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In order to make your character likable, you've got to learn into their core story

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Naomi K
Jan 19, 2016
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When you're trying to turn a draft into a compelling novel, a thing you'll often hear from critique partners and agents and editors is that you need to soften your protagonist a little bit. Give them something or someone that they love. Let them show some sort of virtuous actions. And these critiques aren't wrong. Characters should be multifaceted. No o…

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