101 On Writing (85) "Character Characterization (4) Han

Today I would like to discuss with you an interesting topic, if the prototype of a character wants to do something that has not been done before, how should the author fictionalize his words and deeds?

For example: Mr. Bean kills. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As we all know, in the Mr. Bean series, he has never killed anyone, and such a silly guy seems to be impossible to kill, so if Bean kills, how to write it?

That day, I threw out this topic in the group, and everyone shook their heads, saying that they couldn't write it, just kidding!

Here are some of the passages that try to describe and discuss:

South Shore Qianmo 23:06:18

Fear, fear, trembling, it is estimated that you will not be killed

Then he stabbed a lot with a knife and poked a lot of holes

Then he slashed at himself with a single sword

v23:08:41

Mr. Bean held the knife and hesitated whether he should stab it or not

Then the people next to him forced him to do it

After three retreats in desperation.

He screamed, closed his eyes and tried to plug it in

As a result, he didn't hit at all, and the knife fell and hit his own foot

Well, we can imagine that Mr. Bean has beads of sweat the size of beans on his head

Pink Tofu 23:13:56

Bean kills?

Funny characters kill people? (This guy thinks it's hard to imagine a killing scenario for funny characters)

It's still funny, just let the thief do it himself.

Beans are just the key point of all coincidences.

I watched Bean's Sunday

You can chase 10 miles after a ticket

Just let the ticket land on the switch.

He closed the power switch when he took the ticket

That's not it.

v23:15:49

Well, he must be quite hilarious when he kills people

You might run into a socket next to it or something

Then you can't kill anyone, and then you really have to use the knife

Because of the coincidence, Mr. Bean finds that he doesn't have to kill anymore

So he was very happy, but accidentally stabbed the man

v23:14:35

Mr. Bean had beads of sweat the size of beans on his head, slowly dripping down.

He closed his eyes and struggled to convince himself to plug it in.

Then his hands trembled, and he thrust it suddenly, but it was empty, at least 3 centimeters away from the bound figure

The person next to him pouted, "If he doesn't die, you will die."

Mr. Bean panicked even more.

101st rejection 23:17:45

Bean stared at his round eyes, the wrinkles on the top of his head stacked on top of his head, his short-handed suit jacket crumpled against his body, and his hands clenched on his knife, trembling as he walked to Babu who was sleeping on the couch.

Raising the knife high, he was about to fall, when he suddenly remembered something, scratched his skull with his fingers, tilted his head and looked at Babu for a long time, and suddenly a wicked smile appeared on his face...

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The above friends, including 101 himself, have their own perspectives in portraying the scene of Bean's killing.

For example, V thinks that Bean's character label is "funny", and killing people also has to kill jokes;

Tofu thinks that it is impossible for Bean to kill people himself, he is not that kind of person, and must have let the enemy die by accident;

Qian Mo thinks that Bean should highlight panic when killing people, and he can't kill people in a panic;

101 focuses on the sense of picture, first gives Bean's appearance and appearance, and then writes about killing.

At this point in the discussion, the group was a little cold at that time, and everyone didn't have a conclusion, and they didn't know what standard they should follow to conceive a character they had never seen and do something unimaginable.

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Later, 101 went to the Internet to search for character portrayal, and actually found a ppt of middle school Chinese teaching students to study character portrayal, which probably gave such an idea-

The first step is to describe the appearance, clothing and demeanor of the character, such as Bean:

He has a big nose, an exaggerated expression, a gray suit, and pants that are forever ten inches shorter, and he always does things that are unbelievable.

The second step is to continue to refine the external and internal image of this character:

Externally, thick and dark eyebrows, a big nose, and a rich and exaggerated expression;

Internal: stupid, kind, nonsensical, self-inflicted.

The third step is to conceive the murder scene according to the distilled inner and outer labels.

101st rejection 23:39:06

In my opinion, Bean is the kind of killing tool that is ready to kill, everything is prepared, the knife is sharpened repeatedly, and all kinds of online orders are used

But in the end, he still didn't dare to kill

Just when he decided to give up, he accidentally killed the man

As long as we immerse ourselves in the hearts of the characters, we can actually find a truly accurate portrayal

101st rejection 23:45:38

What I was just thinking about was the whole of Bean

I don't know how to put pen to paper

But look at this ppt

It just gave a couple of labels

1. Nonsensical

2. Silly

3. Kindness

Then each label determines one aspect of his words and deeds, and when taken together, the final act appears

stupidity, it is decided that he may be fooled by others, and he decides to kill;

Kindness determines that he will definitely not be able to do it, he will not kill;

Nonsensical, that is, ordering killing tools from the Internet, all kinds of research

And then Bean's drama, often he pays a lot, but gives him an unexpected ending

So I thought about it, the man died accidentally

He also stayed on the scene and got into trouble

All clues point to him

See, imagination is an inference based on some existing facts

Nonsensical, silly, and kind, each one can be deduced from the behavior of the characters when they are taken apart and looked at individually, and the rest is set together

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In summary, the above content attempts to explore the steps to follow to portray a character:

The first step is to determine the inner and outer labels of the character;

The second step is to conceive the scenario separately according to the internal and external labels;

In the third step, all the internal and external labels are synthesized to determine the final scenario;

The fourth step is to consider the interaction and influence of the labels of other characters with the protagonist.

With the above secrets in hand, even if it is a scene like Bean's murder, it is not difficult for us to portray it......! Another bottleneck has been broken!