Dave White's out today, but Chris F. Holm has some things to say about character and writing over at the Crime Fiction Lover site.
That said, I didn’t think of myself as a crime writer until I first put pen to paper. What really fascinates me is character. The problem is, well-behaved characters are dull. We’re all raised to behave to societal norms, so when we do so, it speaks little of who we really are. If you want to know what someone’s really made of, you’ve got to strip all that away. Crime is by nature transgressive, and as such it affords a truer glimpse into the hearts and minds of those who commit it than damn near anything else I can think of.
More this way --
1 comment:
I dunno. That dude sounds like he doesn't know what the eff he's talking about.
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