I Should Be Writing

[ISBW] Flawed Characters

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I've been working on my protagonist's flaws, and realizing that the story is a lot easier to write when your character may have flawed reasons driving them, and it gives them something to fight against!

April 25-May 1: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):
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April 22, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 29 (Ep 580) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

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