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How Can You Make Your Characters Relatable? | Ep. 286 | The Merry Writer Podcast

How Can You Make Your Characters Relatable? | Ep. 286 | The Merry Writer Podcast

Update: 2025-09-17
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You can't please everyone, but your readers should be able to relate to some of your fictional babies. But how do you do that? Well, that's what we're discussing this week.


In this episode, we cover:



  • What "relatable characters" mean

  • How to develop your characters in a relatable way

  • Keeping track of your characters


Related Episode - How Do You Create Character Profiles?


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Ari Meghlen & Rachel Poli


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Intro & Outro – “Inspired” composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of https://incompetech.com/ | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

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How Can You Make Your Characters Relatable? | Ep. 286 | The Merry Writer Podcast

How Can You Make Your Characters Relatable? | Ep. 286 | The Merry Writer Podcast

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