Comments on: Bad People Make Better Stories: Crafting the Perfect ‘Unlikable’ Character

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Fiction Addiction: 3 Simple Ways to Make Your Series HOOK Readers — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:43:51 +0000

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Inner Demons: Soap Opera Drama vs. Story Drama - Kristen Lamb — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 00:30:39 +0000

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By: robintvale (Jessica)

robintvale (Jessica) — Sat, 25 May 2019 04:36:40 +0000

Dang, it Grammarly. Typo: good/spirit should have been: god/spirit

By: robintvale (Jessica)

robintvale (Jessica) — Sat, 25 May 2019 04:35:11 +0000

The protagonist is definitely pulling my MC into difficult situations and making her make decisions she’d rather avoid. Their “chats” are getting (dialogue is damn hard) even better he makes her face everything she’s been trying not to think about, (or he will.) In this last revision, things have finally clicked and he’s planting doubts about those that gave her her order/s that she’s caring out. I think he’s her mirror, I’ll have to think about that more as I go over things. ^-^

I still need to develop the good/spirit a bit more he’s going to be even more fun.

As for the other characters that she’s starting to like they are fine.. for now. (Frist I’m fixing the antagonists then them.)

Ya, this is a lot of work but it’s hella’ fun. The problem is cutting down all this stuff so that you don’t have a cast of 100,000 in your first book, chasing after every fun twisty idea? Oh, wait it doesn’t? Well, there goes half the book. Ha-ha writer joke to self. Not funny.

Thanks for making me think. <3

By: Phil Cobb

Phil Cobb — Fri, 17 May 2019 22:31:51 +0000

I really like that thought: “Readers connect with weakness, not strength.”

In the novel I’m working on, I’ve got one character who has a fearsome reputation but now only wants to be left in peace … however, the self-centered main character unwittingly shatters that peace … and they are both targeted by a devilish character who simply enjoys being mean.

Sort of like the good, the bad, and the ugly. By the way, all three are animals, reflecting human tendencies.

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Thu, 16 May 2019 17:01:46 +0000

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By: Talena Winters

Talena Winters — Mon, 13 May 2019 19:18:58 +0000

This is a brilliant post. I love your analysis of these two characters. Thanks for sharing, Kristen!

By: Dominique Blessing

Dominique Blessing — Fri, 10 May 2019 13:23:16 +0000

I read a lot about character arcs, but this hit home for me. So often, the people who get under our skin are revealing truths we’d rather ignore.