Lies, Denial & Buried Secrets—How to Create Dimensional Characters

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:

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As mentioned in a previous post, one of my all-time favorite series isTrue Detective. There is a line that’s repeated in the series and it is SO perfect for our purposes today.

Sometimes your worst self is your best self.

It’s tempting for us to create “perfect” protagonists and “pure evil” antagonists, but that’s the stuff of cartoons, not great fiction. Every strength has an array of correspon...