It’s time to talk about characters! You can have the best plot in the world teamed with the most beautiful writing, but if your characters feel like cardboard cut-outs walking through the story then your book will still fall flat.
What we’re aiming for is characters who feel like real people – so much so that as you are writing you know when something is…
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