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SPA Girls Podcast – EP385 – How to Write a Compelling Hero

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Alpha, Beta, Tortured or Bad Boy? How do you like your heroes? This week Cheryl, Wendy and Shar discuss how to write a great hero (in their opinion) complete with controversial examples!

In particular, we cover:

  • Character Connection
  • Creating Conflict from Character
  • Main Characters Should Be Equals
  • Characters Should Have Complementary Strengths 
  • Hero should Show Vulnerability
  • Different hero types including Alpha, Beta, Bad Boy, Tortured and Playboy

Don’t miss out on our take on writing a great hero! 

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