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    Episode 5: Creating compelling characters.

    Episode 5: Creating compelling characters.

    FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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    Episode 5: Creating compelling characters.

    FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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    Length:
    25 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 8, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Characters in fiction come in a huge variety, and creating characters involves techniques that discussed in this episode.  There are reasons we find Scout Finch and Hermione Granger and Jack Aubrey and Katniss Everdeen so compelling, and let's find out why.Support the show
    Released:
    Jun 8, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer's novels are "superbly crafted') and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer's "writing is smooth and clear. it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.