Running of the WIPS

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How's the water?

What we don't talk about when we talk about character

Jan 27, 2025
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Hey, Runners!

We’ve spent a lot of time talking about conflict and structure and principles and rules, and all of that is good, but I’ve saved the most important thing in your story for last: characters.

Without them, there is no story.

There is nothing.

Stories are about the struggles within the human soul, and so we need humans in order to show those stru…

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