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The Art of Writing Unlikeable Characters, featuring Ben Purkert

Memoir Nation

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The Dichotomy of Complex Characters

"I like to think that we're actually all unlikable in some ways, of course," she says. "Fiction helps to cultivate our ability to love the unlikable and to care about those whose circumstances and choices have put them outside the boundaries of care."

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