Using Flaws to Make Your Characters More Relatable
Somewhere between the hero’s triumph and the villain’s undoing lies the messy middle: the space where real people live. It’s also where the most relatable fictional characters are born. When we think about the characters who stay with us long after we’ve turned the final page—Holden Caulfield, Katniss Everdeen, Frodo Baggins, Eleanor Oliphant—it’s not their … Read more
