Making An Arrogant Character Likable, pt1/2

This is a question I’ve seen around, and one that I have to reckon with in Brother Shadow: how do you keep an arrogant character likable? How do you use this as a flaw without making the character completely infuriating? Here’s my theory on how to keep them just the right amount of infuriating. . … Continue reading Making An Arrogant Character Likable, pt1/2 →

Authorial Bingo

A few years ago, these went around briefly as a meme on some corner of either Tumblr or Twitter, I don’t fully remember which. They never really caught on, but I really enjoyed the concept, so I’ve kept my personal bingo card of tropes hanging around since then. Years later, the original still holds pretty … Continue reading Authorial Bingo →