Thank you once again to all of you, who have posted here. As I have been, so I still am: Deeply and truly humble and grateful for the immense honor I have been shown by being granted this award not just once, but twice. I still lack the words to properly express just how much this means to me, but what I lack in words, I have tried to make up for in action.
For recieving this award is but half of the total equation and the other half is by far the hardest and a great responsibility to put on the shoulders of any one person: Choosing one's successor.
I have roamed AARland for a story, which seemed to me, to capture the spirit of this Award. And if I have learned anything, it is simply this: The number of talented writers on this forum is not only staggering, it is beyond belief!
I praise myself lucky that I did not have to find a successor for the brother-award for this, namely the WritAAR of the Week, for they must choose from ALL the stories on this forum, while I at least, scant comfort it may be, only had to choose from those, who incorporated "living", "breathing", characters. This, not surprisingly, is hard enough, for among our countless writers, it seems that quite a lot have chosen the narrative approach and thus incorporated people into their stories...
I find myself breathless and even somewhat beaten after browsing so many good AARs, trying to decide who was the better Character Writer. How can I, mortal as I am, choose just one, just one among the many, to recieve this award after me?
The answer is: I can't... Not really... But I had to.
So instead of listing every single narrative AAR I've been reading this last week and the powers that be knows, I would really like to, I have decided to abide by the rules and list just one: One who I feel is not just a very talented writer, but one who has managed to set a special kind of tone in his AAR, using these same characters.
In said AAR, the tone is light almost to the point of being humorous, without ever really reaching that point. At the same time, it is deep and intense, showing us great levels of intrigue, mostly hinted at or hidden just beyond the horizon, to let us sit breathlessly waiting for the next update and.. hopefully... the answer to the riddle..
What really made me decide upon this AAR, among so many deserving, is the way the story somehow switches from Narrative to Historical, using one to underline and lift up the other, making characters come to life, be defined and stand out, without ever getting too close to the person at hand.. Letting us feel a tantalizing familiarity, yet not a sense of knowing every levels of depth in any person..
It is a young AAR, barely reaching five pages yet and still, the potential is staggering and the skill of the writer beyond reproach. What the future will bring for us in this story, I can barely imagine, but one thing is certain: It will be great.
At this point, you are probably loosing your patience with my ever-present need to elaborate and thus, while being excessively self-restrictive
, I give to you my nomation for Best Character Writer of the Week:
Flyingdutchie and his
ItalAAR
Congratulations.
