tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post693098618047067078..comments2024-03-28T06:25:00.013-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: Believe Care Invest: In a Lonely PlaceMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-55956352450729196592020-07-20T12:30:58.616-04:002020-07-20T12:30:58.616-04:00Yeah, if we were wholly believing, caring, and inv...Yeah, if we were wholly believing, caring, and investing in Dix, the end wouldn't work as well as it does. Damn, that ending. (Heh - imagine Michael Arndt tackling that one. "Total Failure" indeed.)<br /><br />"Is there a book here?" Honestly, I'm not sure. The core idea is strong, but these posts are so brief there's not a lot upon which to judge book potential. The conclusions from the data will provide a better case to judge. If you can find insights beyond the typical blah-de-blah or generate practical advice, then yeah, there's a book in it.<br /><br />An uncalled-for suggestion from the internet peanut gallery: negative examples. Both of when the "Believe Care Invest" structure isn't attempted and also when it's tried and fails. The contrast between the successful and failed versions would be illuminating. I learn quite a bit from seeing what <i>doesn't</i> work. Not just failures due to half-assing, either. No doubt there are clear, obvious, smart approaches to characterization that don't work. <br /><br />For extra difficulty, it could be interesting would be to dig into movies/books/whatever that succeed in parts but not all of that process, to draw out what that means. Is it possible to skip a step? You care and invest in a character but never believe? Or believe and invest but never care?<br /><br />Harvey Jerkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118848012122050416noreply@blogger.com