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Might also consider reading "A Scanner Darkly," by Philip K. Dick: A troubled law enforcer invites a series of increasingly desperate, damaged characters into his home and lives to regret the decision.
I've always sort of written damaged characters very well.
In December 2014, Daytime Confidential described Sharon as one of the most "drastically damaged" characters in the history of the soap opera genre, and wrote, "You name it, one head writer or another has had her do it.
In the past, Sedaris has said she feels more free when performing as someone else, embracing flawed and uniquely damaged characters other female performers might not touch with a 10 foot pole.
TAKE a handful of damaged characters.
If these damaged characters seem similar, well, that's part of this book's point.
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To stay creative, "Homeland" has to pry even deeper into its entwined and deeply damaged main characters without burning out their mystery.
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