[stylist] do any other writers ever feel like this?

Tue Apr 28 02:13:56 UTC 2015

Yes, the first rule of good writing is to make complex, three-dimensional
characters, in fiction and nonfiction alike.

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas
Vasiliauskas via stylist
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 7:03 PM
To: William L Houts; Writers' Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] do any other writers ever feel like this?

Hi Bill,
That's a great idea and I like how you can show compassion to all your
characters and have a balance of your characters' emotions.
When I create a character I don't like, I often exaggerate the way they
behave.  I purposely put them in positions that make them behave a certain
way.
When I create a character I do like, they rarely do anything wrong.  Will
have to work on that! After all, nobody is perfect.
Thanks,
Vejas

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From: William L Houts via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:52:56 -0700
Subject: Re: [stylist] do any other writers ever feel like this?

Hi,

Well, I don't think I've actually cried but I recognize that impulse.
The way I write my characters has a lot to do with compassion; in order to
get the emotional truth out of my characters and their situations I employ a
kind of compassion.  Almost always, this leads me to a satisfying sense of
who these people are and what they're going to do next.

--Bill

On 4/27/2015 4:25 PM, Atty via stylist wrote:
 I have cried over decisions my chars have made.

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 From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas
Vasiliauskas via stylist
 Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 6:18 PM
 To: stylist at nfbnet.org
 Subject: [stylist] do any other writers ever feel like this?

 Hi All,
 I was just curious about something.  Do you ever feel bad about a decision
that you make in your story because it doesn't benefit a certain character?
 I know they're not real people, but in my head they are.
 I feel like I just let a character of mine down, but in a way I also feel
like I had to make that decision.  I know it's silly, and I bet as a writer
it's totally normal...  but does anyone else ever feel this way?
 Vejas

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