Writing Excuses 9.48: Neurobolics of Characters
Writing Excuses
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The Importance of Dramatic Tension
The empathy we have for characters, I've heard described to me as this sort of, we watch characters that go through hard things that makes us more capable of dealing with hard things. But I think that what you're saying here actually has a different side to it and maybe even more depth to it. We will rubber neck someone else getting into trouble all day long because there's a huge advantage to us to kind of watching other people screwing up. The whole person with the brain, two halves of the brain, disconnected from one another is a fascinating idea. And I think you readers or you listeners can write something really interesting with someone whose brain sides do not talk to each other until the
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