[ISBW] Let's Talk Characters

<h3>S18 Ep49</h3> <p><strong>Good News Good News</strong></p> <ul> <li>Team Rejection count: 226</li> <li>STATION ETERNITY: Library Journal Starred Review <a href= "https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/station-eternity-1790821" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/station-eternity-1790821</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Main Topic: Characters</strong></p> <ul> <li>The Basic (Standard) Characters: characters have & need structure too</li> <li>The Protagonist changes, movement must occur</li> <li>The Antagonist creates obstacles, challenges Protagonist resolve</li> <li>Think about how your characters can & will interact while building them</li> <li>Reference: “45 Master Characters” by Veronica Schmidt</li> <li>( <em>ed note: author KM Weiland has a podcast, and she’s done a series on character arcs, and also positive, negative, flat and shadow archetypes, both in podcast and in book,</em> <a href= "https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener"><em>https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/</em></a>)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Live Stream Bar Con After Show</strong></p> <ul> <li>Appearances Update: WorldCon, She Podcasts, (maybe) NYCC</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li>New! Mur on <a href= "https://www.focusmate.com/i/eFYhRYYxW7">Focusmate</a>!</li> <li class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="1nabq" data-offset-key="3mmv3-0-0"> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3mmv3-0-0"><a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href= "https://twitter.com/mightymur"><span data-offset-key= "3mmv3-0-0">Mur on Twitter</span></a><span data-offset-key= "3mmv3-1-0">,</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href= "https://instagram.com/mightymur2"><span data-offset-key= "3mmv3-2-0">Instagram</span></a><span data-offset-key= "3mmv3-3-0">,</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href= "https://youtube.com/mu