I Knew That: The Mystery of the Mind
I learned two things this week. Two things I knew but seem to have forgotten. Both are important to my[…]
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characters
Writing characters that matter
Some characters make a lasting impression. Whether writing or reading we want characters that are memorable. But in a good way, an authentic way. Perhaps even a character we can learn from. I recently came across a character that stood out from the very beginning.
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Holding Out for the Ordinary
Holding Out for a Hero They say you should never meet your heroes. Late last night (early this morning, TBH),[…]
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That Time I Threw a Book At the Wall
I don’t generally throw books against the wall, but when I read Tana French’s book the first time, I was so aggravated by the ending that I tossed it. The story was engrossing. The characters richly detailed. The book won an Edgar when it was published, in 2007. But the ending drove me crazy because it left something important unresolved. I actually thought I’d got a misprinted book that had lost the last twenty pages.
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Quirky Characters
What is it about Kinsey Millhone? I didn’t realize how much I miss Kinsey Millhone until I saw the ad[…]
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Last of the Summer Wine: Why Character Counts
Last of the Summer Wine, the television series about three Yorkshire lads who got old but never grew up aired from 1973 to 2010, an amazing 294 episodes, making it the longest-running scripted sitcom in Britain and the world. That’s impressive.
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You writing about me?
If you write something and publish it, someone is going to have a nagging suspicion you wrote about them.
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How trees help me write
How trees help me understand people better.
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What I Love About Writing Fiction, Part 2: Creating Interesting Characters
What we remember best about the books we’ve read is usually not the plot or the setting, as wonderful as[…]
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Characters We Love
Last weekend I had the opportunity to meet with Ann Cleeves (at Crime Bake), which was a treat on many levels, one of them being that she has created one of my all-time favorite characters, Vera. Of course, when I tried to tell this to Ann Cleeves I felt like one of those babbling brooks, but I did mean it quite sincerely. Vera has been a good friend to me. So my question is, do you have any fictional characters who you connect to powerfully, and if so, who?
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