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Podcast: 6-Figure Storyteller: Write unputdownable novels; fiction writing, storytelling, how to write a book, writing tips, subconscious creativity, writing fiction, how to write a novel
Episode: 296: How I Build Characters That Feel Psychologically Real (3-Week Framework)
Description: Your characters have potential — but something underneath feels unstable. Character development in fiction is tricky.
This episode describes my exact 3-week system for building psychologically real, emotionally alive characters.
If you're deep into your manuscript and your characters still feel flat, uncertain, or like they're "missing something," you don't need more general writing advice — you need a specific, sequenced system. In this video (the final in my character development playlist), I walk through the 3-week framework from my Emotional Storytellers Intensive.
This framework results in emotional storytelling, building a stellar internal character arc, fore...