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Writing Emotional Pain: How to Care About Your Protagonist

1h 7m · Story Grid Writing Podcast · 11 Aug 08:00

What happens when you can't connect to your protagonist?

This week Tim makes some progress on his scene,  but it's still missing something. The soul in the writing isn't there.

Shawn, Leslie, and Danielle talk through how to use emotional pain to connect into the story.

 

 

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