Your hero has to be wrong

How every good character arc begins with the hero lying to him/herself

Come to any of my events to see me make animated hand gestures as shown here, where I mimic Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam with uncanny precision.

As a reader (and writer), I consider myself very passionate about character. I think reading a book with a great plot is all well and good, but reading a great plot paired with rewarding and satisfying charac…