Encoding character relationships in mysteries
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 6:17 pm
Any practical advise for encoding character relationships or character elements within mysteries? The only Dramatica example of a mystery given thus far is Chinatown, and, according to the story analysis page [http://www.dramatica.com/story/analyses/analyses/chinatown.html], the characters in that film don't illustrate any of the character elements (either that or which characters represent which elements was left out of the analysis).
My questions about assigning character elements in mysteries:
1) I am working with an OS Domain of Activity, and in that Domain, Reason and the Protagonist are in the same quad. I want for the detective to be the person pursuing the overall story goal (the Protagonist) but also provide the logical POV in the story (the Reason archetype), yet I can't have him be both because of the rule about no character possessing two elements from the same quad. Any advise as to how to deal with this?
2) I want for some suspects to be killed off yet still want for them to play a role in the story. If I kill off a character who only has one or two elements, is it still necessary that I do a "hand-off" if all of the character interactions involving that element have already been explored?
Any other advise or links to discussions about encoding character relationships in mysteries or thrillers would be appreciated.
My questions about assigning character elements in mysteries:
1) I am working with an OS Domain of Activity, and in that Domain, Reason and the Protagonist are in the same quad. I want for the detective to be the person pursuing the overall story goal (the Protagonist) but also provide the logical POV in the story (the Reason archetype), yet I can't have him be both because of the rule about no character possessing two elements from the same quad. Any advise as to how to deal with this?
2) I want for some suspects to be killed off yet still want for them to play a role in the story. If I kill off a character who only has one or two elements, is it still necessary that I do a "hand-off" if all of the character interactions involving that element have already been explored?
Any other advise or links to discussions about encoding character relationships in mysteries or thrillers would be appreciated.