Comments on: GUY WALKS INTO A NOVEL… http://mikedennisnoir.com/guy-walks-into-a-novel/437/ Noir fiction for the modern reader. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Dennis http://mikedennisnoir.com/guy-walks-into-a-novel/437/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Mike Dennis Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:42:33 +0000 http://mikedennisnoir.com/?p=437#comment-50 Both those guys will probably turn up in your writing, Dana. These are exactly the kinds of incidents that produce memorable characters. Both those guys will probably turn up in your writing, Dana. These are exactly the kinds of incidents that produce memorable characters.

]]> By: Dana King http://mikedennisnoir.com/guy-walks-into-a-novel/437/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Dana King Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:25:41 +0000 http://mikedennisnoir.com/?p=437#comment-49 I was in an upscale restaurant once and watched a middle-aged guy come in wearing a Hawaiian shirt come in with a blonde at least twenty years younger. He looked like Central casting had sent up a greaser: slicked back, thinning hair, kind of a rat nose, talked louder than necessary. He sits about twenty feet from my daughter and me and proceeds to ask for a better table, criticize the service, and generally make himself a pain in the ass to not just the staff, but everyone around him. I haven't used him in a story yet, but I'm ready. My "Fragments" file has snippets of dialog and actions ready for whenever I need him. Same thing happened when I sat in on a day of a murder trial. One of the witnesses made such an impression, I ran home and wrote out what I remembered right away. Haven't used him yet, either, but he's in the bank. I was in an upscale restaurant once and watched a middle-aged guy come in wearing a Hawaiian shirt come in with a blonde at least twenty years younger. He looked like Central casting had sent up a greaser: slicked back, thinning hair, kind of a rat nose, talked louder than necessary. He sits about twenty feet from my daughter and me and proceeds to ask for a better table, criticize the service, and generally make himself a pain in the ass to not just the staff, but everyone around him.

I haven’t used him in a story yet, but I’m ready. My “Fragments” file has snippets of dialog and actions ready for whenever I need him.

Same thing happened when I sat in on a day of a murder trial. One of the witnesses made such an impression, I ran home and wrote out what I remembered right away. Haven’t used him yet, either, but he’s in the bank.

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