Comments on: Writing the Reaction Section http://writeanovelfast.com/writing-the-reaction-section/ Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:50:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: evanmarshall http://writeanovelfast.com/writing-the-reaction-section/comment-page-1/#comment-586 evanmarshall Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:12:04 +0000 http://writeanovelfast.com/?p=521#comment-586 Hi Earl, This is a very interesting question. The way I would handle this is to make the chief hit man a VISIBLE opposition. I say this because this man is the actual character your lead will have to come up against repeatedly, not the hidden woman. The woman should still be hidden, but you wouldn't treat her as the opposition, nor of course as a viewpoint character. She's simply the force behind your opposition. I hope this is helpful. All the best, Evan Hi Earl,

This is a very interesting question. The way I would handle this is to make the chief hit man a VISIBLE opposition. I say this because this man is the actual character your lead will have to come up against repeatedly, not the hidden woman. The woman should still be hidden, but you wouldn’t treat her as the opposition, nor of course as a viewpoint character. She’s simply the force behind your opposition.

I hope this is helpful.

All the best,

Evan

]]> By: Earl Davis, Jr. http://writeanovelfast.com/writing-the-reaction-section/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Earl Davis, Jr. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:26:53 +0000 http://writeanovelfast.com/?p=521#comment-583 Mr. Marshall, I 'm using your book, "The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing'", and have a problem concerning the villian (the Opposition). My villian is unknown to the reader but her actions are carried out by two hitmen who do her dirty work. She gives them orders over a phone that is hooked up to a voice synthesizer. Therefore, the hit men also don't know her idenity. Thus, the reader and the characters in the story hear her giving orders to be carried out, but they don't know who's giving these orders nor the idenity of the men doing the dirty work. The Lead Character must then react to the dirty work and try to find ways to put a halt to all of this whilr also trying to discover who the villian is. .Does this make the villian a visible opposition , an invisible opposition or neither one-thus eliminating her as a Viewpoint Character? Thank you for your answer to this question. YOUR BOOK IS EXCELLENT!!! Earl Davis, Jr. Mr. Marshall,
I ‘m using your book, “The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing’”, and have a problem concerning the villian (the Opposition). My villian is unknown to the reader but her actions are carried out by two hitmen who do her dirty work. She gives them orders over a phone that is hooked up to a voice synthesizer. Therefore, the hit men also don’t know her idenity. Thus, the reader and the characters in the story hear her giving orders to be carried out, but they don’t know who’s giving these orders nor the idenity of the men doing the dirty work. The Lead Character must then react to the dirty work and try to find ways to put a halt to all of this whilr also trying to discover who the villian is. .Does this make the villian a visible opposition , an invisible opposition or neither one-thus eliminating her as a Viewpoint Character?

Thank you for your answer to this question. YOUR BOOK IS EXCELLENT!!!

Earl Davis, Jr.

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