Inneresting #114 - Setting Boundaries
When characters draw lines — and sometimes need to cross them.
We make the rules
Christine Espinosa digs in to how Don Quixote’s code of honor drives his actions.
The Take shows how Omar Little lives by his code in The Wire.
Filmmaker Magazine speaks with Jim Jarmusch and Forest Whitaker about creating Ghost Dog’s Hagakure-quoting mafia assassin.
Kendall Varin examines how Holly Golightly’s character changes as she navigates her rules about personal relationships.
TVTropes collects examples of when characters inevitably break their own rules.
When thinking about how your characters set (or fail to set) boundaries, consider this infographic on rigid, porous, and healthy boundaries.
Melina Kantor looks at consent and setting boundaries in writing romance.
Emmet Asher-Perrin sees examples of informed consent woven throughout The Rise of Skywalker.
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Previously on Inneresting…
In case you missed it, in last issue’s most clicked link Tonci Zonjic shares a series of comics showing how to reframe negative self talk.
Other Inneresting things…
Pacemaker helps writers divide a goal into a mapped-out plan to finish their writing.
Katherine J. Wu explains what makes deer antlers improbable and unique.
Matt Webb connects seeing a painting made with International Klein Blue to climate crisis anxiety.
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