Character Needs
StoryADay presents: I, WRITER - A Writing Podcast about Building a Successful Writing Practice
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Show Notes
Characters need to need something. They need to want something. Otherwise, it's just a series of things happening to a character...and readers won't care.
In this episode I share a writing prompt and lesson from my year-long email series, StoryAWeek, which you can start today,all about creating a story in which a character needs something.
I also talk about creating suspense in creative and marketing writing, and about why it's so important to build a writing practice.