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[ISBW] Characters, Outlining, and Hugo Rant
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ISBW S20 Ep4
Hugos are still messy, so check out Chris M. Barkley*, Paul Weimer, Alasdair Stuart, and Jason Sanford and the excellent fanwriting they do.
*Accidentally call him Charles in the recording. Sorry!
We talk character depth, using Baldur’s Gate 3 as an example.

Lastly we get in to the hybrid outline thing I’m trying to do to help me write.
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