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Jan 19, 2026 10 min

S is for Sonder

from Just Another Word Podcast Hosted by Timothy Vigil

In this episode, we explore the quiet, dizzying realization that you are not the lead character in every story. In this episode, we discuss: The Invisible Backpack: How to imbue background characters with the weight of their own ambitions, routines, and heart-wrenching decisions, even if they never speak a line of dialogue. The Storyteller’s Perspective: Techniques for creating profound fiction by using specific background details, NPCs with their own agendas, and the power of the unresolved thread to make a world feel like a living ecosystem. Are you writing your background characters as furniture, or are you acknowledging the invisible weight each one carries into your world? Subscribe for more episodes and to join me in this journey through the alphabet!

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