Irish novelist Joyce Cary saw plenty to be reaped from considering a character's motivation: "You've got to find out what people believe, what is pushing them on." Cary saw an absolute connection between form and "an ordered attitude towards" the character's principle of unity with the universe, God, and whatever else he or she would call existence.
Sounds deep, I know. In practical terms, this viewpoint can mean writers must reach the core of characters, their souls, not only their way of interacting with the world but their reason for it.
Sounds deep, I know. In practical terms, this viewpoint can mean writers must reach the core of characters, their souls, not only their way of interacting with the world but their reason for it.
