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Novelsmithing – The Structural Foundation of Plot, Character, and Narration
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Creating Characters – Part I
(The following is an excerpt from my book Novelsmithing.) Character motivations, wishes and desires, are the driving forces behind the novel. Character emotion exerts dramatic pressure on the storyline and forces it forward. Therefore, without interesting, highly motivated characters the novel … Continue reading
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