"The question people most often ask when building characters is: who? Who is this person? Lists often..."

“The question people most often ask when building characters is: who? Who is this person? Lists often follow of likes, dislikes, looks, and other (important!) things.

 

But for me, the next question must always be why? Why are they like this? Why do they love and hate the things they do? Why do they look and dress and talk this way? For me, rich characters have reasons behind their choices!”

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Heidi Heilig is the author of the YA historical fantasy The Girl From Everywhere and the sequel, The Ship Beyond Time. She holds an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. She is bipolar, biracial, and pansexual, and enjoys surprise twist endings.

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