Mystery: August 16, 2017 Issue [#8444]
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 This week: Characters may surprise us
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About This Newsletter

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.
~ Dennis Prager


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Letter from the editor

There are many contests out there which test your skills when it comes to character writing. It all depends on how far you want to take it, what do you need to know about them, which characteristics will be of importance to your story. I've read that some published writers will create an entire story-line about their characters before they get to the main writing. Does it help?

On one hand, I'd love to agree because it does open your eyes and you get to experience it as if the one you're writing about is actually a real person. You get to learn so much about them. Then again, is it a waste of time? How much do you need to know? Does half of it matter? Depending on the type of story you're writing, my guess would be that half of that won't matter. That'd be the other side. Even after the debate with myself and whether or not some information is too much information, I can't help but think that, down the road, at least some of it might come in handy.

That leaves you with a fork in the road. Which one do you choose? You can always add more, of course, as you write. I've done it myself and eventually forgot what I added or have changed. It becomes a blur and a complete mix up to the point of having mistakes in my writing I really shouldn't have. Character outline is important, no matter how you look at it. While you can have a standard one, my suggestion would be to create one, a specific one that fits your story and work with it on top of the more simpler one.

When it comes down to it, you'll have to make the right call, but from experience, more is always better.

'til next time!
~ Gaby *Witchhat*



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