Nope, he’s not perfect. Which is something every bride realizes about two weeks into her marriage, but hopefully something she’s figured out LONG before that (otherwise, well, it’s a rough first year!). We all know there are tell-tale signs to your hero’s imperfections… Today we’re going to figure out HOW to build in imperfections or FLAWS into your perfect hero. What are flaws in character? Well – we’d all be perfect if we could, and frankly, many fellas think they are (which is why we ladies come in handy). They don’t look at FLAWS like negative. They look at them as survival tools, or even power areas. Of course, they aren’t conducive to healthy relationships. But your hero will learn that as the story goes along. Meanwhile…how do we find […]
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About Susan May Warren
Former Russian Missionary Susan May Warren is the best-selling author of more than 40 novels and novellas with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill, and Summerside. A Christy award and RITA winner, and multiple finalist for the RITA, Christy and winner of Inspirational Readers Choice contest, Susan currently has over a million books in print. A seasoned women’s events speaker and writing teacher, she is the founder of http://www.mybooktherapy.com an online community for writers, and runs a fiction editing service teaching writers how to tell a great story. Visit her online at: http://www.susanmaywarren.com.Author Archive | Susan May Warren
FLAWS – The second element to a Heart-Throb Hero!
Happy Tuesday! I’m hoping you all had a great time chatting up your hero over the weekend, and probing him for his Noble Cause. You can let him off the sofa now, because this week we’re going to be observing him…and discovering the SECOND ELEMENT of a Heart-Throb Hero…. FLAWS What? You say – we don’t like a guy with flaws. Really? Because a guy without flaws is plastic, and not human, I think we all like Human Guys, someone who is a little unpredictable, and real, and that make us so mad sometimes we don’t know whether to hit them or just…well, cry for them because we can see under ALL their insecurities to the man who just needs a heroine. (which we’ll get to in a week or […]
Read the RestNoble Cause: Examples and Exercises!
Today, we’re going to put together everything we talked about this week, and boil it all down to something we can put in our synopsis, and keep us focused as we write. Let’s review: Question 1: What is the defining moment in your life that has made you the person you are today? Question 2: What lessons did you learn that you are spending your life confirming or denying? Question 3: How will you know when you’ve achieved that goal? And the secrets: What two values are expressed by this noble cause? And then we’ll put it all tighter in a statement: Because of ***, my noble cause is to *** by doing ****. (I sorta switched it around to streamline it – oh the thoughts I have AFTER I […]
Read the RestThe Big Secret of a Noble Cause
Okay, here it is, the BIG SECRET. The entire reason why I make you all go through this Noble Cause scrutiny… Ready? It’s to get to your characters DEEPEST VALUES…. See, it’s VALUES that drive our actions, make our choices for us, point us in the right direction. Whether it’s a value we have, or want to have, it’s what we hold in our heart as qualities most dear that compels us to face obstacles and muscle through the darkest night. It’s our values that the stories personal, to our character, but also the reader, because we can how they affect our lives, also. And, the thing is, your characters values are all bound up in his Noble Cause. Quick! Get your hero back on that sofa before he gets […]
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