Characters Inside and Out with Emily Maguire

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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 HeraldThe 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. Grab a cuppa and join Pam and Emily on the Writes4Women Convo Couch.   SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast   W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon   Emily Maguire Website: click here  Instagram: click here   Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook: click here Twitter: click here  Instagram: click here   This episode produced by  Pamela Cook for Writes4Women.       Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=true See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.