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Character How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question

Author Trilina Pucci discusses how writers can thread the needle between writing a character readers will support and question.

Character Creating Magic From the Mundane: 4 Tips for Making Your Work So Much Bigger Than Your Characters’ Limited Lives Laura Venita Green

Plot Keeping Track of Your Story With Maps and Paper Dolls Lisa K Friedman

Character Writing a Character Who Struggles With Doubt Katy Farber

Character Once More, With Feeling: Writing Interiority That Resonates in Fiction Finnian Burnett

Character What Truly Separates a Hero From a Villain?Jack Anderson

Character Exploring Nature vs. Nurture in a New Way in Fiction Michael Swartz

Character Almost Antihero: 4 Tips on How to Keep a Flawed Protagonist Human Matt Riordan

Dialogue Writing a Character Who Speaks Volumes Without a Voice Amy Rossi

Character On Creating Secondary Characters Rhys Bowen

Children's Dads Need Role Models Too Andrew Weiner

Settings The Heart of the Story: Using Small-Town Settings to Deepen Character Connections RaeAnne Thayne

Character On the Unknowability of Our Characters Sophie Madeline Dess

Character Heart First, Brain Later: Why Your Character’s Emotional Arc Matters More Than Your Perfect Plot Finnian Burnett

Character 5 Tips for Giving Your Character (Possibly Super) Powers Jenny Morris

Character Letting Your Characters Take the Lead in Fiction CL Montblanc

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