Comments on: How to Create Multi-Dimensional Characters—Everybody Lies

By: Francis Concepcion

Francis Concepcion — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:30:08 +0000

I love House! 😀 And I think that’s very true. Another show I keep coming back to when it comes to characters is Firefly. There, Shepherd Book is a priest with a dark past that nobody knows about. How would a priest know how to fight, right? Or why would he have connections in places that aren’t exactly a part of his circle? Yet he acts in a manner very gracious and forgiving. It’s maddening. The show keeps you guessing at his backstory, and never tells you the whole story. You end up completely intrigued and curious as to what secrets this guy has in his past.

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Top Picks Thursday 02-05-2015 | The Author Chronicles — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:03:27 +0000

[…] While backstory is important to character, Roz Morris explains how backstory can sabotage your novel. Kristen Lamb peeks a one secret to creating multidimensional characters: everybody lies. […]

By: Deborah Makarios

Deborah Makarios — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 03:45:34 +0000

Coincidentally, I’ve just been delving into the Wounds, Delusions, Unbearable Feelings and Secrets of the characters in my WIP (stage play) – secrets they especially want to keep from their nearest and dearest, naturally…

By: Regina Walker

Regina Walker — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 04:40:05 +0000

I really like your insight Kristen. My hero needs some lies.

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Saturday Summation – 31 January 2015 | It'll All Work Out — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:19:27 +0000

[…] Everybody lies, Kristen Lamb says, and that’s one of the many ways to make sure you have interesting, multi-dimensional characters. I appreciated her point that these lies don’t have to be big ones that always have the huge reveal at the end of the book, but that all characters suppress feelings, behaviors, and reactions to different events. These are their hidden motivations and fears. Of course, those big lies are pretty useful, too, for storytelling. […]

By: Shirley Wine

Shirley Wine — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 06:19:54 +0000

This is a fantastic article …. thank you Kristen. Somehow you manage to nail a difficult subject in an easy to follow style that is thought provoking and challenging to implement.

By: carrienichols

carrienichols — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 03:17:21 +0000

Wonderful article! Thank you.

By: Anne Stone

Anne Stone — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:26:12 +0000

This is great and so timely for me. I just asked a question on Facebook in our Writing 101 Fix-it Friday group about when to reveal certain “truths” about the hero–so this totally relates! Thank you!!

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Creating Dimensional Characters—The Blind Spot | Kristen Lamb's Blog — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:00:54 +0000

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Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:34:04 +0000

[…] How to Create Multi-Dimensional Characters – Everybody Lies (Kristen Lamb) – “We all have faces we show to certain people, roles we play. We are one person in the workplace, another with family, another with friends and another with strangers. This isn’t us being deceptive in a bad way, it’s self-protection and it’s us upholding societal norms. This is why when Grandma starts discussing her bathroom routine, we cringe and yell, ‘Grandma! TMI! STOP!’ ” […]