13.47: Q&A on Fixing Characters

Your Hosts: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard

You had questions about fixing character problems. We had had answers! Here are the questions:

How do you fix character voices when you find out that two of them are too similar?
How can you tell if a character is, in fact, the problem?
How do you maintain interest in a character who is largely inactive?
How do you write interesting bad guys when your only POV characters are the good guys?
How do you give meaningful challenges to a powerful character?
How can you make a normal, everyday character interesting?
How do you edit an existing manuscript to give characters interests which mesh with the plot?

Credits: This episode was recorded by Dan Thompson and mastered by Alex Jackson.

Homework: Cheeto McFlair: Who are they, and why are they asking questions of the Writing Excuses team?

Thing of the week: Myths and Monsters, narrated by Nicholas Day (currently available on Netflix).