We explore a three-value model for troubleshooting characters: Competence, Proactivity, and Sympathy
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
What makes characters engaging, and how is that different from them being sympathetic?
Mette Ivie Harrison joins us to talk about how to “hijack” the knowledge you already have in order to make you a better writer.
Nancy Fulda joins the cast for a discussion of narrative versus character perceptions
Joel Shepherd joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard to talk about hard social science.
Scott Lynch, author of The Republic of Thieves, joins Brandon, Howard, and Mary before a live audience at GenCon Indy to talk about roguishness. Why do we like rogues? What can a roguish character accomplish in terms of story purposes? Can the rogue accomplish things a more classically moral character…
How do you go about transitioning characters in relative prominence during a series of books?
How do you help your readers relate to the non-human characters in your fiction?
The cast discusses how to make reluctant, non-proactive, non-go-getting characters interesting to read about.
How do we break our books into chapters, and how to we build those chapters to begin with?