tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273476148589168172.post646486787824841132..comments2023-10-20T03:18:47.488-07:00Comments on Stray Carrier Pigeon: Tell All the Truth But Tell it SlantMichelle Panikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305299656633483612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273476148589168172.post-36456661683276988772008-09-24T09:43:00.000-07:002008-09-24T09:43:00.000-07:00A fight, to be sure, and it is kicking my ass. :- ...A fight, to be sure, and it is kicking my ass. :- )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273476148589168172.post-15525381788415356632008-09-24T08:19:00.000-07:002008-09-24T08:19:00.000-07:00A friend of mine is dealing with the same characte...A friend of mine is dealing with the same characterization issue you bring up. I read a story draft of hers, and didn't quite pick up on all the important traits she wants the character to be imbued with. But she said earlier drafts were bonking the reader over the head with the character's issues.<BR/><BR/>But this is a slightly different matter from what you bring up. In terms of after the story ends, it's a fine line between giving enough to make a reader wonder how the character will carry on, but not allowing this wonder to frustrate them or think the story is incomplete.<BR/><BR/>Fight the good fiction fight, John!Michelle Panikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305299656633483612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273476148589168172.post-80770467776615617962008-09-22T15:32:00.000-07:002008-09-22T15:32:00.000-07:00I think that circumscribing a story by setting an ...I think that circumscribing a story by setting an internal clock is practical.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how many times, though, I've heard readers say that they want more here and here and here with regard to a character. What's sometimes frustrating there is that I feel I've fleshed out a character enough to allow readers to wonder how the character will carry on.<BR/><BR/>So for me the question becomes how to get readers to wonder while simultaneously feeling satisfied with what I've given them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com