Comments on: Thriller Thursday: Thriller Extravaganza Welcomes R.J. Ellory

By: Ethics Dunce: Novelist R J Ellory | Ethics Alarms

Ethics Dunce: Novelist R J Ellory | Ethics Alarms — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:26:40 +0000

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By: Halina

Halina — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:34:16 +0000

Books and stories not forgotten are ones where you invest in the characters and you care for them as if they were real. You are sad, scared,happy and angry with and for them. You think if they were real you would be friends with them. The best written characters are where you know they are the villian and you should be hoping the story turns against them, that the protaganist gets his revenge finally but yet you find yourself rooting for the bad guy. You start to see qualities in his character that you could relate with or you feel compassion or you even like their dark twisted humor that is supposed to repulse the reader. This story is amazing, would be amazing as a movie! Ernesto Perez is a character not forgotten

By: Reggie Ridgway (@reggieridgway)

Reggie Ridgway (@reggieridgway) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:11:15 +0000

Great post. Thanks for the great food for thought. I mostly read thrillers and horror. The tension and the plausible situation keep me in. If I don’t believe what I am reading I loose interest. Roger hit the nail on the head with this post and am grateful to Stacie for her blog. Keep up the great work and have to check out Rogers’s thrillers.
http://amazon.com/author/reggieridgway

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:50:21 +0000

In reply to Lydia K. Absolutely true. Thanks for stopping by, Lydia!

By: Sunday Mash-Up: 07/29-08/04/2012 | Rhonda Hopkins

Sunday Mash-Up: 07/29-08/04/2012 | Rhonda Hopkins — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:46:06 +0000

[…] R.J. Ellory made an appearance in Stacy Green’s Thriller Extravaganza series where he talked about how important characters are to building tension. […]

By: Lydia K

Lydia K — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:10:59 +0000

Making a book “unputdownable” is hard, but when you’re reading one, you just know it.

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:48:15 +0000

In reply to Tiffany A White. Isn't it? I learned so much from Roger's post. So glad you enjoyed, Tiffany!

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:46:44 +0000

In reply to Reetta Raitanen. :) So glad we're all in agreement, and yes, characters must grow. I can handle a flawed character as long as their arc progresses. Thanks for stopping by.

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:45:58 +0000

In reply to Karen Rought. Absolutely. I'm the same way, and as I told Rhonda, the connection needs to happen asap. Thanks!

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:45:25 +0000

In reply to Rhonda Hopkins. Thanks, Rhonda! So glad you enjoyed it. I feel the same about character as well. It's the main reason I connect to a book, and it needs to happen right away.