How are good character plots resolved?

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Frankenstein does sort of get a character plot but I forget what it was now, anyway it's resolved by him fighting people as all good character plots are.

But are they? Let's have a look at how some other top writers have their characters resolve conflict!

Garth Ennis: Fighting, drinking, telling heart-warmingly quirky stories.

Neil Gamain:Moping around in goth get-up, writing goddamn poetry or something.

Frank Millar:Subjegating the weak.

Alan Moore:Making fake space octupi.

Dave Sim:Analying religious texts at length.

― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 11:24 (nineteen years ago)

That opening quote is from Tom on the Seven Soldiers thread, by the way.

― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 11:28 (nineteen years ago)

I stand by my original answer.

I disapprove of 'characterisation' - it's a menace.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 11:41 (nineteen years ago)

FM does from time to time have people fighting.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 11:50 (nineteen years ago)

Geoff Johns: Character tells us who they are. Eg, "My name is Wally West and I. Am. THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE!" or "When I've got my ring on, Bruce, call me...GREEN LANTERN!" or "Wildcat, that's who I am!"

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:39 (nineteen years ago)

Come on. The Flash never really did - ahem - flash.

― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:57 (nineteen years ago)

That's all he did for 30 issues!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:59 (nineteen years ago)

Mignola: Ominous exposition about fate, followed by Hellboy punching things.

Alternately:

Mignola: Three horrible old women and a monkey.

― c(''c) (Leee), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

John Ostrander: Firestorm villian loses an arm.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

Ostrander Pt. 2: Firestorm villain loses arm, Deadshot says something antisocial, Waller yells. Capt. Boomerang says, "Strewth, it's good to be back to normal."

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

Mort Weisinger:WINK

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

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