Another podcast, and we are looking at characters in today’s episode of The Merry Writer Podcaas Rachel and I ask and answer:

“How Do You Make Your Characters Relatable?”

Episode 286

What We Cover:

• What “relatable characters” mean
• How to develop your characters in a relatable way
• Keeping track of your characters

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