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Bob Stevens
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Date Posted: 07:28:38 06/13/09 Sat
>>I think Wes may be talking two different stories here. He said the new story he was in the process of writing uses a character from Snowplow Extra, but the one starting after Bleu Beauty (Grin) uses one we're familiar with. I sort of guess myself that he'll keep us guessing on this one to see how far we'll take it. There's a lot of characters out there, folks. Too many for me to guess.
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>Oh, there's lots of possibilities.
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>-- Stan Warshawski has to be an interesting character, as much of a nutcase as he is. He'd have to be to have that messy an office.
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>-- Brenda Hodunk is obviously headed for more adventures.
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>-- Wendy Carter does well at overcoming adversity, and people really like stories like that.
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>-- Pete Chladek has been put down a lot in Dawnwalker and Alone Together, maybe it's time for his view of things.
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>-- Scooter Whitsell is as bad an outdoor junkie as Crystal, and has as much of a story.
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>-- Tabitha Augsberg is going to have a real interesting college career. She's just too good a shooter!
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>And there are others, many others. Ten days ago, the character from Snowplow Extra in the book I'm writing right now (not the next one to be posted by a long shot) I didn't even have in mind for using again.
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>-- Wes
Some of these characters are interesting as supporting characters but not strong enough to warrant a good tale by themselves. Imagine, "Festus. The True Adventures of Matt Dillon's Side Kick."
Nancy and Pete stand well in their role as supporting characters. Even Chrystal's story has been told. What I'm eagerly waiting for is the inevitable blowup between Jon and Pete and Tanisha and her brother.
That being said, it takes a great storyteller to take seemingly minor events and characters and weave a great tale around them.
Wes, Good job on getting a group of fans who are discussing characters in your head and whose stories you skillfully tell.
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