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Characters Are Not Real People

Characters are not real people: they represent types of people.  Rather than creating characters from scratch or based on an individual, fashion them on the personality types you encounter every day.

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This entry was posted in Characters, Writing Tip of the Day on June 25, 2020 by Melanie Anne Phillips.

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