Character Development

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  • Characters and Dialogue in YA Fiction - video

    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
  • Characters Must Grow - podcast

    Bethany Hegedus, author and owner of The Writing Barn (a writer’s retreat outside of Austin, Texas), shares her thoughts on how and why characters change in a novel...
    Bethany Hegedus
    • Bethany Hegedus
  • Characters Must Grow - video

    Bethany Hegedus, author and owner of The Writing Barn (a writer’s retreat outside of Austin, Texas), shares her thoughts on how and why characters change in a novel...
    Bethany Hegedus
    • Bethany Hegedus
  • Combining Traits to Create Characters - podcast

    How strong are your characters? Author Sally Koslow discusses tips on how to create robust characters that you would want to actually have conversations with. www.authorlearningcenter...
    Sally Koslow
    • Sally Koslow
  • Breaking through with Faith Based Characters - podcast

    When you write faith-based fiction, you must have respect for the readers' expectations. Author and filmmaker Susan Rohrer provides tips for writing characters in a...
    Susan Rohrer
    • Susan Rohrer