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The Incidental Character Requires a Deft Brush Stroke

Three Types of Characters In your novel, the main stars on center stage are the main characters.  Next in line are secondary characters. These secondary personalities interact with main characters to complicate the plot and make the major players life … Continue reading

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Give a Character a Job

Midwest Small-Town America I remember a number of years ago, thinking that I was severely handicapped as a novelist because I had not traveled extensively. Nor had I worked at a dozen or so different jobs as had someone like … Continue reading

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