Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay

Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay

Novelists: Write Real Characters

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Sarah Fay
Jan 13, 2023
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Character is everything. Writing character using traditional (often writing-workshop-cliché) methods often produces flat, uninteresting characters. The process below will help you create (or refine) a “real” protagonist and “real” characters.

The way to establish full, rich characters is to

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