🌿 how to write a compelling main character // tips & advice

Опубликовано: 05 Май 2026
на канале: Lynn D. Jung

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hi all! i'm so excited to be sharing another writing craft video. today, we'll be talking about how to write a dynamic, compelling main character.

as always, everything i say in this video is entirely subjective. please take what tips serve you and your story

thank you for watching :)

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✨ timestamps:
0:00 - opening
0:06 - intro
2:44 - daniel josé older’s class on skillshare [ad]
3:43 - part 1: building your main character
11:548 - part 2: crafting a character arc
15:41 - part 3: writing & discovery phase
19:21 - part 4: listening to reader feedback
22:01 - outro

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✨ my published writing:
MOTHSBLOOD (adult fantasy) via Bloomsbury USA // Del Rey UK - coming fall 2026
"The Fall of Esther Park" via Apparition Lit: https://apparitionlit.com/the-fall-of...
"Eulogy for a Muse" via The Icarus Writing Collective: https://www.icaruswritingcollective.c...
"We Cast Our Eyes to the Unknowable Now" via Grist: Imagine 2200: https://grist.org/climate-fiction/ima...

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