http://gregvandagriff.com/settings/ Egocentric Commentary Courtesy of Greg Vandagriff Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:59:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://gregvandagriff.com/settings/comment-page-1/#comment-4 G.G. Vandagriff Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:53 +0000 http://gregvandagriff.com/?p=10#comment-4 I am so excited! This is going to be a great adventure! With my Crazy Ladies book I feel like it's Christmas every morning I wake up and get to write about my "friends". Brandon Sanderson's Robert Jordan is in the stores now. Would you like it for Christmas? I wish you could take his class at BYU. Ask Jane about it. She LOVED it. But even if you don't take it, I know you were born to write and will do a fantastic job. I think with fantasy it is best to do just what you're doing. Your setting is extremely important, but to give your characters life, I think you should start out with basic characteristics and then let them surprise you as you write. Don't be afraid to go "deep." I am so excited! This is going to be a great adventure! With my Crazy Ladies book I feel like it's Christmas every morning I wake up and get to write about my "friends". Brandon Sanderson's Robert Jordan is in the stores now. Would you like it for Christmas? I wish you could take his class at BYU. Ask Jane about it. She LOVED it. But even if you don't take it, I know you were born to write and will do a fantastic job. I think with fantasy it is best to do just what you're doing. Your setting is extremely important, but to give your characters life, I think you should start out with basic characteristics and then let them surprise you as you write. Don't be afraid to go "deep."

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