At 02:31 PM 5/14/98 GMT, you wrote:

Actually it was Bridget Engman, not Jeanne Hedge. The original challenge
was as follows (with typos corrected by me):

"First, pick a character from any anime (or even make one up) that you 
hate.  Write a short scene involving that character in which you make
the audience also hate that character.  (This probably won't work well
in script form.)  Try to do so narratively, without speculating on the 
character; show it through actions, dialogue, and description instead of
telling us.

"Now take that same scene and rewrite it from that character's point of 
view.  Try to get inside the character's head and express how he/she/it 
sees him/her/itself.  Justify the actions.  

"This exercise is supposed to help in characterization.  Sometimes it is

too easy in characterizing someone unpleasant to make that
unpleasantness superficial. (i.e.  Shampoo/Ranma/Nabiki is simply evil)
By delving into that character's motivations and opinions, you bring
yourself and the audience closer to the character, giving it that much
more depth.  It should also be useful in consciously making you think
about point of view.  At least, I hope it'll do these things.  And, if
nothing else, it should be fun.  That's what we're all about, ne?"

I remember this one. I responded with Photographs, although I ended up only
telling it from Nobuyuki's point of view, without making the Audience hate
him... I just couldn't after I told it from that point of view... ^^;

It helped me write better afterward, I think. It's a good exercise, and it
doesn't hurt to practice.

That's my $.02, anyway.


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