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Years ago, Becca and I grumbled about how our characters always expressed emotion the same way. My big thing? Frowning. Did my characters EVER know how to frown. They were savage at it. Becca’s characters? Smilers, all of them. SO HAPPY. Unfortunately, our inability to express emotion in a fresh way was dragging down the […]

In the real world, we’re all products of our pasts. Good and bad, the people, events, and situations we’ve encountered have influenced us in profound ways, impacting our morals and beliefs, our day-to-day habits, our personal preferences, even our personality traits. This should be as true for our characters as it is for us. As […]

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Character arc has many elements - inner & outer motivation, inner & outer conflict, fears, misbeliefs, emotional wounds and more.

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