my short story. Thanks.

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]]> By: Elaine AM Smith https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10060 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:22:21 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/01/character-trait-entry-modest/#comment-10060 This is a great post. I love it when a character starts out modest there are always so many more directions for them to move towards as they evolve.

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