Troubles With Impact Character
Posted: Aug 01, 2013 12:45 pm
I'm having real troubles pinning down who my IC is. It could be either one of two characters, or both. I am aware that you can have two impact characters who hand off to one another, and I am aware that you can have an absentee impact character as long as it's very clear that they are influencing the MC. The situation is this:
My MC is a girl who, through a series of emotional losses, the most significant of which is the death of her father, has, emotionally speaking, shut down. She avoids interacting with other people and avoids becoming involved in the lives of others. She retains a very strong bond with her father, and has never been able to grieve and let go. She was present when he died, but has repressed the memory. Now, she comes into contact with her father's best friend, who is also her love interest (which is not as icky as it sounds, honest.) He is with her for pretty much all of the story. Here is where my dilemma starts.
Although he is dead, her father is very present. She thinks about him a lot, and her father's best friend speaks of him often, as do others. Her decision to change comes when she finally remembers how he died. So, is he the IC? Or is it the best friend, who uses her father's example as an argument to try and alter her way of dealing with things, as well as his own attitudes? Is it both of them? Because if so, I see problems with one handing off to the other. Also, how do you input two characters as the IC in the dramatica pro software?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Been tearing my hair out over this one.
My MC is a girl who, through a series of emotional losses, the most significant of which is the death of her father, has, emotionally speaking, shut down. She avoids interacting with other people and avoids becoming involved in the lives of others. She retains a very strong bond with her father, and has never been able to grieve and let go. She was present when he died, but has repressed the memory. Now, she comes into contact with her father's best friend, who is also her love interest (which is not as icky as it sounds, honest.) He is with her for pretty much all of the story. Here is where my dilemma starts.
Although he is dead, her father is very present. She thinks about him a lot, and her father's best friend speaks of him often, as do others. Her decision to change comes when she finally remembers how he died. So, is he the IC? Or is it the best friend, who uses her father's example as an argument to try and alter her way of dealing with things, as well as his own attitudes? Is it both of them? Because if so, I see problems with one handing off to the other. Also, how do you input two characters as the IC in the dramatica pro software?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Been tearing my hair out over this one.