http://writingeveryday.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/the-sociopath-next-door/ A couple hundred words of blather every day Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:34:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://writingeveryday.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/the-sociopath-next-door/#comment-265 Pam Phillips Thu, 29 May 2008 19:51:48 +0000 http://writingeveryday.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-265 The book <b>is</b> entertaining, with lots of examples that show what she is telling you to stay away from. The book is entertaining, with lots of examples that show what she is telling you to stay away from.

]]> http://writingeveryday.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/the-sociopath-next-door/#comment-264 Chris 1.0 Thu, 29 May 2008 16:00:46 +0000 http://writingeveryday.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-264 When I started reading this entry, I assumed you were talking about a work of fiction, and that you were going to tell us how this author wrote entertainingly about a sociopath villain (or hero), Before realizing you were talking nonfiction, I started to think about stories I know where a main character is clearly a sociopath. There are tons. About the only variation that didn't leap readily to mind is a story wherein both characters (hero and villain) are sociopaths, and the reader is forced to side with one or the other. But I'm sure there are plenty of those, too, and I'd just need to think about it awhile. When I started reading this entry, I assumed you were talking about a work of fiction, and that you were going to tell us how this author wrote entertainingly about a sociopath villain (or hero), Before realizing you were talking nonfiction, I started to think about stories I know where a main character is clearly a sociopath. There are tons. About the only variation that didn’t leap readily to mind is a story wherein both characters (hero and villain) are sociopaths, and the reader is forced to side with one or the other. But I’m sure there are plenty of those, too, and I’d just need to think about it awhile.

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