Showing posts with label For writers the lies your characters tell. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

For Writers, The Lies Your Characters Tell


by Sarah Sally Hamer @SarahSallyHamer 

Characters lie. To each other, to the reader, to the writer, and most of all, to themselves.

Why? Because they have to, if they’re “real” characters.

When writers create characters, we base them on people we know, or on people we imagine we know. But predominately, we base them on ourselves. And, at some level, we all lie.