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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...
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I just completed the five full seasons of HBO’s The Wire and am suffering withdrawal pangs. I’m not sure why, but this show and I failed to connect when it was first shown. Fortunately, two of my current magazine colleagues, one former colleague...
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