On Writing: The Flawed Protagonist
Numerous times I’ve seen readers roll their eyes and say, “Oh, no, not another recovering alcoholic detective.” I get that.
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characters
Did Lady MacBeth Have Children–and What Does It Have to Do with July Fourth?
One of my professors in graduate school asked the question–Did Lady MacBeth have children?–to illustrate the fact that fictional characters[…]
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Becoming a Woman of Mystery
My question to my fellow Missdemeanors–if you had the opportunity for a do-over, if you could walk away from your current life and reinvent yourself, where would you go and who would you be?
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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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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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