“The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic, and likable.”

-Randa Abdel-Fattah

Why do you want your protagonist to be likable? In this episode, I discuss why that is important and 5 ways to execute it. 

1)    Not self-important (humble) - Nina Riva in Malibu Rising 

2)    Quirky - Poppy in People We Meet on Vacation 

3)    Not all good and not all bad

4)    It feels like they’re talking to you - Aza Holmes in Turtles All the Way Down

5)    They’re not overly emotional - Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games

I created the Turn Write Podcast for beginning writers, indie authors, for people who are looking for their voice and who want to know how to use it. The idea for this bite-sized podcast came to me as I sat in endless traffic commuting an hour each way to and from my 9-5 job, wondering why do I write? Why do I rush home every day with the agonizing hope of trying to string together meaningless words to create a feeling deeper than I could dare hope to describe? Well, day after day I kept thinking and there was only one answer: I loved to write. I am on a journey to becoming a published author, and I want to help you get there too.

Read my novel The Sweep: https://www.amazon.com/Sweep-Kaitlin-Greco/dp/1702161706/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=the+sweep+kaitlin+greco&qid=1577982814&sr=8-1#mediaMatrix_secondary_view_div_1579103732446

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