Monday
Added 2 more pages to the novella once again did a full revison turned the story in a new direction added another story line into the first one. I took a look at the writing style of michael a stackpole to look at his supirior cahrecter development,
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TJ,
I’m surprised by the statement that you find Stackpole’s character development superior. (I assume this to be in comparison to Zahn’s work, which you referenced the day before.)
I thought Zahn’s strength was his replication of the “feel” of a Star Wars film. A limited omniscience with a “cliffhanger” sense of story (which also invites myriad possibilities as “anything” can happen.) In that type of storytelling, character development is limited- as the character has a limited role to play and the STORY takes precedence. Characters are in essence “disposable.”
My familiarity with Stackpole’s work is limited, but I didn’t find his character development to be especially engaging. Not that it was poor, but it was not what I would consider “superior” in the overaching sense.
Anyways, I’m looking forward to reading the work as you develop it.