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Characters Rebekah Send a noteboard - 29/03/2011 01:14:55 PM
1. Who are you favourite SF/F characters?

1.a What makes them so good?

2. Who are your favourite Other Literature characters?

2.a What do you like about them?

3. What do you think is the most important part of writing a character?

4. Who do you think is particularly bad at writing characters?

5. In any literature, which is more important to you: story or characters?


I'm currently reading The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie and I really like his characterisation. The main players have all got fully-formed backstories, and those backstories make sense for the characters they are in the action of the book. It's impressive.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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From 3 onwards, I couldn't agree more *NM* - 29/03/2011 09:48:28 PM 363 Views
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