{"id":19006,"date":"2018-04-18T13:43:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T20:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=19006"},"modified":"2018-04-18T21:31:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T04:31:41","slug":"nothing-else-does-more-to-make-a-reader-love-the-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/18\/nothing-else-does-more-to-make-a-reader-love-the-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing else does more to make a reader love the characters (Training)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mastering-Deep-Point-of-View_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19008\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mastering-Deep-Point-of-View_01-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mastering-Deep-Point-of-View_01-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mastering-Deep-Point-of-View_01-768x1226.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mastering-Deep-Point-of-View_01-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mastering-Deep-Point-of-View_01-300x479.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mastering-Deep-Point-of-View_01.jpg 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Nothing else does more to make a reader love the characters or to allow her to share in the characters\u2019 emotions.&#8221; &#8212; Alice Gaines<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m passionate about point of view and work hard to help my <a href=\"http:\/\/coaching.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clients&#8217; work<\/a> and my own shine in this area.<\/p>\n<p>I am always looking for specific and tangible ways to make my fiction stronger, so that readers can&#8217;t put down my books.<\/p>\n<p>I imagine you are too!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m so excited to bring you this live training soon on <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/deep-pov-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mastering Deep Point of View<\/a>, by expert instructor, and <em>USA Today<\/em> bestselling author, Alice Gaines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All the info and how to register here: <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/deep-pov-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/deep-pov-training\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Or read on&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>This Powerful Tool Pulls Readers Into Your Story<\/h2>\n<p>What if you could master a simple technique to make your stories irresistible to your readers?<\/p>\n<p>Even if your prose is beautiful, your characters feel alive, and your plot twists and turns &#8212; 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