Characterization

If you write novels or plan to, sooner or later you’re going to have to write dialogue. And that means learning the correct way to use those ubiquitous little phrases called dialogue tags. These are phrases such as “she said” or “he asked” that are used to identify which character is speaking in a work …

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To avoid the pitfall of creating characters who are one dimensional and all look and sound alike in your novel, you need to give a lot of thought to character development. Many authors spend days and even weeks working on their characters before they begin to write. And it generally starts with creating a character …

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