Character Development

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  • Writing Historically Accurate Dialogue - video

    Author Paul Russell offers great advice about creating dialogue that is appropriate for the time period in his novel. If your novel is set in historical times, a fanciful...
    Paul Russell
    • Paul Russell
  • Writing Mystery Dialogue - podcast

    Every author has her own approach to developing plot and character and all the nuances that go with it. Join award-winning mystery writer Lois Winston as she discusses...
    Lois Winston
    • Lois Winston
  • Writing Mystery Dialogue - video

    Every author has her own approach to developing plot and character and all the nuances that go with it. Join award-winning mystery writer Lois Winston as she discusses...
    Lois Winston
    • Lois Winston
  • Character-Driven Storytelling - video

    Author CS Marks provides tips on character-driven storytelling and shares her writing process of letting the characters determine the plot. She says that there are two...
    C.S. Marks
    • C.S. Marks
  • Characters and Dialogue in YA Fiction - podcast

    Keeping your dialogue real and characters relevant is critical in young adult fiction. Author Janette Rallison offers tips for writing characters and dialogue in YA...
    Janette Rallison
    • Janette Rallison