Skip to content
Slap Happy Larry

Slap Happy Larry

picturebooks, apps, eBooks, short stories

  • How To Write Good
  • Teach With Picturebooks
  • Short Story Study For Writers
  • eBooks
  • Story Apps
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • News & Reviews
Posted on July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 by Lynley

What is meant by a ‘complex’ character in fiction?

What is meant by a ‘complex’ character in fiction?

Primarily it means that these characters have moral contradictions. And that means they…have a highly compartmentalized moral code.

– John Truby

 

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Pocket
  • Tumblr
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
CategoriesStorytelling Tagsadvice, tips, writing

Post navigation

Previous PostPrevious Snow White as Illustrated by Burkert and Hyman
Next PostNext Children’s Authors Who Broke The Rules

Newsletter

Signup for our occasional bookish newsletter

Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

The Artifacts

The Artifacts Title Page

Midnight Feast

Midnight Feast Title Page

Diary of a Goth Girl

Diary of a Goth Girl

How To Leave A Stranger And Other Stories

Lotta: Red Riding Hood iBook

Lotta: Red Riding Hood Free iBook
February 2019
M T W T F S S
« Jan    
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728  

Tools

  • Egalitarian Insult Generator

Picturebook Links

View my Flipboard Magazine.

Short Story Craft

View my Flipboard Magazine.

Literature Etc

View my Flipboard Magazine.

Tags

  • America
  • American
  • analysis
  • animals
  • Annie Proulx
  • art
  • Australia
  • australian
  • carnivalesque
  • characterisation
  • classic
  • comedy
  • coming of age
  • dogs
  • fairytale
  • fairytales
  • fantasy
  • feminism
  • film
  • history
  • horror
  • humour
  • ideology
  • illustration
  • John Truby
  • Katherine Mansfield
  • kidlit
  • literature
  • myth
  • New Zealand
  • picturebook
  • picturebooks
  • reading
  • Roald Dahl
  • short story
  • storytelling
  • study
  • symbolism
  • technique
  • terminology
  • tips
  • tropes
  • utopia
  • writing
  • YA
  • Slap Happy Larry on Twitter
  • Lynley on Twitter
  • Children’s Literature Google Collection
Proudly powered by WordPress