--- Jim Sharkey > It seems to me that the most important trait to DB's > protagonists is stubbornness.
Interesting! I certainly say so, explicitly, about the character in KILN PEOPLE. And yet, I hardly envision it as an unwillingness to contemplate changes in tactics. I thought Maia changed tactics several times. I guess I do see persistence in the face of pain to be one of the 'classic' protagonist virtures that I find most admirable. As opposed to other traits, such as "inborn greatness". (OS Card's favorite.) I'd be interested whether others also feel I over-use this technique. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
