Don’t let your supporting characters get lost in the crowd. Photo: sonstroem via Visual hunt / CC BY
Have you thought of making the supporting characters in your novel the stars of their own lives? It’s the key to developing more interesting secondary characters, according to a Penguin Random House editor. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on October 18, 2017
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/penguin-random-house-editor-offers-tips-on-beefing-up-supporting-characters/
Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet in BBC’s “Pride and Prejudice” (1995).
William Faulkner’s approach to writing a character explains why some literary characters are so real. “Once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does,” said Faulkner. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on July 12, 2017
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2017/07/12/38-literary-characters-you-wont-forget-for-better-or-for-worse/
Boris in “The Goldfinch” is one of the most memorable sidekicks you’ll ever meet in literature.
They’re called sidekicks. They play second fiddle, but some secondary characters are as memorable as the protagonists they support. In fact, well-drawn supporting characters are a hallmark of exceptional novels. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on January 22, 2016
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/top-9-supporting-characters-in-literature/
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