<p>If your story suffers from cardboard characters, it probably also suffers from plot contrivances. Good news: if you fix one, you fix both.</p>

If your story suffers from cardboard characters, it probably also suffers from plot contrivances. Good news: if you fix one, you fix both.

Ep. 594: 8 Ways to Avoid Cardboard Characters (and Plot Contrivances While You're At It)

Hosted by award-winning story coach K.M. Weiland, the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast will take you deep into story theory, writing techniques, and all the incredible wisdom of story. There is no such thing as "just a story." Come along to find out how to write YOUR best story, astound the world, and (just maybe) change your life!

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Ep. 594: 8 Ways to Avoid Cardboard Characters (and Plot Contrivances While You're At It)

Ep. 594: 8 Ways to Avoid Cardboard Characters (and Plot Contrivances While You're At It)

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