11-20-2006, 02:59 AM
Came up with this one while giving this year's AC-Cubed Fanfiction panel. I may use her somewhere, but if anyone wants to grab her first, feel free...
Her family name is Suu. She's a top achiever in school; she's consistently in the top 5% on test scores and in athletics. She's kind, pretty, and witty. She's got a secret, but it's one that complements the secrets of the protagonists rather than putting her in conflict with them. Her given name is Mariko, but her friends - and everyone wants to be her friend - call her "Mari".
Now, the challenge is to (a) keep the readers from realizing for as long as possible that you've literally added a Mari Suu character to your story, and (b) get rid of her without it looking like an obvious set-up...
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Her family name is Suu. She's a top achiever in school; she's consistently in the top 5% on test scores and in athletics. She's kind, pretty, and witty. She's got a secret, but it's one that complements the secrets of the protagonists rather than putting her in conflict with them. Her given name is Mariko, but her friends - and everyone wants to be her friend - call her "Mari".
Now, the challenge is to (a) keep the readers from realizing for as long as possible that you've literally added a Mari Suu character to your story, and (b) get rid of her without it looking like an obvious set-up...
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012