Comments on: Character Trait Entry: Thrifty

By: Rafael

Rafael — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:48:15 +0000

I think that Mrs. Weasley brings a crucial concept about thriftiness. She is thrifty by necessity, after all she has 6 (I think it's 6) children and only one wage earner.

Other people are thrifty, if not downright hoarders by compulsion whether they need it or not.

By: Becca Puglisi

Becca Puglisi — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:47:24 +0000

My husband’s a Thrifty, so I have pretty good experience with this one. I, on the other hand, have to work really hard at being economical. The combination makes for an interesting marriage 😉

By: Leslie Rose

Leslie Rose — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:51:21 +0000

Love Mrs. W. and her knitted sweaters for Christmas gifts. I read a biography of Rose Kennedy once – she took thrifty to crazyland.

By: Mark Koopmans

Mark Koopmans — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:16:00 +0000

thanks for the advice that was a the great post

By: Linda Jackson

Linda Jackson — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:10:56 +0000

I absolutely love Dicey Tillerman. I can’t help but wonder if the author, herself, is thrifty, seeing that other characters in the Tillerman Series are also thrifty: Gram in Dicey’s Song and Professor Greene in A Solitary Blue. I know my characters tend to be thrifty…like me.

By: Julie Musil

Julie Musil — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:54:22 +0000

I’m very thrifty, and I have to say, your causes are dead on. Nice job!

By: Sherry Isaac

Sherry Isaac — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:01:21 +0000

I like that you include ideas on how to twist characteristics, something that is easy to forget. Yeah, yeah, nix the cliche lines, but the cliche characters are an easy trap to fall into.
I was recently challenged by my writing group to do just that, to make sure moving forward a character does not act in the manner we'd expect him too.
Great advice. Thanks!

By: Traci Kenworth

Traci Kenworth — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:37:43 +0000

I could use a bit of thriftiness in my own life. Lol. Great post!!

By: Charmaine Clancy

Charmaine Clancy — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:56:57 +0000

Great trait to cover, as JeffO mentioned, it's interesting when you get thrifts that won't thrown out anything.
Wagging Tales

By: JeffO

JeffO — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:12:25 +0000

Good one!

I think a lot of times we think of thrifty as having to do with money only, but it can extend to almost any sort of consumable. It can also go along with hoarding type of behavior. My in-laws grew up in the depression and I don't think they threw anything away. When we cleaned out their house after they both passed away, we found 30-year old canned goods.

And, of course, there are also the people who are 'penny wise, pound foolish', and the people who buy things they don't need just because it's a good deal.

By: Bonnee Crawford

Bonnee Crawford — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:40:07 +0000

I love Mrs Weasley!

Thrifty as she may be, you gotta hand it to her in the last Harry Potter book:
"Not my daughter you bitch!"