No Fun in Perfection
I think I should try writing with a 100º temperature; maybe it would improve my writing.
That aside, Charles makes a good point about creating your character’s background. Everything you write may not go into the novel’s pages, but it will show through the character’s thinking and actions.
(Note: I’m writing this with a 100+ fever, so bear with me here.)
I read a fantasy book where the main character was flawless. He learned magic and swordsmanship with ease. The other characters were in awe of him even though he began as a farmer with no training. By the end of the story, he was unstoppable, but he was basically unstoppable at the beginning too. There was never a doubt that he would succeed, which I can deal with to some extent. It’s that he succeeded without sacrifice, without difficulty, and with his losses rather laughable. Compare this to a character I mentioned in my last post that had minimal combat training and spent the last battle running until getting a lucky shot in on the main villain. You knew the character would win because the heroes usually do, but the character didn’t become some super-warrior. I felt…
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