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I was teaching a masterclass at The Guardian yesterday and we were discussing characters. One of my students said this:‘I think of my characters as horses.’ To be honest, I couldn’t believe my ears…

I was teaching a masterclass at The Guardian yesterday and we were discussing characters. One of my students said this:‘I think of my characters as horses.’ To be honest, I couldn’t believe my ears. If you know me on Facebook and Twitter, you’ll know I’m rather fond of the equine breed, so when one of my students said ‘I think of my characters as horses’, I thought I was still in bed at home, waiting for the alarm.