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We’re told that to create an engaging story we need to know what motivates our characters. What do they want? What do they long for? What’s at stake ? “Motivation, based on a character’s beliefs, family, and environmental and cultural...

Published Fri, Dec 30 2011 8:53 AM by Sarah C. Lange

Filed under: memoir, characters, fiction, craft, creative nonfiction, plot

Do you only want to read about likable characters?

Recently PBS aired a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma (starring Romola Garai, right ), and I was reminded that Austen once described her title character as “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.” Of course, she underestimated...

Published Thu, Feb 18 2010 9:32 PM by Sarah C. Lange

Filed under: characters

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