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#94: How to Reveal Your Character’s Inner Life on the Page

Fiction Writing Made Easy

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The Importance of Interiority in Novels

Colleen Hoover: I want to quickly walk through an example of what interiority does and doesn't look like. A security camera could record this character pressing the button to the 18th floor, and a camera could show her looking up at the mirrored wall of the elevator. You can also do an exercise where you compare the interiority in your own work in progress with the amount of interiority that you see and publish novels of the same genre. "More often than not, you're going to be surprised to realize that you probably need to add more interiority," she says.

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