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Alec Clayton

Creating (hopefully) Memorable Characters

June 3, 2024 by Alec Clayton

It takes me a year or two to write a novel, which means I spend that much time getting to know each of the characters in my novels. And then I forget about them. I go on to my next novel and a new set of characters, and tend to forget the earlier ones. Literally. … Read more

Categories Alec Clayton, Fiction, On writing Tags Alec Clayton, fiction, writing 2 Comments

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