Activity for Demetre Saghlianiâ€
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #27516 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #27505 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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A: How to prevent seeming like a Marty Stu-ish villain is cheating? Leave clues that make it possible to see at least the gist of his reasoning and line of thought for the observant and determined reader. Make it so that it's always possible, albeit very difficult, for the reader to predict his actions and to outsmart him. For instance, let the villain disguise hims... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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"Calm" vs Adventurous Main Protagonist When I first started thinking about this one particular story I wanted to write, I envisioned the main protagonist as a more "calm", "reactive" type of character. But as I spend more time building the world and fleshing out the characters, I grow convinced that such a protagonist would be boring at b... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |