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Light Novel Writing Guide—Character and Dialogue
Halfway through chapter seven, a reader stops caring about the protagonist. Not because the plot dragged. Not because the writing was bad. Because ...
Character Development
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Romance Writing Guide—Emotional Beats
"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me." One sentence. That is all it took for Elizabeth Bennet to decide she despised Mr. Darcy. ...
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Managing Multiple POV Writing
In 1996, A Game of Thrones launched with five POV characters. By the fifth book, that number had ballooned past twenty. George R.R. Martin has spen...
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Building and Maintaining Character Databases
Why a Character Database Is Not OptionalTwo characters share one relationship line. Three characters produce three lines. Four produce six. Ten cha...
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Step Five—Character Chart
"I know my character wants revenge. I just don't know if he'd slam the door or walk out quietly." That sentence -- overheard at a writers' conferen...
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Step Three—Character Summary
A study of 2,000 published novels found that stories with clearly defined character arcs received, on average, 40% higher reader satisfaction score...
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Getting to Know Your Protagonist
External Want: What Your Character ChasesIn 1936, Margaret Mitchell published Gone with the Wind. Eighty-eight years later, people still argue abou...
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