Writing Transgressive Fiction: Ron Black on 'Bleu' and the Character No One Has to Like – The Writing Coach Ep. 237
My guest is Ron Black on this episode of The Writing Coach podcast, and his debut novel Bleu: A Transgressive Tale follows Anthony, a struggling artist in a version of Ottawa most Canadian fiction doesn't go near — squats, addiction, an art world he doesn't feel he belongs in, and a marriage where the violence runs in a direction fiction rarely lets it run. Ron's been my client for years, so this one's personal for me too.
We get into why an unlikable protagonist doesn't need to be a likable one — just an understandable one — what it costs a first-time novelist to write a character this…
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