From: Raymond E. Feist
Date: 31 March 2009
The first assumes something that isn't accurate, that a writer gets "close" to a character, or it assumes that the writer identifies with a character. Neither is true. There's a common myth taught in university lit classes that also insists that one character in a book will somehow accurate reflect the author's world-view.
As far as being proud of them, like a papa seeing his kids off . . . naw, if you mean which was I most proud of pulling off, I'd have to say Kaspar, for taking the villain of two books and making him the hero of the third. Rupert for making a pretty dislikable guy interesting enough to pull off an entire book.
Best, R.E.F.
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