Impact Character of Manipulation Examples Please
Posted: Oct 05, 2008 11:58 pm
After a long long time of trial and error I think I finally have the story engine set right for my particular story but was wanting a little advice.
I have an impact character throughline of manipulation and was wondering if I understood it right.
According to the examples in the Dramatica Book IMPACT CHARACTER THROUGHLINE TYPE ORDER ENCODING page 221-222, it seems that the impact character is looked at in terms of his impact on the main character and not neccessarily by his impact on himself.
So I think for an IC Throughline of Manipulation the IC will not neccessarily CHANGE HIS NATURE but rather expose the problems with chaging/not changing one's nature to the main character.
In the Dramatica book the sample story has the IC Throughline as one of FIXED ATTITUDE and I think I understand how that type of IC Throughline works now that I have seen the examples, but I would like to see some examples of plot encoding an IC Throughline of MANIPULATION.
by the way my MC is a Change Character who through the act of doing manages to change, while my IC is a steadfast character who continues to try and manipulate always.
The OS Throughline I think is a situation as an outside force threatens the continuation of the lifestyles of everyone in the story, or HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING
and the MC/IC story is fixed attitude but I haven't figured out much of why yet. I think it is that the MC trusts the IC without ever questioning. In the end she switches to test.
An example:
PLAYING A ROLE:
The main character is part of an organization and wants to be respected as a good member. The IC is a higher-up (leader) in the organization and reminds the MC to play her role aтв not question it.
CHANGING ONE'S NATURE:
Through constant lies and deceit and finally abondoning her when she needs them the most, the IC forces the MC to rethink her membership in the club and leave.
of course these are not in order and also not too specific to my exact story. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-Vee
I have an impact character throughline of manipulation and was wondering if I understood it right.
According to the examples in the Dramatica Book IMPACT CHARACTER THROUGHLINE TYPE ORDER ENCODING page 221-222, it seems that the impact character is looked at in terms of his impact on the main character and not neccessarily by his impact on himself.
So I think for an IC Throughline of Manipulation the IC will not neccessarily CHANGE HIS NATURE but rather expose the problems with chaging/not changing one's nature to the main character.
In the Dramatica book the sample story has the IC Throughline as one of FIXED ATTITUDE and I think I understand how that type of IC Throughline works now that I have seen the examples, but I would like to see some examples of plot encoding an IC Throughline of MANIPULATION.
by the way my MC is a Change Character who through the act of doing manages to change, while my IC is a steadfast character who continues to try and manipulate always.
The OS Throughline I think is a situation as an outside force threatens the continuation of the lifestyles of everyone in the story, or HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING
and the MC/IC story is fixed attitude but I haven't figured out much of why yet. I think it is that the MC trusts the IC without ever questioning. In the end she switches to test.
An example:
PLAYING A ROLE:
The main character is part of an organization and wants to be respected as a good member. The IC is a higher-up (leader) in the organization and reminds the MC to play her role aтв not question it.
CHANGING ONE'S NATURE:
Through constant lies and deceit and finally abondoning her when she needs them the most, the IC forces the MC to rethink her membership in the club and leave.
of course these are not in order and also not too specific to my exact story. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-Vee