STP 004 — Developing A Great Character (Part 2)




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Summary: We didn't feel like we got enough time in Episode 3 to cover all the different aspects of developing a character, so we tackled it again this week. We started off the episode with shameless self-promotion, as usual. Garrett announced the release of his latest book, the serialized novel Hit Girls. You can get it by clicking on that link. Zach got his Library of Congress number for Danny Calloway and the Puzzle House, and said he was doing a step-by-step writeup of it. As of press time, it still wasn't up on his website. What a dick, right? We delved into characters and all the ways to make them great (or not so great). We discussed antiheroes as a subsection of protagonists, the differences between characters who made no decisions and characters who made bad decisions, and went over some of our favorite developed characters of all time. Check out the episode for the full DL.