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Creating Characters Readers Will Love: Character Tags and Tics - Victoria Grossack; Creating Great Heroes and Heroines - Anne M. Marble; Creating Memorable Characters - Lee Masterson; Creating Villains People Love to Hate - Lee Masterson; Do Werewolves Wear Shoes? Building Successful Horror Characters - Shaunna Privratsky; Don't Treat Your Characters Like Puppets! - Anne M. Marble; The Ethics of Tragedy: Plot Victims are People Too! - Paula Fleming; Everybody Lies - Victoria Grossack; Extending Your Character Range: Sex, Age and Other - Victoria Grossack; Finding Your Characters - Mary Cook; Handling a Cast of Thousands I: Getting to Know Your Characters - Will Greenway; Handling a Cast of Thousands II: Your Story as Your Characters (and Readers) See It - Will Greenway; Handling a Cast of Thousands III: Developing the Five-Act Scene - Will Greenway; How Not to Create a Villain - Anne M. Marble; Mentors in Your Masterpiece - Victoria Grossack; Motivation - Hank Quense; The Mystery of Character - Robert Wilson; The Secrets of Characterization - Sigrid Macdonald; A Study in Sidekicks - Victoria Grossack; We All Need Someone To Love: Creating Characters Readers Will Care About - Victoria Grossack; What Do Your Characters Want? (Part One) - Victoria Grossack; What Do Your Characters Want? (Part Two): How to Use Characters' Goals to Move the Plot - Victoria Grossack; What Type Is Your Character? - Paula Fleming; What's My Line? Character Professions in the Romance - Anne M. Marble
Character Naming: In the Name of Love... Finding the Right Names for Your Characters - Desmond Lindo; The Name Game - John Robert Marlow; Name That Character! - Anne M. Marble; A Rose by Any Other Name... - Devyani Borade; What's in a Name? - Moira Allen; What's In a Name? - Victoria Grossack
Establishing Viewpoint: Establishing the Right Point of View: How to Avoid "Stepping Out of Character" - Marg Gilks; Headhopping, Authorial Intrusion, and Shocked Expressions - Anne Marble; My Point of View on Point of View (Part One) - Victoria Grossack; My Point of View on Point of View (Part Two) - Victoria Grossack; Viewpoint, Perspective and Time - Will Greenway
See also:: General Fiction Tips; Writing Dynamic Dialogue; Description & Setting; Writing Mysteries; Writing Romance; Writing Speculative Fiction: SF, Fantasy & Horror; Writing for Children; Column: Crafting Fabulous Fiction, by Victoria Grossack

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