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HOWTO MANAGE YOUR STORY’S CHARACTERS

By: Stavros Halvatzis

Much has been written about how to craft successful characters for your stories, including advice offered by this blog.

In writing one’s story, however, one may wrongly allow the plot to force a character’s actions, making it appear trite or contrived.

Here’s something I do to help me keep my story’s characters on track.

Clickhere to read the complete article (see #1 below)

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1. How to Manage Your Story's Characters: http://t.co/SiODIxHkaO @Shalvatzis
2. Entering Writing Competitions?  Six Tips: http://t.co/GyNe0fmSJX @Buddhapuss RT @elizabethscraig:
3. How (Not) to Write a Blog Post http://t.co/XIsdYStB47  @Ava_Jae RT @Janice_Hardy
4. When Is It Time to Quit Social Media? http://t.co/uSyhSrmN2p @JanetBoyer RT @elizabethscraig
5. Creating Multi-Dimensional Characters #2—Everybody Lies http://t.co/UyRDbFjKAX RT @evelyn_puerto
6. The reasons you write http://ow.ly/kCBLH via The Writer's Alley
7. Storyteller’s Rulebook #185: Heroes Should Ascend, Not Descend http://ow.ly/kCBY7 via Cockeyed Caravan
8. Having Twitter Followers Isn’t Enough, You Need Actionable Intel On Them (Like This) http://ow.ly/kCC3t
9. Notes from Tabor Lane: Today's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts http://ow.ly/kDkRM
10. 5 Examples of Proper Style for Proper Nouns http://ow.ly/kDwto via Daily Writing Tips
11. How to Satisfy Your Reader With a Great Ending http://ow.ly/kEsZV via Write_practice
12. Does this novel seem crowded to you? http://t.co/Og8MqDm2oX @NovelMatters RT @elizabethscraig
13. Your Secret Weapon Against Story Coincidences http://ow.ly/kEtHG via @KMWeiland
14. Is a Bigger Advance Always Better? http://ow.ly/kEtTL via @RachelleGardner
15. When Bookstore Distribution Collapses http://ow.ly/kEusV
16. Here’s How Jeff Goins Writes http://ow.ly/kEvjp via @copyblogger
17. Why Your Novel May Not Be Historical Fiction After All http://t.co/Ohn5loK4xH RT @evelyn_puerto:
18. How to Manage Expectations, Step 5: Plant the Right Questions... http://ow.ly/kEwc5 via Cockeyed Caravan

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Happy writing & running, Kathy

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