Customizing your Character: Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture #6 (2025)
On Writing With Brandon Sanderson | Full Writing Lectures (2025)
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Crafting Compelling Characters
This chapter explores the art of character development in storytelling, focusing on the crucial aspects of personality, motivation, and values. It emphasizes motivation as the core element, detailing how a character's backstory shapes their decisions and desires. The discussion includes practical strategies for writers to create complex characters, including relatable villains, while balancing narrative viewpoints and character arcs.
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