How to Avoid Writing Cliché Characters?

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Historical and speculative novelist K.M. Weiland offers tips and essays about the writing life to help other writers understand the ins and outs of the craft and the psychology behind the inspiration.

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Today's question from @phillipmeyer4059 asks:

"One of the characters in my story is a traitor to the mission, I want to make sure he is not a cookie cutter stereotype, but I am having a hard time with avoiding the two extremes; of a really bad guy who everyone knows will be a traitor, or the super loyalist that would be the last person anyone would expect to turn sides. What can I do to stay away from the pitfalls?"

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