Heroes and Writing Goals from James W. Ziskin

Whom do you consider the greatest hero you’ve read, and why?

 

I’m going to interpret the word “hero” literally as a person of strong character who performs marvels and is possessed of noble qualities. And you know what? That kind of character in a book is usually boring. I had a professor long ago who asked her students who was a more interesting character, Melanie Wilkes or Scarlett O’Hara. Melanie was a kind, wonderful, upstanding, decent person. And she was strong. Who wouldn’t want to know he...