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What are those? Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 30/03/2011 03:05:51 AM
1. Who are you favourite SF/F characters?

Hrmm. Probably Severian.

1.a What makes them so good?

Even though his motivations and backstory are utterly alien, he manages to seem like a real person.

2. Who are your favourite Other Literature characters?

Diomedes!

2.a What do you like about them?

He attacks Aphrodite, starts fighting with Apollo, and then when the God of War himself shows up Diomedes sends his men to safety before charging him in a freaking chariot with his bro Athena.

These days we say "epic"; back then they said ????????. :|

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

Probably "believable motivations."

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

Pretty much anyone.

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

I read entertainment for the story; I read literature for the 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.

I'm reading The Final Empire. The characters are really, really cliche. But it's great fun!
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

Ghavrel is Ghavrel is Ghavrel

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Characters Rebekah - 29/03/2011 01:14:55 PM 1239 Views
My answers Rebekah - 29/03/2011 08:22:00 PM 842 Views
From 3 onwards, I couldn't agree more *NM* A Deathwatch Guard - 29/03/2011 09:48:28 PM 284 Views
I see we think rather alike on the general questions... Legolas - 29/03/2011 09:56:57 PM 808 Views
Re: I see we think rather alike on the general questions... Rebekah - 29/03/2011 10:09:16 PM 730 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 663 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 1017 Views
Re: Characters A Deathwatch Guard - 29/03/2011 10:24:01 PM 927 Views
Dude! rebelaessedai - 29/03/2011 10:37:30 PM 751 Views
lol! A Deathwatch Guard - 30/03/2011 12:23:01 AM 602 Views
Do you really think that? rebelaessedai - 30/03/2011 02:22:33 AM 683 Views
...to an extent, yes A Deathwatch Guard - 30/03/2011 02:40:37 AM 586 Views
Re: Characters rebelaessedai - 29/03/2011 10:35:30 PM 645 Views
What are those? Ghavrel - 30/03/2011 03:05:51 AM 746 Views
Re: Characters vandevere - 30/03/2011 05:30:42 AM 907 Views
Re: Characters ironclad - 30/03/2011 10:53:14 AM 818 Views
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