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    The Craft of Character: How to create deep and engaging characters your audience will never forget
    The Craft of Character: How to create deep and engaging characters your audience will never forget
    The Craft of Character: How to create deep and engaging characters your audience will never forget
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    The Craft of Character: How to create deep and engaging characters your audience will never forget

    Written by Mark Boutros

    Narrated by Adrian Hobart

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    “The most complete and comprehensive guide to character I've ever read." - Adam Croft

    International Emmy nominated writer, Mark Boutros, offers a guide to creating characters who are engaging, emotionally driven and memorable. With experience writing comedy, drama and novels, Mark shares a mixture of theory, exercises and pitfalls, getting you thinking about the questions you should always have in your mind during character creation.

    This is an invaluable tool for beginner and experienced writers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Boutros
    Release dateMay 24, 2020
    ISBN9781662208416

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