Understanding how a person interacts with a setting is powerful. It takes you from people-watching and puts you squarely in your subjects’ heads. Not only does it help you capture their personalities better, but it also makes you more imaginative and empathetic, which makes for better fiction.

Now is a great time to pause for ten or fifteen minutes and brainstorm the next handful of scenes you'll write. Focus specifically on what your cast is thinking and feeling at this stage of their journey by asking them a few questions: What do you still want to achieve? What are you afraid might happen? What are you hopeful for? What have you learn

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