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“Perfection should generally be avoided in a character. Real people, such as your readers, arent flawless and chances are they are not going to be able to fully identify with a character who is.”
— Craig Hart, The Writer's Tune-up Manual: 35 Exercises That Will Scrape the Rust Off Your Writing
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“In real life people do occasionally act out of character or do things we wouldnt normally expect them to do. In fiction, there should be a good reason for a character to do something outside of the...”
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“In real life people do occasionally act out of character or do things we wouldn’t normally expect them to do. In fiction, there should be a good reason for a character to do something outside of th...”
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