kinds of inner psychological states.For example,characters who are tall and thin,like Irving Crane and Poe's Roderick Usher,are often associated with intellectual or aesthetic types who are withdrawn and introspective.Portly or fat characters,on the other hand,suggest an opposite kind of personality,one characterized by a degree of laziness,self-indulgence,and congeniality.Such convenient and economic shortcuts to characterization are perfectly permissible,of course,as long as they result in characters who are in their own way convincing. Characterization by the author In the most customary form of telling,the author interrupts the narrative and reveals directly,through a series of editorial comments,the nature and the personality of the characters,including the thoughts and feelings that enter and pass through the character's minds.By so doing the author asserts and retains full control over the characterization.The author not only directs his attention to a given character,but tells us exactly what our attitude toward that character ought to be.kinds of inner psychological states. For example, characters who are tall and thin, like Irving Crane and Poe’s Roderick Usher, are often associated with intellectual or aesthetic types who are withdrawn and introspective. Portly or fat characters, on the other hand, suggest an opposite kind of personality, one characterized by a degree of laziness, self-indulgence, and congeniality. Such convenient and economic shortcuts to characterization are perfectly permissible, of course, as long as they result in characters who are in their own way convincing. Characterization by the author In the most customary form of telling, the author interrupts the narrative and reveals directly, through a series of editorial comments, the nature and the personality of the characters, including the thoughts and feelings that enter and pass through the character’s minds. By so doing the author asserts and retains full control over the characterization. The author not only directs his attention to a given character, but tells us exactly what our attitude toward that character ought to be