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As a species, we humans love to typecast. It helps us make sense of people, situations and life events. We have an instinctive love of the label and labelling, as this era of the brand demonstrates only too well! When we read books and watch shows, we carry assumptions and expectations of characters based on a whole range of factors, such as the genre we are watching, the sex, gender, age, race, and other characteristics… Read More »Writing Older Woman Character: stereotypes and tropes

While in life we don’t remember every random person we encounter, those we do remember have usually done or behaved in a way that has had an impact on us. They could, for instance, have done something nice (or nasty!). We remember not only what they did, or the feelings they stirred, but also something about their personality. Maybe a quirk. Maybe a world view. Maybe something about their energy, or spirit. Sometime we can… Read More »Finding the High Value Memorable Character