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April 3, 2022 By Anne R. Allen 34 Comments

5 Tips for Writing Vivid Secondary Characters Who Don’t Take Over the Story

5 Tips for Writing Vivid Secondary Characters Who Don’t Take Over the Story

  by Anne R. Allen Secondary characters are often glossed over in popular fiction. They’re in the story to further the plot, and can sometimes devolve into broad stereotypes or cardboard cut-outs while the protagonist (and maybe love interest) dominate the story. You can avoid the problem if you think of the secondary characters as […]

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Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: Anne R. Allen, Jami Gold, Minor characters, Secondary characters, Sherwood Ltd., too much dialogue

October 6, 2019 By Anne R. Allen 45 Comments

Chekhov’s Gun: The Importance of Follow-Through in Fiction

Chekhov’s Gun: The Importance of Follow-Through in Fiction

  by Anne R. Allen Anton Chekhov, the Russian playwright, also wrote short stories, essays and instructions for young writers. Probably his most famous writerly advice is this admonition: “If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it […]

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