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JAMESBJOHNSON
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If you wanna create life-like characters I recommend these two books: AMERICAN CLASS by Paul Fussell, and SCRIPTS PEOPLE LIVE by Claude Steiner.
Fussell sorts Americans into their respective breeds, from bottom feeding derelicts thru what passes for American Royalty. Every class dresses distinctly, eats distinctly, plays distinctly, works distinctly, and makes flower planters from distinctly different stuff. The lowest grade of proletariat uses beer bottles, other lowlifes use truck tires, and their betters prefer car tires painted white.
Fussell helped me understand the 60s and Liberals. Fussell is a liberal, so he knows.
The book furnishes a writer with all the basic traits for characters.
SCRIPTS PEOPLE LIVE is about what goes on tween the ears of people. It helps identify frogs and princes, and what they do to be who they are. Scenes almost write themselves once you understand how frogs and princes interact with the world.
Fussell sorts Americans into their respective breeds, from bottom feeding derelicts thru what passes for American Royalty. Every class dresses distinctly, eats distinctly, plays distinctly, works distinctly, and makes flower planters from distinctly different stuff. The lowest grade of proletariat uses beer bottles, other lowlifes use truck tires, and their betters prefer car tires painted white.
Fussell helped me understand the 60s and Liberals. Fussell is a liberal, so he knows.
The book furnishes a writer with all the basic traits for characters.
SCRIPTS PEOPLE LIVE is about what goes on tween the ears of people. It helps identify frogs and princes, and what they do to be who they are. Scenes almost write themselves once you understand how frogs and princes interact with the world.
