Creating a character · How to write a book

Writing unforgettable characters – guest post at Vine Leaves Literary Journal

Screen Shot 2015-07-13 at 09.22.27How do you create a fictional character who not only leaps off the page, but lives on in the reader’s mind after the story is finished? Today I’m puzzling these questions at Vine Leaves Literary Journal, with examples from Emily Bronte, Robert Goolrick, Patricia Highsmith and Nevil Shute. Do pull up a chair.

7 thoughts on “Writing unforgettable characters – guest post at Vine Leaves Literary Journal

  1. Ha! I’m so used to clicking on pictures as links that I clicked on the above, only for it to open in a new window. “How am I supposed to read that!….. Oh, I see, it’s still just the picture.” Dearie me.

  2. Great stuff. As a reader, I get frustrated when writers fail to distinguish similar characters from one another. I’m sure I’ve been guilty of it myself too.

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