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Plotting Technique In my last post, Character Development: Using the Combination of Lack and Compensation Part I, we talked about how our character’s inadequacies (or lack) drive him to make up (or compensate) for the lack. When you think through … Continue reading →

Your Character wants Something In order for your character to move under his own steam (or her – don’t want to get bogged down in a pronoun pickle), he must want something. He wants something but cannot have it.  You … Continue reading →