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Character 7 Common Character Arc Problems and How to Fix Them

Award-winning author Sarah Branson shares seven common character arc problems and how to fix them in stories.

Character My Fictional Character Got Canceled, So I Wrote Her a PR Strategy Lior Torenberg

Character Character Arcs: Turning Inner Struggles Into Story Power Sarah Branson

Character How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question Trilina Pucci

Character Creating Magic From the Mundane: 4 Tips for Making Your Work So Much Bigger Than Your Characters’ Limited Lives Laura Venita Green

Plot Keeping Track of Your Story With Maps and Paper Dolls Lisa K Friedman

Character Writing a Character Who Struggles With Doubt Katy Farber

Character Once More, With Feeling: Writing Interiority That Resonates in Fiction Finnian Burnett

Character What Truly Separates a Hero From a Villain?Jack Anderson

Character Exploring Nature vs. Nurture in a New Way in Fiction Michael Swartz

Character Almost Antihero: 4 Tips on How to Keep a Flawed Protagonist Human Matt Riordan

Dialogue Writing a Character Who Speaks Volumes Without a Voice Amy Rossi

Character On Creating Secondary Characters Rhys Bowen

Children's Dads Need Role Models Too Andrew Weiner

Settings The Heart of the Story: Using Small-Town Settings to Deepen Character Connections RaeAnne Thayne

Character On the Unknowability of Our Characters Sophie Madeline Dess

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