Category: Character in Fiction

  • How to Say You’re Lonely

    On November 30th, at Butler University I had the privilege of hearing Eric Freeze read from his collection of stories called Invisible Men. During the…

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  • But It Is Fundamental

    I know that I've written on this in at least one other post, but it is fundamental, so I trust you'll humor me. Yesterday I…

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  • PPP

    In 1954, Ralph Ellison told the Paris Review* that a character's development must proceed through three states: from purpose, through passion, to perception^. The beauty…

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  • Backstory Isn’t Story

    You will try to make your reader care about the character you've created. You'll do this by telling your reader all about the character's background,…

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  • On [The Illusion of] Character

    Oren's life is like our own*. It is not a series of events, but rather his life occupies a space in time and is constructed…

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