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If you only do one bit of writing this week, make it this characterisation exercise from Writers’ HQ

WRITING EXERCISE: Let’s get subversive

characterisation tropes

Okay, let’s be honest. We’ve all started writing a character only to realise that we’ve inadvertently borrowed traits from well-known, well-worn stereotypes or tropes. In most cases, it’s down to not quite knowing your character well enough, and so we rely on tried and tested characteristics and quirks in an attempt to bring them to […]

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