From Bookfox.
Getting readers to care about characters — it’s the first step to hooking the reader on your book, and the best way to make sure your book doesn’t get DNFed. Watch out for these 7 mistakes!
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Timeline
0:00 Intro
0:13 You’ve Written an Easy Path Character
1:41 You’ve Written an Author-Projection Character
3:14 You’ve Written a Character Missing an Interior Life
4:39 You’ve Written a Plot Device
6:49 You’ve Written a Character with Low Stakes
8:22 You’ve Told us About the Character
9:43 You Haven’t Justified Negative Traits
