Pendragon Variety – Season 1, Episode 5 – Character Motivation
April 29, 2012 Leave a Comment
The Ladies Pendragon discuss character motivation. “Because we don’t tell stories about boring people who sit around and think their life is good.”
Scribe’s post on Specific Motivation for Characters
Wikipedia Motivation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/hierarchyneeds.htm
16 Basic Desires
What sorts of problems or discoveries have you had about motivating your characters? What is your main character’s specific motivation? Is their initial course of action successful? What’s their next course of action?