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Tag: Writing believable characters

Writing About Recruitment for the Intelligence Community

Before characters in the Intelligence Community can save the world, they have to be recruited. Piper Bayard of Bayard & Holmes reveals how it works in reality.

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Digging Up Bones - What's Your Character's Backstory?

Eldred Bird shows writers how to dig into a character's backstory to find out where they hid the bodies.

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How To Tell If You Are Writing a YA Novel

Do you have a story featuring a young protagonist? One topic writers ask about is how to create a YA book editors will swoon for. Although this book category is defined by the age of the protagonist (between 12 and 18 years old), writing a YA novel is way more involved than a number.

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