133 The Hidden Machinery - Discovering the Secrets of Fiction (with Margot Livesey)
The History of Literature
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The Struggles of Conveying Characters
In this chapter, they discuss the struggles of conveying characters and capturing their imagination in writing. They talk about the failure of dialogue and settings in their work, and how the plot was either too obvious or too subtle. They also explore the common reaction of finding their own writing tedious and the difference in absorption when reading something good versus something less good.
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