Story Grid Writing Podcast

Truth in Fiction: How to Write and Develop Believable Characters

Sep 1, 2022

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How Does Watson Spin That to Support His Version of Events?

02:38

The Essential Tactics of the Avatar Development

03:57

Enlivening Versus Depleting

03:35

Introduction

2min

How Did You Revisit Your Draught?

5min

What's Going on in the Manuscript?

5min

How Does Watson Spin That to Support His Version of Events?

3min

Enlivening Versus Depleting

4min

How to Add Complexity and Chaos in a Single Quotation

3min

Are You Depleting Your Chaos?

3min

The Story Teller's Theoretic of Complexity, Order and Chaos

6min

What's Going on With Randall?

2min

10.

How Does He Slip When He's Talking to Watson?

2min

11.

Is the Killer a Killer?

2min

12.

The Essential Tactics of the Avatar Development

4min

13.

How to Write a Test - What's Your Tactic?

1min

14.

I've Been Trying to Avoid the Tropes More Than the Line by Line, Right?

6min

15.

I Love the Idea of Randall Taking the Money and His Badge

6min

16.

I Love That Am Well, Because Letting Randall Get Away Is Breaking the Law Too

5min

17.

Writing Memoirs Is Superhelpful

6min

18.

What's the Makings of a Beautiful Story?

3min

19.

How to Map Your Personal Experience of Being a Templar

6min

How do you ground your characters in a reality that your reader will believe even though you are making the whole thing up?

This week Tim makes the mistake of sterilizing his protagonist to the point where he is no longer interesting or believable. Shawn, Danielle, and Leslie walk him through the steps of using character development and a strong narrative device to fix these problems.

Click here to read Tim's scene: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10bdr_tF4ASohz0cHoNjlbNmsLOVXiDpFw54ugHYLZI8/edit?usp=sharing

To see the transcript of this episode, visit: https://storygrid.com/episode-274

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This is Episode 274 of the Story Grid Podcast: https://storygrid.com/podcast

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Story Grid Writing Podcast

Truth in Fiction: How to Write and Develop Believable Characters

How Does Watson Spin That to Support His Version of Events?

The Essential Tactics of the Avatar Development

Enlivening Versus Depleting

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