Every character in your story should have a clear motivation. They need a reason to enter the scene, and something they want to accomplish before the scene is over. This goes for a walk-on character who only has one line just as much as it goes for your protagonist and antagonist. If a character has …
Writing: The Power of Broad Characters
Everyone claims to like deep, nuanced characters. People who feel real and rich and alive. There's only one problem. They're wrong. If you think of your favorite characters--frankly, any characters you can remember off the top of your head--you'll think of broad, two-dimensional, larger than life heroes and villains and grotesques. Darth Vader. Tarzan. Wily …
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