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   mumble to A. Tina Hall   
   Re: storytelling: talent or skill?   
   10 Jun 14 04:26:23   
   
   From: mumble@nomail.invalid   
      
   On 06/09/2014 06:12 AM, A. Tina Hall wrote:   
   > You're forgetting that I want characters that I want to read about.   
      
   Characters are whatever you make them.   
      
   Circumstances are whatever you make them.   
      
   How the characters behave in their assigned circumstances is what shows   
   their true character.   
      
   Characters emerge and develop, unless they're just furniture.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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