on Jane Friedman site:

After reading several novels in which the protagonist’s work life was completely offstage—or where they seemed to have no job whatsoever—I kept thinking about all that can be gained by incorporating your characters’ work life into your fiction.

You don’t need to be writing a “workplace novel” for work to be integral to your protagonist’s life. But using it as more than a backdrop can supercharge the stakes, conflict, and character development.

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