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How to Make Readers Connect With Your Characters

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

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Redacted Is a Dystopian Family Saga

Brennan: Consider early on have Francis interact with one of these women who live in the establishment. We need a bit more of this inciting incident of Reverend Winthrop at the bottom. I want to see a little bit more of who this character is before you take us off the page. Will you read that for our C.C.? Brenan: As you are seeking dysfunctional family sagas featuring flawed protagonists, I'm excited to share redacted. My complete 95,000 upmarket fiction manuscript where the seemingly abandoned daughter of a Hollywood starlet must choose between love and security.

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