Episode 15 - Characters with Edge

August 09, 2014 00:09:29
Episode 15 - Characters with Edge
The Creative Writer's Toolbelt
Episode 15 - Characters with Edge

Aug 09 2014 | 00:09:29

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Show Notes

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Great books can have ordinary characters plunged into extraordinary situations - but they can also have extraordinary characters who create their own extraordinary situations! Who are these characters? What are they like, and how can we, as writers create them? These characters have what Harry Bingham in his book "How to Write" calls - characters with edge.

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