>>Since Elmore Leonard died last month I have been rereading a lot of his books and thinking about what he had to say. What I have mainly been appreciating is his attention to character. He said I don't pay attention to plot, I pay attention to character. He said he never knows where the plot will take him. He doesn't know what the outcome will be. He said he never knew what the last page would be. He said he imagines a character and follows that character as honestly as he can.
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>>I think I have a character halfway in mind. She is pretty well there. Now all I need is the strength of imagination to complete her.
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>>One thing I am sure about is that she will be small breasted.
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>Zzzzzz.
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>I wrote a novel for last nanowrimo. You should attempt it this year with your character.
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>Fwiw, Elmore also never described his characters visually. He wanted to let their appearance occur to the reader from their dialog. Not that he'd work in physical descriptions, just that the character was described more through the, um, content if the character, rather than the size of the boobs.
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I know that, Mike. It was one of his maxims.

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