Part I: Character A recent Facebook discussion on my wall led one of my FB friends Leslie Guccione, an author of 30 books, to blog about the importance of totally knowing your character and setting. Leslie Guccione I have often thought how stories are built from the inside out. Appropriately, her blog on character is… Continue reading Character + Setting = Story (Almost)
Today, in preparation for the class I am teaching at Central Piedmont Community College, I am thinking about what makes a memorable antagonist. All writers are tempted to create absolutely good protagonists or absolutely evil antagonists. But as Robin Hemley points out in Creating Fiction, "Most people are neither all good nor all bad, and… Continue reading Creating Mr. Bad Guy
To prepare for my Central Piedmont Community College class on "Crafting Characters that Connect" I am reading several excellent essays in the anthology Creating Fiction (Associated Writing Programs, 1999). I thought I'd share some tidbits with you over the scope of several blogs. First up are some quotes from "Icebergs, Glaciers, and Arctic Dreams: Developing Characters" by Kim… Continue reading Crafting Characters that Connect- Part 1