Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters & Viewpoint: Proven advice and timeless techniques for creating compelling characters by an award-winning author by Card Orson Scott

Author:Card, Orson Scott [Card, Orson Scott]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook, epub
Publisher: F+W Media, Inc.
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Nora grimly agrees to Pete’s harsh terms. “All right,” she says. “If you promise not to tell anyone about my involvement with Hiram Doakes, I’ll tell you where he gets his funding. But my name can’t come into it — it’ll ruin my father’s business and destroy my marriage.”

“You have my word,” says Pete. “I won’t let this touch you at all.”

Nora tells all, and leaves. Pete immediately picks up the phone and has his secretary place a call to the editor of the Tribune. “I’ve got the goods on Hiram Doakes,” he says. “If you want the story, you’ve got it. My source? His lover for the past three years. Nora Simms. N-O-R-A S-I-M-M-S. Her father owns Simms Construction. Of course you can use her name — just don’t tell anybody you got it from me.”

From that moment on, the audience knows that Pete is slime. When a character breaks a promise or betrays a trust, the audience takes that betrayal personally — Pete has achieved villain status, and readers will be longing for his downfall.

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