Category Silence of the Lambs

Writers and Serial Killers

January 30, 2015 · by · in author, character, character in writing, Crime, crime fiction, crime thriller novels, Hannibal Lecter, James L'Etoile, pantser, plotting, serial killers, Silence of the Lambs, Television, thriller, writing, writing with an outline · 18 Comments

Writers and Serial Killers have more in common than you think. I binge watched (yes, I should have been writing – consider me scolded) the first season of Hannibal this week, something that I’d put off for a while. The Thomas Harris novels, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal were gripping and the movie […]

A Voice On The Perfect Character

July 11, 2014 · by · in author, character, character development, character in writing, crime fiction, Hannibal Lecter, humor, James L'Etoile, Silence of the Lambs, voices in my head, writing · 1 Comment

A perfect character? Have you ever read a story and something just seems, a bit off?  There is a decent story line, snappy dialogue and perfect characters.  Ah, there’s the rub – perfection. No one is perfect.  Ever.  Not even a Disney character. I mean think about it.  Prince What’s-His-Face, is riding around in the forest […]