Ever had a character do something totally out of character—and it felt fake?
In today’s episode, a charging deer disrupts my dog walking expedition and reveals a storytelling truth:
Great character moments come from internal programming breaks.
When your character’s default behavior no longer serves them—and they know it—that’s when real transformation begins.
🎯 You’ll learn:
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Why plot twists rooted in internal change hit harder than shock value
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How to identify your character’s default operating system
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The key question that reveals when their “programming” breaks
🎧 Whether your character is a people-pleaser, perfectionist, coward, or control freak, this episode will help you discover the moment they stop being who they’ve always been and become someone new.
Keep the words rolling and the adventures unfolding,
Bonnie Jean
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Escape into the Land of Zandador (the books I write under my pen name of Author D.K. Drake): Purchase one or all of the Dragon Stalker Bloodline Saga books on Amazon.
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