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Writing Excuses 9.26: Adjusting Character Competence

Writing Excuses

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How to Make Your Character Competent in One Area

The most recent Bond film played with this by having Bond go up against a computer programmer as the main villain. And it's an excellent way to take your character who is hyper-competent and still give them these vulnerabilities we talked about in the last podcast that will make them sympathetic. Really every great character will have something you admire about them.

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