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Brainstorming A New Idea And A Check-In
You may or may not wonder where I’ve been… Right, that’s it, causing trouble! My dad and I moved to new accommodations, and my sister and I didn’t try to kill each other until AFTER we got there.
Anyway, I’m still writing. I have a zillion ideas going around in my head. The one I work on changes daily. Today it is about a young lawyer in the U.S., college/uni graduate and just out of law school, who is faced with a crisis of conscience. At this point, I am not thinking of genre. I am just struggling to outline it. I know, progress comes in small steps.
Coincidentally, the new lawyer who faces that crisis of confidence is male and will be written against type in every way possible. I may even invent some new stereotypes for this main character to turn inside out. Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance.
Debby Hanoka
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I’m intrigued by your comment that you may “invent some new stereotypes for this main character,” Debby. Isn’t a stereotype based on a widely held belief that’s a little too simple and is applied to a group eg: all bankers are rich, all girls like dolls, all lawyers are greedy? I’m not sure how inventing a stereotype could work as it seems an oxymoron. I’m wary of characters who are based on stereotypes (or their direct opposite) as, to me, they’re a little too cliched – the bad lawyer turned good. I prefer books with characters who don’t perpetuate misconceptions and are just fully rounded, interesting individuals, so it’s great you’re planning on “writing against type.” What about some interesting character flaw/quirk to bring your young lawyer to life or a hidden ambition (he longs to open a pickled onion museum or mass produce jumpers from knitted dog hair) or a difficult situation (his brother, who funded law school, is a local crime boss and is using his brother’s identity to bigamously marry the president.) I love the quirkiness of the main character in Better Call Saul. He’s far removed from the idea of what/who a lawyer is or should be. It’d be worth speaking to some young lawyers too. As an older lawyer, I find stereotypes (around professions, races, genders, backgrounds etc) incredibly irritating and going against type can sometimes only emphasise misconceptions (a mirror image). Good luck!
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okayyy… soo,, i’m kinda new to the whole jericho thing / writing environment and somehow Intuitively ‘stumbled across’ your post …And Tbh … i was Instantly Intrigued BY :
“the new lawyer who faces that crisis of confidence is male and will be written against type in every way possible. I may even invent some new stereotypes for this main character to turn inside out.”
it was the ‘crisis of confidence‘ and the ‘writing against male character type‘ part in particular That seriously Intrigued me ,,, and I wondered (having seen that the original post was from Quite a while ago) ,,How You got on with That Idea ..???..How you maybe Decided to Explore Those sparks of Inspiration ??
Part of my curiosity Is That Internal Explorations of One’s Psyche ..and in particular – ‘Breaking from Ones Inner ongoing ‘Narrative’ ,,,as well as ‘Exploring Characters That Go against ‘The normal stereotypes’ (that are Found/ scripted within alot of current day movie, novel, tv shows ) Fascinates me ,, And Is something I wish to Explore for myself …
i look forward to Hearing from You or anyone Else who Happens to Be Interested / curious about Exploring These concepts / Ideas ??!!..How They have gone about it ,,,and what Their own Experience has been ,,,
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