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smorgishborg wrote:Now, I'm a firm believer that it's the characters make the story, and so it seems counter-intuitive that thinking of a plot first would bolster the character depth, but I find that to be true in a lot of good literature. Consider John Steinbeck's East of Eden a book which I consider to have the best cast of characters I've ever read about. East of Eden essentially tells the story of Steinbeck's family (edited for more drama, of course) and so with the plot already in hand, Steinbeck was free to allow his characters to explore the story by themselves. The result is stunning.
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