https://dianagabaldon.com Author of the Outlander Series Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 https://dianagabaldon.com/other-projects/the-cannibals-art-how-writing-really-works/the-cannibals-art-characterization-workshop-outline-with-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-511649 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:29:57 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/wordpress/#comment-511649 […] immigrants from that era. Instead, as she explains on a page dedicated to characterization on her website, she utilized cultural archetypes to further develop Cho’s character. “If a character comes […]

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