Showing posts with label characterization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label characterization. Show all posts
Thursday, August 31, 2023

On Character Growth

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There's an essay on the WRITER'S DIGEST website called "The Importance of Character Growth in Fiction," by bestselling aut...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Round and Flat Characters

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Here's a very lucid essay from WRITER'S DIGEST about the differences between flat (two-dimensional) and round (three-dimensional) ch...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Real People as Characters

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I've just finished reading the ten Catherine Le Vendeur novels by Sharan Newman, mysteries set in twelfth-century Europe (mostly in Fran...
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Thursday, February 04, 2021

The Value of Friendship

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Here's a guest post in LOCUS by Mike Chen, discussing the undervaluation of friendship in contemporary culture, particularly in fiction:...
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Thursday, August 06, 2020

Dislikable Characters

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What does it take to turn you off fictional characters so thoroughly you don't want to read about them? Even if I dislike some aspects o...
Thursday, November 08, 2018

Value of Backstory?

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I recently got around to watching the Star Wars movie SOLO. On an e-mail list I subscribe to, someone asserted that it was a mistake to prod...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Strong Characters Defined Part 4 - What Does It Take To Make an Atheist Pray?

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Strong Characters Defined Part 4 What Does It Take To Make an Atheist Pray? by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Previous Parts to the Stron...
Tuesday, January 09, 2018

Dialogue Part 11 Writing An Executive's Dialogue by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Dialogue Part 11 Writing An Executive's Dialogue by Jacqueline Lichtenberg  Previous entries in this series are here: http://...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Depiction Part 31 - Depicting Random Luck

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Depiction Part 31 Depicting Random Luck by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Previous parts of the Depiction Series can be found here: htt...
Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Reviews 22 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg - Karen Chance's Cassie Palmer Novels

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Reviews 22 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Karen Chance's Cassie Palmer Novels  I have not yet posted an Index to my reviews here, but this...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story - Part 2 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story Part 2 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg In Part 1 of this series http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/201...
Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story Part 1 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Why Every Novel Needs A Love Story Part 1 by Jacqueline Lichtenberg  I talk a lot on this blog about how to depict character -- not jus...