Mirror moments, minor characters, and making your protagonists compelling.
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Clay Stafford gives a presentation on the importance of contrast in storytelling. He explains that contrast is crucial for creating interesting narratives and can be incorporated into various aspects of a story: characters, environments, dialogue, and plot structure.
Bradley Harper discusses the neuroscience of how the brain learns, what makes him put a book down when he’s reading as a judge, and a bit of philosophy.
Dan Barden engages with different crime authors to explore the similarities among the characters in their novels, with each author providing detailed descriptions of their protagonists.