Likeable Characters–In The Eye of The Beholder
I’m on a mission to find a set of common denominators that make characters generally beloved.
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I’m on a mission to find a set of common denominators that make characters generally beloved.
Read morePlease welcome multi-award-winning author and multi-EMMY award winning investigative reporter HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, who is the only author to have[…]
Read moreYes, I’m making lists. Aren’t we all? I read a lot this year, as I always do. Most of the books I read were digital and at least half of everything I consumed was an audio book. Not all were released in 2022. These are just the ones that made my life better because they exist.
So here, in no specific order, are 5 books I loved the most:
Read moreRecently, an author friend preparing to teach a class on writing a series asked me what advice I’d give to an[…]
Read moreWhy do readers fall in love with flawed characters? Is there something about the ones readers love that is a common denominator?
Read moreWhy character motivations can be more important than plot, and how desire drives both. Read on for a handy chart to help if you’re stuck.
Read moreMISS DEMEANORS ARE BACK! And we’re excited to welcome author and my fellow Anglophile Marni Graff for a conversation about[…]
Read moreNumerous times I’ve seen readers roll their eyes and say, “Oh, no, not another recovering alcoholic detective.” I get that.
Read moreOne of my professors in graduate school asked the question–Did Lady MacBeth have children?–to illustrate the fact that fictional characters[…]
Read moreMy question to my fellow Missdemeanors–if you had the opportunity for a do-over, if you could walk away from your current life and reinvent yourself, where would you go and who would you be?
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