Writing Novels

Lesson 3: Characters

Exercises

Writing: Complete 18,750 words of your novel. Create a chart that shows how your characters are related to one another. How does each character influence the main character? Rank your characters from the main character down to the secondary, supporting, and bit part characters.

Reading: See Writing the Breakout Novel, Chapter 5, and Bird by Bird, Pages 44-53, for information on characterization.

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