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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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Characters Rebekah - 29/03/2011 01:14:55 PM 1566 Views
My answers Rebekah - 29/03/2011 08:22:00 PM 1131 Views
From 3 onwards, I couldn't agree more *NM* A Deathwatch Guard - 29/03/2011 09:48:28 PM 403 Views
I see we think rather alike on the general questions... Legolas - 29/03/2011 09:56:57 PM 1107 Views
Re: I see we think rather alike on the general questions... Rebekah - 29/03/2011 10:09:16 PM 1009 Views
Yeah, Nynaeve throws an awful lot of hissy fits, even when the Forsaken are after them. Ghavrel - 30/03/2011 09:35:54 AM 942 Views
I don't know why this post has so many views yet so few replies... Let's remedy that. Legolas - 29/03/2011 09:46:46 PM 1292 Views
Re: Characters A Deathwatch Guard - 29/03/2011 10:24:01 PM 1235 Views
Dude! rebelaessedai - 29/03/2011 10:37:30 PM 1040 Views
lol! A Deathwatch Guard - 30/03/2011 12:23:01 AM 884 Views
Do you really think that? rebelaessedai - 30/03/2011 02:22:33 AM 975 Views
...to an extent, yes A Deathwatch Guard - 30/03/2011 02:40:37 AM 887 Views
Re: Characters rebelaessedai - 29/03/2011 10:35:30 PM 923 Views
What are those? Ghavrel - 30/03/2011 03:05:51 AM 1007 Views
Re: Characters vandevere - 30/03/2011 05:30:42 AM 1277 Views
Re: Characters ironclad - 30/03/2011 10:53:14 AM 1087 Views
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