About this episode
Hannah Mae discusses the challenges of developing Akela, the messenger angel, from a side character to the main protagonist in her book.
Akela, the ever chatty and ever smiling messenger angel from my first book, returns for 'Celestial: Age of Silence'. Yet picking him to go from side-character to main angelic protagonist came with several challenges: Consistency. Likability. And potential profound growth....
People in this episode
Host: Hannah Mae
Topics covered
- angelic protagonist
- character development
- storytelling challenges
- consistency
- likability
- profound growth
Keywords
- Akela
- angel
- character development
- Celestial: Age of Silence
- storytelling
- protagonist
- growth
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Celestial: Age of Silence
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