Character Sheets Are Ruining Your Characters — Here's When to Actually Use Them | Ep 81
I hate character sheet advice. Here’s why: no one's going to be moved to tears by a character because you wrote down their astrological sign on a character sheet. Here's the actor's trick for what to do instead:
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00:00 Worst Writing Advice on Character
Sophia Chang (00:00)
There's a writing advice that I hate. And that is: "Here's a character sheet. Fill it out, and you'll have a character."
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Sophia Chang is a Reese's Book Club LitUp fellow, disabled dancer, and extroverted writer. She hosts The Sophia Chang Show podcast where she shares No B.S. publishing stories and advice she wishes she'd known. Subscribe if you don't want to cry alone.
