Showing posts with label 10 Ways to Reveal a Hero in Your Manuscript. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 24, 2025

10 Ways to Reveal a Hero in Your Manuscript


by Zena Dell Lowe @ZenaDellLowe

If your protagonist is the hero of the story—and let’s be honest, they usually are—then your job is to make sure the audience sees them as genuinely heroic. But how do you do that? What does heroism actually look like in a character?

Below are ten techniques to help reveal the noble qualities of a true hero—each one crafted to bring out the character’s internal greatness in meaningful, dramatic, and emotionally satisfying ways.