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Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up: A Thorough Primer for the Writers of Fiction and Nonfiction

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As Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up states, character development is the most important facet of any character-based book, whether fiction or nonfiction, because "readers won't follow for long if they find the people you're writing about dull, one-dimensional or unbelievable." After listing the three attributes of a great character, the 248-page book takes readers through a step-by-step ... Read more

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Father Brown: The Complete Collection

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