Question 1118: Preventing Author Avatars

The Every Day Novelist by J. Daniel Sawyer

Jul 8, 202416:50Education

Herb asks: A while back on Twitter you said you give every protagonist a feature you hate and even antagonist one you admire to prevent creating characters who are just your avatar in the story. What is your process for...

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