Give them a character they love
6th July 2016 | for Creatives | characters, writing, reaching your audience, Robert Dugoni |
"Give them a character they love. You have to have a character that people empathize with. And then you have to have one of those moments of universal emotion." (on the key to great story that gets people talking)
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