Activity for Carl Seleborgâ€
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #5255 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #5221 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #4437 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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I want to explore the psychology of a ruthless, macho killer. What mistakes should I avoid? This is a follow-up to another question. I asked "Should my readers be able to identify with the bad guy?" and got an excellent answer which explains the continuum of "identifiability" for bad guys. In his answer, Standback also cited George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" as an example of co... (more) |
— | almost 13 years ago |
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Should my readers be able to identify with the bad guy? I'm in the process of defining the characters for a novel. It is a crime fiction, with a really strong focus on the characters. I hope to construct really rich, complex and clearly defined characters. I know that I should, in principle, create characters the reader can identify with. I've got some c... (more) |
— | almost 13 years ago |
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Is it OK to refer to some characters by first name and to others by last name? I'm writing the outline for my first novel, which has three main characters. I'm very happy with their names, however I recently noticed that I was naturally referring to the first two by first name, but to the third one by his last name. I think it is because 1) I like that last name, which is a ver... (more) |
— | about 13 years ago |