13.47: Q&A on Fixing Characters

Published: Nov. 25, 2018, 11 p.m.

Your Hosts: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard
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\nYou had questions about fixing character problems. We had had answers! Here are the questions:
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\n \t* How do you fix character voices when you find out that two of them are too similar?
\n \t* How can you tell if a character is, in fact, the problem?
\n \t* How do you maintain interest in a character who is largely inactive?
\n \t* How do you write interesting bad guys when your only POV characters are the good guys?
\n \t* How do you give meaningful challenges to a powerful character?
\n \t* How can you make a normal, everyday character interesting?
\n \t* How do you edit an existing manuscript to give characters interests which mesh with the plot?
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