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Tag: characters

Is your novel too short?

June 6, 2022 cheryl
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I asked some members of the #writingcommunity what they’d like me to research for this month’s Writer’s Corner and this…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: backstory, characters, conflict in novels, dialogue, editing, novel beginnings, novel draft, novel endings, plot structure, secondary characters

The what, when and how of character backstory

December 8, 2021 cheryl

Backstory is critical to a reader’s understanding of our characters. But there are ways to do it without bogging the…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: characters, editing
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