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[ISBW] Back to Basics: Characters

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Back to Basics

S18 Ep49

Good News Good News

Main Topic: Characters

  • The Basic (Standard) Characters: characters have & need structure too
  • The Protagonist changes, movement must occur
  • The Antagonist creates obstacles, challenges Protagonist resolve
  • Think about how your characters can & will interact while building them
  • Reference: “45 Master Characters” by Veronica Schmidt
  • ( ed note: author KM Weiland has a podcast, and she’s done a series on character arcs, and also positive, negative, flat and shadow archetypes, both in podcast and in book, https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/)

Live Stream Bar Con After Show

  • Appearances Update: WorldCon, She Podcasts, (maybe) NYCC

Links

Twitch schedule for week of August 8:

  • 8th Monday 12pm: Ditch Diggers with Alasdair Stuart
  • 9th Tuesday 3pm: I Should Be Writing
  • 10th Wednesday 3pm: Gaming TBD
  • 11st Thursday 3pm: I Should Be Writing, interview with Valerie Valdes
  • 11th  Thursday 8pm: Arsenic and Old Dice, A Brindlewood Bay Livestream

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July 26, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 49 | murverse.com
“Back to Basics: Characters” by Mur Lafferty
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