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the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: Snowleopard on July 11, 2010, 07:56:49 AM ---Some people do a full on biography of their characters so that they'll know, in any given situation, which way a character will jump.

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If I knew that about the character, there'd be no motive to write the story, because the story's about finding out which way the character will jump &c.

Snowleopard:

--- Quote from: neurovore on July 12, 2010, 02:44:57 PM ---If I knew that about the character, there'd be no motive to write the story, because the story's about finding out which way the character will jump &c.

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Neurovore, some people write to know their characters and some know their characters to write.  Every writer is different.

Off topic for a second - you might want to check out WRITERS ON WRITING by Jon Winokur.  It's a collection of quotes about the different aspects of writing by writers.  Great fun, especially when they have at each other.  Yeouch.

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