Characters Inside & Out with Emily Maguire
In this Craft of Writing episode Pam chats to Emily Maguire on characterisation in her latest novel Love Objects.
Emily is the author of six novels, including the Stella Prize and Miles Franklin shortlisted An Isolated Incident and three non-fiction books. Emily's articles and essays on sex, feminism, culture and literature have been published widely, including in the Sydney Morning Herald The Australian, The Observer and The Age.
Emily works as a teacher and mentor to young and emerging writers, and is 2018-19 was Writer in Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney, where she undertook much of the research she did for Love Objects.
The Saturday Paper says this of the characterisation in Love Objects:
One of the most compelling elements of this accomplished book is Maguire's ability to completely inhabit a character.
There's so much great advice in this episode on how to inhabit your character's skin.
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