So is Clarisse a wonderful character because she eventually falls in love with Lecter, or because she is flawed, little townish, folksy, and goes through a learning curve? Is John Galt a bad character because he does not have an arc?
Here's a painting by Velasquez and what you do is look at the painting and edcide whether there's enough light and shade, depth and foreground. Then you, would-be artist, look at how you can fill out more shade or reduce the light, add detail or paint over previous efforts… it's called painting by numbers. And this, is …writing by numbers.
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I am not a writer but I have a story to tell. This is incredibly helpful.
So is Clarisse a wonderful character because she eventually falls in love with Lecter, or because she is flawed, little townish, folksy, and goes through a learning curve? Is John Galt a bad character because he does not have an arc?
Here's a painting by Velasquez and what you do is look at the painting and edcide whether there's enough light and shade, depth and foreground. Then you, would-be artist, look at how you can fill out more shade or reduce the light, add detail or paint over previous efforts… it's called painting by numbers. And this, is …writing by numbers.