CREATING UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS by Linda Seger

This is the first book I've read by Linda Seger.  I bought it because her name comes up in almost any other how-to-write book I've read in the recent months, so I thought I would look into her work more deeply, as she's quoted so often in other works.

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While I think she is a good writer, and she obviously has extensive experience in working in film and television, giving concrete examples of the problems one could come across as a writer, I nevertheless felt like I wasted two days of my life reading this.

To me there was nothing new, no different point of view, no brand new aspect of how to solve a writing problem - even with the concrete examples she provided, the book overall felt very generic, like something I would have gotten at a free course provided by a community center.

Even though Ms Seger gives examples of interviews with other writers (holding their own extensive experience), I got the feeling this was more of a general 'here's what can happen in the movie business and especially Hollywood' book rather than 'if you come across this issue in character development, you might consider...' book.

Personally, this was a disappointment, and I won't be rushing out to buy any more of her books.

Who knows, maybe she is a very good lecturer/public speaker.