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b'John Brown joins us this week for a discussion of plot threads specific to characters. These can be the main plot thread, interesting sub-plots, or just things that shape characters. Sometimes they\'re things we do deliberately, and sometimes we discovery-write our way into these arcs. We talk about how we do this, and how we know when it is (and isn\'t!) working well.
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\\nWe ran a little long, but there were four of us, and we put LOTS of nuts-and-bolts stuff in this \'cast.
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\\nWriting Prompt: Your cast of characters is trapped on an emotionally-responsive roller-coaster that mimics their own emotional arcs. How do they use this knowledge?
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\\nThis Tuesday: John\'s first novel, Servant of a Dark God, is out in paperback!
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\\nALSO This Tuesday: The polls are open for you, you citizens of the United States! Go vote!
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\\nAudiobook Pick-of-the-Week: The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1, by Jonathan Stroud, read by Simon Jones.
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