Terry McMillan-I Love My Characters

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts

4.8 • 880 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Terry McMillan is one the most famous and successful writers of her time because she knows how to really connect with her audience. And the reason why she understands how to do that is because she knows how to make great characters and she knows how to listen to them. She doesn’t tell her characters what to do, she lets them tell her what she wants them to do and who they are and by really listening, she creates really honest characters who people love. This is a master class in how to write compelling fiction—after this convo in 2020, I will never look at characters the same ever again. This is a must for anyone who aspires to be a successful writer. Original Air Date: April 29, 2020 Ep 135: I Love My Characters Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	BAM, picture this! You're watching your favorite artist,
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0:59.0	UK. You're going to. I take my characters very seriously. They are living human beings on the screen. I don't put words in their mouth. I can sit here, I type 150, 60, 70 words a minute,
1:29.1	and sometimes when I'm typing, I don't even know what I've written until I finish and I go oh whoa
1:36.0	poochi you didn't you're in a day's almost you're in it well yeah it's not even about me I'm not in it. Well yeah, it's not even about me. I'm not in it. I'm like the con do it. That's all I am.
1:46.7	You don't know where it's going when you start.
1:48.7	Yeah, and I have no idea how my books end. I don't want to use a bad analogy but the bottom line is if you already
1:55.0	know how it ends why bother? I think that's arrogant as hell and I think it is insulting to the characters that I think I know more about them than I discover about them.
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