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Novel Building Blocks: Character Matters - article
What do I want? This is one of the mythic questions and is central to creating a character a reader will follow for some 200 pages or more, hopefully eschewing sleep...
Molly Blaisdell
Characters 101: The Importance of Weaknesses - article
When you create a fictional world, you include all the vivid imagery so you reader can envision himself there. Often, however, the characters that a writer devises to...
Michael Esser
Characters 101: What's in a Name? Part 2 - article
When it comes to the names your characters will assume, the elements that go in are definitely going to factor into what comes out. Nationality, gender, walks of life...
Michael Esser
Breaking Points: Looking for Weak Spots in your Dialogue - article
Dialogue by definition is the part of the storytelling process in which your characters communicate. It’s a delicate balance that they must walk when speaking in this...
Michael Esser
Characters 101: What's in a Name? Part 1 - article
So you’ve got an awesome story and have created some memorable characters, but you’re not too sure about their names. You can be safe and do the generic thing, but why...
Michael Esser
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