{"id":3591,"date":"2011-08-31T03:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=3591"},"modified":"2011-08-31T09:37:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T15:37:11","slug":"the-bus-metaphor-character-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/31\/the-bus-metaphor-character-development\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bus Metaphor: Character Development, Not Anthony Hopkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to\u00a0<strong>Q &amp; A Wednesdays by Book Mentor, Ezra Barany<\/strong>. This week Ezra plays with the bus metaphor for character development.<\/p>\n<p>Good news this week&#8217;s winner of a\u00a030-minute complimentary consultation of your novel with Ezra is: Alica Mckenna Johnson. Congrats! We&#8217;ll be contacting you for your Book Mentoring session with Ezra.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"420\" height=\"345\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IiPuE3gOAlY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"420\" height=\"345\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IiPuE3gOAlY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s &#8220;Q &amp; A Wednesday&#8221; goes over the bus metaphor as an insight to human behavior for the characters in your story. Many people think that we all react more or less the same way if we&#8217;re late for work. The reality is that the way we react depends on how many minutes late we are! With apologies to Anthony Hopkins.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s our <strong>question<\/strong> for you: What are your thoughts time and character development in your life and in your books?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>I love hearing from you!<\/p>\n<p>We love hearing from you! And to prove it and show my love and adoration, for the month of September, everyone who leaves a comment to this post and any post on the\u00a0<a title=\"The Writer's Fun Zone blog\" href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\">Writer\u2019s Fun Zone<\/a>\u00a0I will enter your name in our giveaway. If you comment and link back to my blog on your blog, you\u2019ll get your name in the giveaway twice.<\/p>\n<p>If you leave a comment and link back to my blog, and mention my books\u00a0<a title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity by Beth Barany, a bestselling author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Overcome-Writers-Block-ebook\/dp\/B004LGTJMY\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Overcome Writer\u2019s Block: 10 Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<em><a title=\"The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book by Beth Barany, bestselling author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/WRITERS-ADVENTURE-GUIDE-WRITING-ebook\/dp\/B004QT6YNS\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Writer\u2019s Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in your blog, you get your name entered\u00a0three\u00a0times. What do you win? Book mentoring support from the newest member of our team,\u00a0<a title=\"Video Q&amp;A with Book Mentor, Ezra Barany: What do you wish you had known before you started?\" href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/17\/qa-with-book-mentor-ezra-barany-what-do-you-wish-you-had-known-before-you-started\/\">Book Mentor, Ezra Barany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We will pick a winner every week<\/strong> for 30-minute complimentary consultation about your novel with Ezra. At the end of August we will pick a winner for the grand prize: A 60-minute complimentary consultation about your novel with Ezra. Good luck!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019re keeping all the names for a final GRAND, GRAND PRIZE of a complimentary ticket in Ezra\u2019s year-long program Finish Your Page-Turning Novel launching January 2012. ($2,000 value) For now, we will draw weekly for 30-minute consult and monthly for a 60-minute consult.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to leave your email in the email field so we can contact you if you win.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we invite you to pick up copies of Beth Barany\u2019s best-selling books\u00a0<a title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity by Beth Barany, a bestselling author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Overcome-Writers-Block-ebook\/dp\/B004LGTJMY\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Overcome Writer\u2019s Block: 10 Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<em><a title=\"The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book by Beth Barany, bestselling author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/WRITERS-ADVENTURE-GUIDE-WRITING-ebook\/dp\/B004QT6YNS\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Writer\u2019s Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book<\/a><\/em>. Both books are like having a book coach at your side. Experienced and novice writers have said that these books have saved them time and avoided heartache, as well as helped them get their books done. And that it\u2019s all about!<\/p>\n<p>PS. Both of the anthologies Beth as worked on have been bestsellers because most of the writers who contributed got involved with the marketing one way or another and increased sales:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Writing-Romance-Ultimate-Creation-Connections\/dp\/0615202616\/\" target=\"_blank\">Writing Romance<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/When-Was-There-Berkeley-1960-2010\/dp\/057805616X\/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3\" target=\"_blank\">When I Was There<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment below or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/contact.php\" target=\"_blank\">send in your questions to this blog<\/a>\u00a0or contact Ezra directly on\u00a0<a title=\"Ezra Barany on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ezra.barany\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"Ezra Barany on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/17\/qa-with-book-mentor-ezra-barany-what-do-you-wish-you-had-known-before-you-started\/twitter.com\/thetorahcodes\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. 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Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Previous post:\u00a0<a title=\"Go to Video Q&amp;A with Book Mentor, Ezra Barany: What do you wish you had known before you started?\" href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/17\/qa-with-book-mentor-ezra-barany-what-do-you-wish-you-had-known-before-you-started\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Video Q&amp;A with Book Mentor, Ezra Barany: What do you wish you had known before you started?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Ezra-Barany-SmileSm2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Ezra Barany, author of The Torah Codes\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Ezra-Barany-SmileSm2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a>About\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetorahcodes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ezra Barany<\/a>:<br \/>\nWho Ezra helps are writers who are having the challenge of completing their novel, the one\u00a0that\u2019s been sitting in the attic of their mind collecting cobwebs. 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