Keeping It Real: How round characters grown from the seeds of detail. (cover story)

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  • Author(s): Clark, Roy Peter (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Writer (Kalmbach Publishing Co.). Mar2012, Vol. 125 Issue 3, p28-30. 3p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      DESCRIPTION (Rhetoric); NONFICTION writing; O'NEILL, John P., 1952-2001; WRIGHT, Lawrence, 1947-; AUTHORS
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the importance of character development when it comes to writing. The author stresses that the best type of writing is the kind that develops dialogue and point of view in an interesting way, like author Lawrence Wright does in developing the character of former chief of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s counter-terrorism unit John O'Neill in the nonfiction book "The Looming Tower." INSETS: Trust the tale, not the teller;Show some evidence;Search for the distinctive detail.