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EPISODE · Oct 25, 2024 · 27 MIN

Episode 136 - Benefits of a character's otherness.

from Essential Guide to Writing a Novel · host James Thayer

A strong way to make a character likeable, and to have the reader root for her, is to have the character experience "otherness."  She's out of place.  She doesn't fit.  Here are techniques on how to do so.  Also, how F. Scott Fitzgerald worked.  And, no whining.Support the showBuy the master class.

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