Characters

I recently got this comment from a proof reader, "I enjoyed the detailed [character] foundation so that when the story begins to unfold I wasn't sidetracked..."

 Karen couldn't have given me a more satisfying compliment. James Michener is one of my favorite authors. He was a master of character development over generations of characters lives. Each generation added an understanding of the motivations of the main characters.

I try to do that same character development (on a much less grand scale) in my stories. I don't my readers to be confused about who or why. When I'm reading a book (or, watching a movie for that matter) where several characters look or sound too much alike with little backstory to distinguish them, I get lost. The story loses something when I can't keep track of who's who and why they are doing what they doing.

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