Creative Writing Exercises For Dummies

Part II

Realising That Character Is Everything

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In this part …

• Develop your characters to convey them convincingly and so readers want to know what will happen to them.
• Find out how to write convincing and effective dialogue.
• Look at the different aspects of your characters’ lives – their inner thoughts and feelings and their physical attributes and backgrounds – including ways to make them act and speak convincingly.