Character Development
Many of those whom I’ve talked to about From the Midst of Wickedness are most interested in character development. In particular they want to know whether any of characters are taken from people in real life.
The process is a bit more complicated than that.
Some characters are complete inventions. For instance, Jean-Claude Gilbert, Mark Berger’s Captain, is not only a complete invention but he was a also a character along with Mark Berger in my first book, Danced By the Light of the Moon. In this case, I liked Jean-Claude and Berger so much that I brought them over to FTMOW by making Berger a Board of Trustees member of the university.
On the other hand, Sessions University President, Bryan Q. Fitz-Hugh, is an amalgam of number of non-profit leaders including a dean of students, a university president, two think tank CEOs mixed in with some spices of Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey. The important thing is that Fitz-Hugh became a completely separate, integrated and unique personality and not in any way an imitation. He stands on his own.
The process is a bit more complicated than that.
Some characters are complete inventions. For instance, Jean-Claude Gilbert, Mark Berger’s Captain, is not only a complete invention but he was a also a character along with Mark Berger in my first book, Danced By the Light of the Moon. In this case, I liked Jean-Claude and Berger so much that I brought them over to FTMOW by making Berger a Board of Trustees member of the university.
On the other hand, Sessions University President, Bryan Q. Fitz-Hugh, is an amalgam of number of non-profit leaders including a dean of students, a university president, two think tank CEOs mixed in with some spices of Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey. The important thing is that Fitz-Hugh became a completely separate, integrated and unique personality and not in any way an imitation. He stands on his own.
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