tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post3635217929979350938..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Character Capsule, The UpdateJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-48096335357236222302009-04-14T19:30:00.000-04:002009-04-14T19:30:00.000-04:00Great character analysis details. Those are the ki...Great character analysis details. Those are the kind of things that really do need to come out in a character's in-text life. Thanks for the thoughts.Joshua Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03327580698736503954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-13457068069964879052009-04-14T11:57:00.000-04:002009-04-14T11:57:00.000-04:00Liz, the character capsule is what I use when I'm ...Liz, the character capsule is what I use when I'm faced with a blank page and a new character to create or a character to update since the last book.<br /><br />I'll start with a general list of what characters will be in the story; sometimes with a name, sometimes a place-holder designation, such as "a person out of Anne's past, who knows who her real parents were."<br /><br />As I begin the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-43594981775599513252009-04-14T10:54:00.000-04:002009-04-14T10:54:00.000-04:00Sharon, as always, I'm impressed by your keen anal...Sharon, as always, I'm impressed by your keen analysis. Do you construct your characters on a foundation of what you've said in this blog, or do you deconstruct intuitively successful characters to see what works? Or do you use these elements primarily to tweak characters and make them stronger? I think the key to using these elements effectively is "show, don't tell." Not every writer, even someElizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com