Characterization help?
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revolution_frHey all!
I'm writing a NaNoWriMo novel that takes place from approximately 1788- 1799 and being the crazed fangirl that I am, I'm including as many Jacobins as I can get away with. I think I've got a good handle on Robespierre, since he's the main object of my obsession, but I do confess that I have nooooooooo idea at all how to characterize Saint- Just and Desmoulins. Aside from physical descriptions, I'm not quite sure what to do personality- wise to keep them as close to life as possible.
I would look at other historical fiction books as a guide, but then we get blood-thirsty-psycopathic-murderer!Saint- Just and dumb-as-a-rock!Desmoulins and I would rather avoid those since I've figured out that they're pretty much complete fabrications.
Thank you so much to anyone who can shed some light on the subject!
I'm writing a NaNoWriMo novel that takes place from approximately 1788- 1799 and being the crazed fangirl that I am, I'm including as many Jacobins as I can get away with. I think I've got a good handle on Robespierre, since he's the main object of my obsession, but I do confess that I have nooooooooo idea at all how to characterize Saint- Just and Desmoulins. Aside from physical descriptions, I'm not quite sure what to do personality- wise to keep them as close to life as possible.
I would look at other historical fiction books as a guide, but then we get blood-thirsty-psycopathic-murderer!Saint- Just and dumb-as-a-rock!Desmoulins and I would rather avoid those since I've figured out that they're pretty much complete fabrications.
Thank you so much to anyone who can shed some light on the subject!
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Date: 2007-11-15 03:26 am (UTC)I can't help you much on Saint-Just but I, um, seem to remember typing up a bunch of Camille Desmoulins ones..... A BIG bunch. (http://jesta-ariadne.livejournal.com/134242.html)
(...Please excuse/ignore all the spazzy fangirlish narration interspersed XDD I was trying to explain to people who didn't know much about it.... plus, I am a spazzy fangirl.)
Go you with NaNoWriMo!!