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FLAWS ARE IMPORTANT!
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FLAWS ARE IMPORTANT!

I write that in caps because they are.

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Carrie Jones
Sep 28, 2022
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Yesterday on the podcast, we quickly talked about how it’s important that the main character in your novel (and most characters) has flaws and it’s too perfect and boring. So, you should start over there.

Today, we’re going to talk a quick bit about the different categories of flaws:

  • Minor

  • Major

  • Tragic aka fatal aka super damn bad

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