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Paul S. Kemp

American Author

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The human mind has infinite capacity to rationalize, and evil characters just push that boundary a bit. Whatever they're doing, they think it makes sense to do it, and they think they have a good reason to do it. In short, they feel justified. Paul S. Kemp

Good Mind Evil Whatever Sense Think Bit Characters Good Reason Rationalize Push Feel Boundary Makes Doing Infinite Human Short Just Justified Capacity Human Mind Reason

I suppose the textbook definition of an anti-hero is pretty straightforward - a protagonist who embodies not only heroic characteristics but also some characteristics typically deemed non-heroic, even villainous. Paul S. Kemp

Heroic Definition Characteristics Embodies Some Pretty Only Suppose Protagonist Also Textbook Straightforward Who Deemed Even

I always say that characters must drive plots, never the reverse. Writing about large-scale events creates the risk that the scope of the events themselves can overwhelm the characters. I emphatically do not want that. That was the only trepidation I felt when I started 'The Twilight War.' Paul S. Kemp

War Writing Events Drive Trepidation Say Characters Plots Must About Risk Only Never Felt Always Reverse Scope Overwhelm Want Themselves Creates Large-Scale Twilight Started

My favorite class as an undergraduate was a political theory class on justice. Now, 'justice' is hardly a self-defining term, and much smarter men than I have developed various definitions over the centuries. The class put Plato at one end and Nietzsche at the other, and off we went. Paul S. Kemp

Class Justice Political Men Other Definitions Favorite Various Developed Put Smarter Over Term Undergraduate Off End Than Centuries Much Theory Plato Now Hardly Nietzsche

The anti-hero walks the morally gray path and constantly flirts with redemption, and that flirtation is just a blast to write. Paul S. Kemp

Path Walks Constantly Morally Write Blast Redemption Just Gray

I don't do 'political correctness,' whatever that means. I write the stories I want to write, featuring the characters I want to feature. I don't touch demographic bases to appease this group or that. I write what I want. Full stop. Paul S. Kemp

Political Whatever Group Correctness Characters Touch Feature Write Demographic Political Correctness Stop Want Stories Means Full Appease Bases

My favorite film is 'The Empire Strikes Back.' My writing, and my personal taste in movies and books, tends toward works with a darker tone, and 'Empire' fits that the best of all the movies. Paul S. Kemp

Best Writing Back Strikes Books Favorite Darker Tends Toward Empire Fits Personal Taste Movies Works Film Tone

I think my best quality as a writer is the ability to craft complicated, nuanced, interesting characters. Paul S. Kemp

Best Quality Complicated Think Characters Ability Writer Craft Interesting Interesting Characters

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