Episode 197 - That odd little thing for our character.

from Essential Guide to Writing a Novel · host James Thayer

How can we make our character memorable for the reader? How can we make the character leap off the page and stay in the reader's memory? Here's how Sherwood Anderson did it. And here are also character descriptions from another master, William Faulkner, showing us how to create big and bold characters.Support the showBuy the master class.

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