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Back to Basics

S18 Ep49

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* Team Rejection count: 226

* STATION ETERNITY: Library Journal Starred Review https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/station-eternity-1790821

Main Topic: Characters

* The Basic (Standard) Characters: characters have & need structure too

* The Protagonist changes, movement must occur

* The Antagonist creates obstacles, challenges Protagonist resolve

* Think about how your characters can & will interact while building them

* Reference: “45 Master Characters” by Veronica Schmidt

* ( ed note: author KM Weiland has a podcast, and she’s done a series on character arcs, and also positive, negative, flat and shadow archetypes, both in podcast and in book, https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/)

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* Appearances Update: WorldCon, She Podcasts, (maybe) NYCC

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* 9th Tuesday 3pm: I Should Be Writing

* 10th Wednesday 3pm: Gaming TBD

* 11st Thursday 3pm: I Should Be Writing, interview with Valerie Valdes

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