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Writing Excuses 6.29: Character Foils

Writing Excuses

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How to Use Contrast to Show How Different People Your Characters Can Be

Howard Kurtz: I very much enjoy the Sean Mcguire books, but one of the things that she has done with these is that she has introduced a foil character. She's actually got a couple for October day. They have just enough differences that it makes each of them very distinct and interesting to play off of each other. He says in his book Way of Kings, he used contrast to show how distinctive people your characters can be. Kurtz: How do they get it? Head on out to audiblepodcast.com slash excuse.

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