3 Authors with Guidelines

In the Goldberg reading, I was most intrigued by the idea of starting to write about obsessions. These are the things a person would know. Similar to Lamott urge to write about characters that are based off real people you know. Make your character real. Is what Goldberg urges. There can be everyday experiences in life that can really change a character forever. My relationship with any person is based on their first impression. After a first impression though, we find out more about the person and the particular language they use. Just like Lamott says in his reply about characters to get them a personality. To this extent I would say treat your characters like you would a new friend. Lamott really does this by telling to make characters reliable. You want a friend to be there for you. Though in a story, you don’t want only honest people. The real thrill of the journey is characters trusting the wrong character that had alternate motives and how the noble character was able to outwit them. In thinking of reliability, does this extend to in a negative light? In the Walking Dead, you could count on the Governor to seek revenge at whatever cost. Since this is not a film there has to be description and the writing or evoking of the different five senses. Though the limiting of descriptions of scenes need to be meaningful. Though not brought up in class, there is something called too colorful. In my opinion, the third example in Burroway was the worst. Plus, did not understand not using words like “was” and “would” when the present versions “is” and “could” were not. In all the examples he gave there was the word was at least twice though the number he did use went down. Overall, I believe what was said had merit and can help writers find their way.