- I suppose I should be grateful you are not portraying me as a 2D character. You seem to have given me depth and genuine problems of my own which make my behaviour more understandable. I like all my characters to have depth, good guys or otherwise, unless I specifically want to show someone is a shallow creature with all that can mean for a story. Generally I think there isn't a lot of mileage to be had from a writing viewpoint with the latter. I mean you can set characters like that up for comedy but there will be a limit to how much you can write/how far you can take that character. To paraphrase the adverts, if you want a better, longer lasting character who will see you through at least one novel, you've "gotta" have depth to them.
- You show my past, you impudent creature. Some things are best kept private. Not if you want to add depth to characterisation, you don't, so tough.
- You imply I can be vulnerable. I am a witch, the best of them all, how dare you. How? Because any character can be vulnerable if you can find the right pressure points to apply to them. It's all for the good of the story.
- Story, story, story, it's all you think about. Quite right too. You wouldn't exist without the story framework I put you in.
- You make it seem as if I care about Eileen. You do. Yes, she has her reasonable qualities. Damn her with faint praise, why don't you? I am better than she is. That's for the readers to decide ultimately.
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