#WritersWisdom -Rule 72- Keep Your Characters Real

Writer’s Wisdom -Rule #72- Keep Your Characters Real. “We adore eccentricity. But  characters might stray too far in their weirdness and just get too goofy. You want strangeness within realistic bounds, psychological richness without cartoonish exaggeration. And there must be an eye in the hurricane, a regular and reasonable person much like your average reader, around whom these larger than life personalities swirl.”  

Taken from The Writer’s Book of Wisdom - 101 Rules for Mastering Your Craft, by Steven Taylor Goldsberry, (http://www.amazon.com/The-Writers-Boo...)