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Clearly, I'm drawn to characters with inner conflicts.

I think conflicted characters are always more interesting.

I don't start with the characters. I start with the series of events that will provide the conflict and how it can be resolved. Characters are incidental.

At the heart of drama is conflict.

Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.

The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.

There are a lot of techniques for developing a character.

There's conflict in every story.

Main characters should grow and change during the course of a story.