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Character's Mask

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In often in good storytelling there is six aspect of a character that makes the characters have a deeper complexity and allows the reader to identify with the characters more. Those six aspects in short are: mask, wound, crutch, true self, Achilles heel, and dark side. Following those six traits in depth allows for authors to create their characters and for different patterns for the characters development to take. The first trait the characters mask is how the character hides its true self or is the first impression of the character. According to According to Laurie Hutzler it is “The character’s Mask is the false face (or false self) the character wears or projects in public” (Hutzler). My characters mask is being shy and avoiding others.
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