You know everything about your character’s past. That’s exactly as it should be. But knowing it and putting it all on the page are two different things, and the difference decides whether your reader keeps reading. In this episode, you’ll discover three ways to bring your character’s past onto the page so it pulls your reader forward instead of holding them back.

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You know everything about your character. Her history. Her wounds. What she ate for breakfast the morning her life fell apart. So why doesn’t your reader love her the way you do? The answer isn’t in your character’s backstory. In this episode, you’ll learn three moves that turn the character you know so well into one your reader believes, worries about, and follows all the way to the last page.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THS EPISODE

Educated by Tara Westover

Remains of the Day of Kazuo Ishiguro

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin

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Your dialogue sounds natural. It’s exactly what these two people would say to each other. So why does the scene still feel flat? Making your characters argue won’t necessarily help. Neither will giving them clever things to say. What gives an exchange its pull runs deeper than the words on the page. Today, I’ll show you what gives dialogue its tension, and how to make even a quiet conversation feel like something readers can’t afford to miss.

IN THIS EPISODE

• The shift that turns every line of dialogue into something your character does
• What every character needs to bring into a conversation, even a quiet one
• How a single word choice can reveal the way a character sees the world
• A simple exercise to try on any scene that feels off

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Roger Alan Skipper

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