Comments on: Archetypes Anonymous

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:56:44 +0000

That was hillarious–especially that last line. I have to say, I’m the lost soul type myself…

By: jorge goyco

jorge goyco — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:28:00 +0000

The bad boy waiting until everyone screws up and then having a go, that’s great. This is really precise characterizations. I’ll be taking this into account for my children stories, although fitting the right animal character will be tough. Hey, why isn’t there a “goofball” who’s immature and bumbling. Isn’t he the one who’s lately been getting the girl?

Thanks for this post. Good stuff.

By: L. Portnoy

L. Portnoy — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:22:34 +0000

LKH is a *great* example of why archetypes aren’t enough to carry characterization or plot.

By: BevL(QB)

BevL(QB) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:59:19 +0000

B-a-a-a-a-d author… no cookie!

By: catherine

catherine — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:11:14 +0000

Especially love the closing line!

By: jackieb

jackieb — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:08:47 +0000

I LOVED it to put it mildly!!! They can only take turns with Anita if they bring baby wipes.

By: Larissa Ione

Larissa Ione — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:24:41 +0000

LOL–this was awesome. I’m so printing it out and slipping it into the pages of one of my character books!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:12:06 +0000

Maybe it was just me, but I heard the Indiana Jones theme mixed with the McGyver theme. Of course Professor looked like Russell Johnson from Gilligans Island. Excuse me, I just had surgery, and I think I’m hallucinating from the drugs still….

By: The Midnight Hour » Four Rules of Character

The Midnight Hour » Four Rules of Character — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:40:44 +0000

[...] 4. Know Your Archetypes If you didn’t see the recent Romancing the Blog post on archetypes, you’re missing out. Archetypes are around because we recognize them. They are great pigeonholes for characters, and once you understand what archetype your character is channeling you can apply the electrodes to make them jump. [...]

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:34:40 +0000

Nan…Anita Blake.

Vivi Anna…I hate to admit this…no, actually, I don’t, but I saw Star Wars in the theater over 100 times when it first came out. I was a total junkie. Of course, I was also 11.

Met Mark Hamill many years later when he was on Broadway. Still cute and very, very nice.