Building the Perfect Heroine


Now I've reviewed quite a few books :) And I judge quite heavily on character. So I think(my ego shines) I have enough head authority on this. A heroine needs to have those three attributes Dave describe plus they need to be put in a situation where all those things(self-awareness, charm and reason) must be the force that pushes the book along. They have to unite to form the trigger--the inciting incident/meaningful moment/whatever term you want to call it that will ignite the character to not want to change her norm, but must force her to. Then the reader will care what happens to her, because we all know what it feels like to be knocked out of our comfort zone.

What say you? I would love to know how you authors use character to drive your plots?

Writing to see what the end' gon' be, Dee

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