Comments on: How Characters’ Hobbies and Interests Affect the Narrative https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/ A Blog On Writing Mon, 24 Mar 2025 07:47:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Liana https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/#comment-170234 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 07:47:40 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50263#comment-170234 thanks for info.

]]> By: acflory https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/#comment-166420 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 22:44:06 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50263#comment-166420 Great post, Ellen. As a hybrid pantster, my stories are character driven even though there is a lot of 'plot' involved as well. The plotting, however, often evolves out of who the character is and how he/she reacts to small things as well as large, external events. I think of it as organic plotting. lol

]]> By: Jeremy Newman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/#comment-166179 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:31:49 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50263#comment-166179 In reply to Lisa Norman.

I have a yearning to refer to crochet, patchwork etc., partly due to their inherent symbolism when related to story structure. However, my lack of expertise restricts those crafts to passing mentions only.

]]> By: Jeremy Newman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/#comment-166178 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:26:51 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50263#comment-166178 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

Thanks! Which to do first, though...

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/#comment-166169 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:38:42 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50263#comment-166169 I'm a fan of stories with cat lovers in them. I also enjoy the handcraft genres. But I recently read an unpublished story where the author hadn't done enough research on their handcraft reference and it definitely pulled me out of the story.

Great reminders and ideas!

]]> By: Kris https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/#comment-166167 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:57:05 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50263#comment-166167 Cool connections and examples for making interesting characters in our novels, Ellen. Thanks for the informative post!
Kris

]]> By: denise https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/#comment-166164 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 05:44:44 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50263#comment-166164 very interesting post.

]]> By: Ellen Buikema https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/#comment-166163 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:17:55 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50263#comment-166163 In reply to Lynette M Burrows.

Hi Lynette,

That sounds exciting!
Do any of your protagonists and antagonists have the same hobby?

]]> By: Lynette M Burrows https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/#comment-166158 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:28:42 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50263#comment-166158 Great examples, Ellen. In my series I've got characters (both good and bad) who turn their hobbies into skills that become obsessions and has real consequences for others and themselves.

]]> By: Ellen Buikema https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/how-characters-hobbies-and-interests-affect-the-narrative/#comment-166157 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:45:36 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50263#comment-166157 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

Hi Jenny,

I'm glad that you enjoyed the post.

Hobbies can lead a character into all kinds of fun or trouble, depending on the type of hobby.

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