This is the second of eight meditations on the elements of a story that make readers care about the fate of your protagonist. Last week, I talked about the big emotional question that every story must ask and answer. In today’s piece I tackle voice: This week on the water What we all love in a story are characters who feel authentic, independent and alive. If we’re aware that behind the scenes a clever author is manipulating the strings that control their movements and their choices, we lose...