7 Tips for Writing Story Characters

��� What are your characters' motivations? 
��� Do your characters' actions arise from their needs? 
��� Downgrade your minor characters 
��� Don't underserve a character in story
��� Avoid temptation to create author surrogate
��� Don't let characters chew the furniture
��� Give your characters room to breathe
��� BONUS: "All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town."

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