Why writers should know what their character wants and needs

Knowing and expressing your wants and needs is a useful real-life skill.

If you've mastered it, congratulations — you're also ready to wield an important character-development tool, too.

Jessica Flory discusses how exploring a character's wants and needs makes them feel more realistic to readers in a guest post for C.S. Lakin's Live Write Thrive blog.

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