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Nov. 18th, 2005 08:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
khiemtranToo tired to make a proper post today, but I think I've nearly got my head around something very important about character.
I've decided that one of the things I don't like about the Silver Bowl is the way the characters all exist to serve the story. That's partly an occupational hazard of my writing style - the story did come first, after all - but I still think I could have done a better job at it. I've only just realized how much I dislike stories where characters are just plot devices. It's not something I've really given much thought to previously.
I've sort of found a new way of looking at the story. Things I didn't notice before, I can now spot easily. I just hope I remember this when the time comes to start writing again.
I've decided that one of the things I don't like about the Silver Bowl is the way the characters all exist to serve the story. That's partly an occupational hazard of my writing style - the story did come first, after all - but I still think I could have done a better job at it. I've only just realized how much I dislike stories where characters are just plot devices. It's not something I've really given much thought to previously.
I've sort of found a new way of looking at the story. Things I didn't notice before, I can now spot easily. I just hope I remember this when the time comes to start writing again.
