on Writers Helping Writers:

The wound is a fascinating and vital piece of your character’s past that has lasting, formative effects on who they’ll be at the start of your story.

As such, it’s super important to figure out which wound is crippling your character so you’ll know how to write them realistically and consistently.

Whether you’re building characters from the ground up or they come to you fully formed and you just have to figure out their backstory, it’s imperative to identify this important event.

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