It's important for the author to be amoral in constructing plot and characters. There's many times in writing I believe the author doesn't neccesarily have to agree with what a character chooses to say or do. From an artistic perspective, the author must be fair to his characters in allowing them to explore the idea of all possibilities. That is precisely the appeal of fiction, the thought that we learn through the experiences of the character, where we in real life may not choose to experience, but are still curious regarding. Besides, I am not the one telling the story, the character is. They must choose to say and do what it is that makes them who they are.
Though post-modern style fiction allows for the author to intrude into the narrative therefore becoming a performer within the story. It is a three-way relationship between the author, characters, and the reader, which can thus by experimented with according to style, and philosophy.
*Taken from my notebook, July 7 2010
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