The Writer's Room Podcast with International Emmy Award Winning Writer Damaris Irungu Ochieng'
A Podcast for screenwriters and authors on the business and craft of writing.
The Writer's Room Podcast with International Emmy Award Winning Writer Damaris Irungu Ochieng'
Episode 7_How To Create Multi-Dimensional Characters
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Flat characters don’t move audiences, human characters do.
In this episode of The Writer’s Room Podcast, International Emmy Award–winning writer Damaris Irungu Ochieng’ breaks down one of the most essential skills in storytelling:
How to create multi-dimensional characters.
From identifying a character’s core values, to writing contradictions, emotional backstory, and moral dilemmas that reveal true depth, this episode offers five powerful, practical tools to help your characters feel layered, believable, and unforgettable.
You’ll learn why great characters are not defined by traits like “the hero” or “the villain” but by the tension between who they want to be and what life forces them to become.
Whether you’re writing a film, TV series, novel, or stage play, this episode will help you stop writing archetypes… and start writing real people.
🎧 Let’s build characters with truth.
🎧 Let’s write depth, not clichés.
🎧 Let’s create stories that breathe.
Let’s talk craft. Let’s talk courage. Let’s talk story.
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