This week, we’re given the chance to look behind the typewriter of MACKENZIE REED, who talks us through creating compelling characters.

We asked Mackenzie about figuring out who the main character in your story should be, crafting villains that challenge the protagonist (but sometimes they’re hot while doing so), and the friends your protagonist makes along the way.

Mackenzie also shares how she fleshed out the side characters in THE ROSEWOOD HUNT, so they could even be protagonists of their own stories.

Mentioned in this interview: 

Save the Cat by Blake Snyder

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

The Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy

True Blood by Charlaine Harris

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Mass Effect (game)

Knives Out (movie)

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