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Jul. 29th, 2008 09:15 amA long while ago, Internet time, I wrote an entry/rant on the natures of characters and their "reality". I also dragged out the quote: "The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he hears their voices even before he knows them." ~*~André Gide
What brings this all up again, is this posting. The discussion involves Meyer's spoiling her own books and how her characters are being forced into doing things. This brings about the age old debate on how to create and use characters as well as the use of events in a story.
( Ramble ahead )
What brings this all up again, is this posting. The discussion involves Meyer's spoiling her own books and how her characters are being forced into doing things. This brings about the age old debate on how to create and use characters as well as the use of events in a story.
( Ramble ahead )
