Question Number Four
“If I think someone’s characters are unbelievable, what do I say? I don’t want to hurt her feelings.”
It’s a good question, and I look at it like this. Sometimes no matter how hard we try we’re not going to avoid hurt feelings–ours or another person’s. But no one wants to make a career out [...]
Question Number Three
“I’ve been told my characters aren’t believable. What does that mean?”
It means that the characters don’t behave in a way that is consistent with the reader’s expectations. Their actions or reactions to people and events are not in harmony with the picture the reader has built up from bits and pieces of backstory [...]
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