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February 23, 2006 - » » shy characters
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July 15, 2005 - » » one more thing
July 14, 2005 - » » I'm still here
May 23, 2005 - » » fictionblogs: I should have realized.
May 20, 2005 - » » can you name a main character...
March 15, 2005 - » » writing dialect
February 28, 2005 - » » once again, with feeling
February 18, 2005 - » » character development
January 12, 2005 - » » angst
January 05, 2005 - » » the universe of Bob
January 04, 2005 - » » BOB update
January 04, 2005 - » » the Titanic: the ultimate meta-conflict
December 23, 2004 - » » Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg
September 23, 2004 - » » characterization & cheating
August 02, 2004 - » » character names & keeping things straight
July 27, 2004 - » » more on facial expressions
July 23, 2004 - » » compliments, comments, signed books & Scalzi
July 22, 2004 - » » the gentle art of nuance & backstory
July 21, 2004 - » » backstory and minor characters
July 20, 2004 - » » how much do you want to see?
July 07, 2004 - » » eggcorns & mondegreens & dialogue
June 28, 2004 - » » girl crush
June 21, 2004 - » » do not condescend to your reader, and try not to confuse her, either.
June 03, 2004 - » » where characters go
June 01, 2004 - » » men in bars
May 30, 2004 - » » more on internal monologue
May 15, 2004 - » » the power of the image
May 10, 2004 - » » anachronistic heroes
May 09, 2004 - » » to go with the cake: more links than a sausage factory
April 25, 2004 - » » irritating women
April 21, 2004 - » » absolutes
April 20, 2004 - » » non-negotiables
April 19, 2004 - » » bitches, rebels and other heroines
April 18, 2004 - » » all (american) girl
April 17, 2004 - » » the other list
April 16, 2004 - » » another male character to consider
April 14, 2004 - » » imperfections
April 13, 2004 - » » what a girl wants in a fictional hero
April 12, 2004 - » » heroes, chickens, eggs
April 11, 2004 - » » heroes
March 20, 2004 - » » fingers
March 20, 2004 - » » the face
March 19, 2004 - » » emotional short cuts
March 18, 2004 - » » another wrinkle
March 18, 2004 - » » Sam's mouth
March 17, 2004 - » » eyes
March 17, 2004 - » » emotions you might see in a character's face
March 16, 2004 - » » furrowed brow
February 25, 2004 - » » endings
February 24, 2004 - » » unskilled & unaware of it
February 21, 2004 - » » omniscient point of view, continued
February 15, 2004 - » » first person narratives
February 05, 2004 - » » a whole life in a few lines
January 22, 2004 - » » writing dialect
January 15, 2004 - » » stereotypes & the slothful writer
December 04, 2003 - » » give your readers some credit
December 01, 2003 - » » characterization, part three
November 20, 2003 - » » characterization, part two
November 18, 2003 - » » characters (part one)
November 11, 2003 - » » one inch frame
October 14, 2003 - » » heroes & their problems
September 22, 2003 - » » reading and writing male characters