Lately I've been exposed to crime stories on TV, as I've mentioned before. Murder isn't my thing, sure I kill people in my books, but never murder. I get bored and switch from my viewer mind to my writer mind.
Looking at the misdirection angle, some of them are sloppy - dropping clues over the transom. Some of the writing is excellent. The difference is connecting the dots, of course, in a logical/believable way.
The suspect always lies and the stars always know they are lying and trip them up with a clue.
I'm not as quick with spotting lies. I don't lie because it is too much trouble to keep them straight. When I catch someone in a lie, I'm angry. For me, each caught lie erodes the relationship until there is nothing worth salvaging.
So the writing stretch for me would be to learn to write a character who is a believable liar. Wonder if I can do it? What type of character would be a stretch for you to write?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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I think I'd find it hard to write a really authentic male as my lead character - I know that my natural bias and experience would give the character too many sterotype attributes.
ReplyDeleteI agree, and to some extent, that is what writers do. The older James Bond always finds his way to bed with a beautiful woman. It is a fine line between believable and sterotype, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIn Storm Surge it was always a battle to make Kathryn stronger, yet not out of character. The turning point in her strength was her trip to Ireland in High Tide.
There is a lot to thinking about in fiction writing.