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Murder Diaries Ep. 2: Mapping your Characters

What's gotten me to the end of Act I

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Caroline Donahue
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Character Mapping

It’s time for another week of Murder Diaries, a peek behind the scenes as I complete my mystery novel and we hold each other accountable along the way.

Here’s what I cover in this week’s episode:

  • The principle I learned from Philip Pullman that’s clarified my plotting immensely.

  • A deep dive into how I mapped my protagonist and antagonist to generate a cohesive yet flexible outline for the book.

  • My check-in about how my goals went this week, and my plan for next week.

  • A surprise video walkthrough of my character maps in my actual writing notebook.

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