Pro Am Tip #33 - The Secret
The secret to good fiction isn’t plot. It isn’t setting. It’s the characters. It’s characters we want; characters we love. Characters we fall in love with. Characters that break our hearts. A good, solid character can make the most trite, contrived story feel fresh and new. A good character can save a bad story. A bad story can’t save a good character. But how? That’s the question. It’s always the question. How? I’ve written much on creating compelling characters (and suspect