Establishing Characters in Your Story

Tying the who to the why to keep readers reading

Sandra O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Your First Fifteen Pages
5 min readJul 6, 2018

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At the risk of extending the metaphor from the last post a bit too far, think about what it is like to sit at dinner next to someone who offers very little in the way of meaningful conversation. When we encounter someone who answers a question with one or two-word answers or doesn’t offer enough details to keep the…

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Sandra O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Your First Fifteen Pages

Writing about life, death and everything In between. Reader of history, memoirs, and the stars. Looking for answers to life’s deeper questions.