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AN ESSENTIAL QUESTION TO KEEP ASKING YOUR CHARACTER

By: Laurel Garver

A phrase popularly associated with psychotherapy might be one of the best tools to developing a character your readers will consistently engage with. Keep it at the ready, especially when the plot thickens and action scenes become more frequent. Because those are the places where you'll be most tempted to leave your character's emotions behind. Places where your character is actually likely to have his or her most interesting interior world changes.

Call it your emotional pulse-check tool. Repeat after me:

“How does that make you feel?”

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again: 

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Happy writing & running, Kathy