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Question 1118: Preventing Author Avatars
Manage episode 428307274 series 1426097
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 inserting them transparently and selecting the traits? What are some examples from your work?
Hadrian’s Flight
Insensitivity Readers
Revenge of the Sith
Suave Rob’s Amazing Ass-Saving Association
Raiders of the Lost Ark
www.storybundle.com/steampunk
The post Question 1118: Preventing Author Avatars appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.
505 episodes
Manage episode 428307274 series 1426097
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 inserting them transparently and selecting the traits? What are some examples from your work?
Hadrian’s Flight
Insensitivity Readers
Revenge of the Sith
Suave Rob’s Amazing Ass-Saving Association
Raiders of the Lost Ark
www.storybundle.com/steampunk
The post Question 1118: Preventing Author Avatars appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.
505 episodes
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