But always it is guided byĪn emerging "feel" for what the situation is that (for some reason) Is already adequately communicated by other details. Partly it is a matter ofĭeciding what is superfluous to include because what it is there for (having an interesting subordinate character "get out of proportion:"Īnd "run away with the story"). Partly this is a matter of not letting things get out of control "creative process" amounts to deciding what to cut out from successiveĭrafts. Out." In fact, many writers report that a large part of their Something the writer generally end up discovering in the process ofĮxperimenting with "what to put in" and "what to leave It is somethingĮlse - "the needs of the work as a whole," which itself is also Portrait for a client, but it can be and often is). Is, is not accuracy (it might not be that for a painter doing a I strive to capture in my representation of it, but more a matter of how complexĭoes this character need to be? The criterion of "need," that Writer as a matter of how much of what is already independently out there should
That is:Ĭomplexity in characterization, in fiction, is not something that confronts the Reality, which he aims to represent, but making things up. In a moment) is that in fiction the writer is not starting from an existing One limitation (we'll have more to say on this Writers face analogous decisions, but (as we shall see) theĪnalogy goes only so far. Paint)? Should I work on a two-dimensional surface (paper or canvas) orĬonstruct something in three dimensions (casting bronze, carving stone or chiseling Monochrome (sepia ink, or pencil, or black oil on beige paper, or white-primedĬanvas), or should I do it in color (pastel pencils, or watercolor, oil-based Should I strive for complex accuracy of detail? Should I work in Shall I execute this portrait? Should I sketch it in simple terms, or The decisions a portraitist is confronted with is: in how great detail "portraiture" in drawing and painting, or in sculpture. Often we think of "characterization" as akin to Critical Concepts: Flat and Round Characterization
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