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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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Characters Rebekah - 29/03/2011 01:14:55 PM 1428 Views
My answers Rebekah - 29/03/2011 08:22:00 PM 1022 Views
From 3 onwards, I couldn't agree more *NM* A Deathwatch Guard - 29/03/2011 09:48:28 PM 359 Views
I see we think rather alike on the general questions... Legolas - 29/03/2011 09:56:57 PM 990 Views
Re: I see we think rather alike on the general questions... Rebekah - 29/03/2011 10:09:16 PM 892 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 840 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 1176 Views
Re: Characters A Deathwatch Guard - 29/03/2011 10:24:01 PM 1123 Views
Dude! rebelaessedai - 29/03/2011 10:37:30 PM 929 Views
lol! A Deathwatch Guard - 30/03/2011 12:23:01 AM 773 Views
Do you really think that? rebelaessedai - 30/03/2011 02:22:33 AM 862 Views
...to an extent, yes A Deathwatch Guard - 30/03/2011 02:40:37 AM 767 Views
Re: Characters rebelaessedai - 29/03/2011 10:35:30 PM 819 Views
What are those? Ghavrel - 30/03/2011 03:05:51 AM 901 Views
Re: Characters vandevere - 30/03/2011 05:30:42 AM 1160 Views
Re: Characters ironclad - 30/03/2011 10:53:14 AM 978 Views
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