Character

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Some reflection on readers' investment in character. (We already know that writers are invested, even if those characters read flat and bloodless as paper to readers. How to change that?)

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[puddleshark]

Fascinating blog post - thank you!

Yes, I often find the Seduction of Competence irresistible - for example, Breq, Jani Kilian, the Steerswoman - but especially so when combined with a character's vulnerability and/or wry humour, as with Miles Vorkosigan.