How do you make a Frank Capra-esque character

[W_L]

I'm not sure if anyone here has ever written the "everyman" type of character before, but I would like to see if anyone here has ever attempted it either way. I do enjoy these types of characters, because they appeal to my base humanity without appealing to my other senses or philosophical point of view.

 

Frank Capra's characters were very universal despite many of their over glossed personality traits. I know universality is hard for gay characters, but I would like to incorporate such an ideal into some of my writing. There's something missing in the stories that I am reading and writing.

 

Any help out there

[JamesSavik]

Read a lot of Frank Capra and watch some movies that are based on his writing.

 

That's what I do when I see an author whose work I like. I'll study it and see what I can learn.

[W_L]

It is an odd thing to say, but I am a fan of the old movies.

 

Quite odd for a Republican, who dislike the idea of grass-root campaigns, to have sympathies for a 20th century populist commentator. There's just something about Capra's characters, whether it is a political satire or a social commentary about the world's issues.

 

When I watch them, I get the feeling of naivete and honesty from the main characters. They're not stupid, but they are naive with a hope for a better world that does not exist. In there actions, you feel like it would be something anyone else would do. It's not all built on high dramatic situations; although, there are high dramatic tensions in the films.

[JamesSavik]

It is an odd thing to say, but I am a fan of the old movies.

 

Quite odd for a Republican...

 

Not at all. At the heart of it is conserving the best of the past, avoiding trendy fads like the colorization of classic films or socialism and creating new, self-sustaining structures through careful design and open participation (private sector). It's not the conservatism of Limbaugh or the reactionary rabble of the neo-con republicans. It is the thinking mans conservatism that no one need apologize for since no one is currently practicing it.