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A blog by Oregonian in General

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A selection of topics I'm particularly interested in, stuff that causes me to spend much too much time surfing the internet or buying books.

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Character Development Advice (for Camp FFT)

Character Development Advice (for Camp FFT)

I'll address myself to one aspect of character development - the necessity to avoid putting the character in all the same (or very similar) scenes, acting and reacting in the same way every time he appears in the narrative.  We get an initial impression of him in his first scene and learn nothing new about him thereafter.  He always does and says XYZ in all of his scenes.  This is not "character consistency," it is "character paralysis." Even minor characters who appear in few scenes do not
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