Against quicker characters, use faster moves.
Shepard's quick character sketches have been honed over four previous collections, but what impresses is his ability to convey compressed, cinematic action.
This quick character study dissolved my urge to yell; suddenly instead of irritation I felt sympathy, and we were able to defuse the fit and move on in a matter of seconds.
Grangé's solution is a combination of driven narrative, colour, breathlessness, quick character sketches, a lot of physical prose ("the ghastly dampness of her open, slack entrails"), a fondness for underground locations and art galleries, and moments of puzzlement.
Ms. Daly, who won a Tony for her bruising Mama Rose in the Broadway revival of "Gypsy," proves herself a master of the quick character change, slipping on fresh personae as if they were well-traveled shoes.
There are no obvious heroes or facile villains in "The Duel," which unhurriedly moves among the players in scenes that capture a mood, or serve as a quick character sketch, or function on both counts, as in a brief, early interlude in which Laevsky lies stretched across a sofa with a handkerchief over his face, seemingly napping.
It's one little detail among a few which get recycled as we try to compile the quick character sketches of the kind that filled many of Sunday's papers, where he was presented as "Super-Maro", "Harrow Maro", and "Sport's Latest Superstar".
She tends to think in shortish scenes, which might be quick character sketches of people she has known, wry self-inquiries into feelings that she's hidden from herself, old memories revisited or a description of something she saw this morning.
"He had a love of all things fast, so Sonic was always going to be a quick character and that was also born out of looking at other platform games like Mario and wanting to create something that was much quicker".
Each time you introduce a character, give a quick character sketch: "Burly Jones is a 36-year-old workaholic whose biggest joys in life are horseshoes, women, and his motorcycle, not necessarily in that order". 4. Don't get bogged down in details.
