Still thinking
Back to writing... or not. Maybe back to thinking because I'm still
trying to fulfill a craft order and so the writing is on hold and
I'm only able to ponder my tale.
Was Soames Forsyte a bad man with good tendancies and Irene a good lady who goes sadly wrong, or the other way around? I couldn't work it out and I got to thinking that Galsworthy painted his characters so true to life that it's hard to tell who are the 'goodies' and 'baddies'. Then I wondered about the characters in my new story and came to realise that they simply are not good enough. I thought they contrasted well, each had a story to tell and different character fasits were to be revealed as we went along, but they are not as effectively drawn as they should be.
Without well drawn characters, I might as well not bother. Of course, many of the character 'layers' will come with the numerous rewrites, but I need to start with a different emphasis and so I'm beginning again. I'll keep the original chapters in the computer as I always do, but not use them for this story. Although the story-line is basically the same, my characters need to change.
Mmmh... still thinking.
Was Soames Forsyte a bad man with good tendancies and Irene a good lady who goes sadly wrong, or the other way around? I couldn't work it out and I got to thinking that Galsworthy painted his characters so true to life that it's hard to tell who are the 'goodies' and 'baddies'. Then I wondered about the characters in my new story and came to realise that they simply are not good enough. I thought they contrasted well, each had a story to tell and different character fasits were to be revealed as we went along, but they are not as effectively drawn as they should be.
Without well drawn characters, I might as well not bother. Of course, many of the character 'layers' will come with the numerous rewrites, but I need to start with a different emphasis and so I'm beginning again. I'll keep the original chapters in the computer as I always do, but not use them for this story. Although the story-line is basically the same, my characters need to change.
Mmmh... still thinking.
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With my vague feelings that I might like to delve into fiction these discussions on character writing are becoming more relevant and interesting for me.... Galsworthy was a good example, and I am old enough to remember Eric Porter and Nyree Dawn Porter in the classic tv dramatisation of the books. And the line 'The morning after the night before, Soames breakfasted alone' says so much but in so few words.
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