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Shadowstrife911 · 08-26-2002, 10:44 PM

Well my number one rule for writing characters is... "Describe your characters through actions not words". I created this rule for myself a long time ago because I absolutley hate it when an author tells me the traits of an individual.

So, according to my reasoning every event must contribute to the character of the individual and explore some aspect of themself. If the protagionist is going to get into trouble, it is going to usually be caused by a character fault that becomes evident throughout the event.

Again, I can't stress enough how much I hate to see authors sit down and explain their characters in long, drawn out paragraphs. This makes me very sad and destroys the sense of discovery, you, as a reader feel when you find out something about a character.

[ August 27, 2002: Message edited by: Shadowstrife911 ]

08-26-2002, 10:44 PM	#11
Shadowstrife911 Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 30	Well my number one rule for writing characters is... "Describe your characters through actions not words". I created this rule for myself a long time ago because I absolutley hate it when an author tells me the traits of an individual. So, according to my reasoning every event must contribute to the character of the individual and explore some aspect of themself. If the protagionist is going to get into trouble, it is going to usually be caused by a character fault that becomes evident throughout the event. Again, I can't stress enough how much I hate to see authors sit down and explain their characters in long, drawn out paragraphs. This makes me very sad and destroys the sense of discovery, you, as a reader feel when you find out something about a character. [ August 27, 2002: Message edited by: Shadowstrife911 ] __________________ "It needs more to make a king than a piece of elvish glass, or a rabble such as this." -the Mouth of Sauron