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Ten Attributes of a Compelling Character
Here’s my list, in no apparent order: Strength of will needs to want something and to have the will power to go after it Larger than life says and does the risky, and fun things our inhibitions...
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Compelling Characters ~ Quality One: Strength of Character
In Ten Attributes of a Compelling Character, I listed strength of will as number one. I should have said strength of character. If you’ve ever had a strong-willed toddler in your home, you know that...
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Compelling Characters ~ Quality Two: Larger Than Life
I suspect we’re all a little more like Caspar Milquetoast than we like to admit. We like to think of ourselves as braver, stronger, and more interesting than we are. We See Ourselves in...
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Compelling Characters Are Active ~ Third Characteristic
Vicky Alvear Shecter, speaking at an SCBWI schmooze, said her editor Cheryl Klein kept reminding her that her main character needed agency. The definition of that word, as used by Klein is: The...
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Conflicted Characters ~ Compelling Attribute Number Four
When we have the evening news on as we prepare dinner, the items that draw us from the kitchen and cause us to glue our attention on the TV are the horrific ones. The stories of men throwing their...
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