: Re: Character interviews - how to handle characters that age noticeably within a single novel Many writers employ an interviewing technique in order to give characters depth and realism within a plot.

Both ages as separate interviews, since his answers will be different and you will have to handle his responses differently. In the second interview, he can even look back and say "Yeah, I remember the first time you asked me this. I can't believe I said X! Now I know thus-and-such and it's definitely Y."

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: Re: Character interviews - how to handle characters that age noticeably within a single novel Many writers employ an interviewing technique in order to give characters depth and realism within a plot.

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