tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post49224871894543245..comments2024-03-18T04:40:38.214-05:00Comments on Murderous Musings: Characters: Paper, Cardboard, Flesh and Bone?Chester Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-7162899418672648462010-03-03T21:18:12.875-06:002010-03-03T21:18:12.875-06:00Chester, I just finished HEAT LIGHTNING and am now...Chester, I just finished HEAT LIGHTNING and am now reading ROUGH COUNTRY, also by Sandford. I agree that he does a wonderful job with characterization. His protagonists, Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport (the prey series) are both complex, multi-dimensional, and very realJaden Terrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113218513166921429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-89284592480089833622010-03-03T10:40:00.595-06:002010-03-03T10:40:00.595-06:00I don't care for a lot of exposition because i...I don't care for a lot of exposition because it slows down the action. I'm even skimpy with description for the same reason.I bring my characters to life through their actions and dialogue.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-26199609617415318942010-03-03T10:07:12.929-06:002010-03-03T10:07:12.929-06:00Thanks, Bill. Unless it's handled deftly, I ag...Thanks, Bill. Unless it's handled deftly, I agree the behavioral tic can get out of hand.Chester Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-87579757565224943152010-03-03T07:14:34.987-06:002010-03-03T07:14:34.987-06:00I agree with you all the way Chester. The characte...I agree with you all the way Chester. The characters have to be real or it doesn't work. What I don't admire is the cheap way of characterising someone by giving them a behavioural tic - sitting with their feet on a desk, eating sweets all the time, smoking a weird brand of cigarette. It's lazy characterisation and I don't think it works because the tic takes on an identity of its own.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.com