Photo by Helena Lopes on Unsplash I'm sure every blog on fiction writing has covered how to make readers care about characters. But recently I started thinking about specific characters and the reasons why we love them. All the best-loved characters in literature (and TV and movies, too)—why, and ...
Self-indulgence hurts your story
Photo by Sarah Kilian on Unsplash I recently read a book that was well-written, well-plotted, with good characters and description. And it was about 50,000 words too long. The author was in love with dialogue. There was way, way too much of it. I found myself mentally editing out whole ...
