In 1989, Sir Terry Pratchett released Guards! Guards!, the eighth entry in his Discworld series. In 2024, I read that book for the first time while sitting on my back porch. In today's episode, we look at one of the reasons the book is so great — it's character introductions.

In 1989, Sir Terry Pratchett released Guards! Guards!, the eighth entry in his Discworld series. In 2024, I read that book for the first time while sitting on my back porch. In today's episode, we look at one of the reasons the book is so great — it's character introductions.

In 1989, Sir Terry Pratchett released&nbsp;Guards! Guards!, the eighth entry in his Discworld series. In 2024, I read that book for the first time while sitting on my back porch. In today's episode, we look at one of the reasons the book is so great — it's character introductions.

#29: Guards! Guards! (And How To Write a Character Introduction With Personality)

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