A Conversation for Writing Right with Dmitri: Salad or Stew?
Salad vs Stew
SashaQ - happysad Started conversation Jan 8, 2018
Very thought-provoking...
A couple of years ago for NaNoWriMo, I got inspiration by digging out a manuscript I had started ten years before then. I had tried to write from the perspective of three different characters, but re-reading it, I could see two of the characters were tossed salads of characteristics I had read about, while the other was more closely based on my direct experience, so was a much more meaty stew of a character 
I used the plot outline to redo the story, this time only from the perspective of 'my' character. I like to think it improved the writing, but as I haven't looked at it for over a year now, it will be interesting to look back again and see what I think now
The NaNoWriMo story I did publish from 2012 was one that did incorporate a substantial amount of my direct experience at the time - it wasn't exactly fine literature, but I like to think it contained a good amount of colour and richness as a result. I'm not a great observer of other humans, but I restricted the story to the limited palette of people I do have knowledge of, and that must have helped...
Salad vs Stew
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jan 8, 2018
When you go back and reread, hopefully, you'll have even more new insights. 
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