NaNoWriMo Survival Guide, 2019

Character is Key

When telling stories, plot is great. But it’s character we care about.

Zach J. Payne
Nov 6 · 4 min read

I’m going to start this by disproving my point. Kinda.

Think about The DaVinci Code. That’s one of those books that everybody’s read, right? Or, at least, one of those books that everybody has an opinion about. It’s…

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