Knowing your characters is crucial when you're writing a story—in fiction and in narrative nonfiction.

So, what do you need to know about your characters? In this podcast, we'll discover how to use psychology and human behavior to engage your readers with real and relatable characters.

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What is a character exactly? And how does understanding that help you create an authentic character for your story?

In this podcast, I share my insights on:

• What a character is
• What readers want from a character
• What a character needs to come alive in your readers' brains

This is part 1 of a double episode on character development. In part 2, we'll be discussing character psychology and character discovery in nonfiction.

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Conflict is the most important ingredient for storytelling. And writers who know how to use it won't have trouble getting their readers through the middle part of their books.

In this podcast, I show you how conflict in narrative works and how to use it. And I'll share a few classic examples from literature, film, and theater.

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