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    The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Protagonists
    The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Protagonists
    The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Protagonists
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    The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Protagonists

    By Kylie Day

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    Have you ever wondered what it takes to craft extraordinary characters?

    The truth is that in every sensational story is an extraordinary character (or, even better, more than one). These types of characters do much more than just advance the plot. They jump off of the page and grip the heart of the reader.

    The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Protagonists is a short ebook packed with information on how to create extraordinary protagonists. The book goes through how to categorize your characters as well as shed light on the most common archetypes for heroes, heroines, and antiheroes, which you can use as a solid foundation to build your protagonists upon.

    This book is part of The Busy Author’s Guide series, a series of short ebooks meant for writers who don’t have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing.

    The Busy Author’s Guide series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps.

    Includes a free download: Character-Driven Plot Workbook

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKylie Day
    Release dateJan 10, 2017
    ISBN9781370496297
    The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Protagonists
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    Kylie Day

    Kylie Day is a lover of books and stories, an avid reader, and a passionate writer. Last time she counted the books in her bookshelves, she had over five hundred of them (the digital library was too extensive to count). While physical books feel magical in her hands — and smell even more magical — she prefers to buy ebooks because she doesn’t have any room for more bookshelves. If she had the money she would buy a library, just to fill it with amazing books.Her love for books is why she, as of the spring of 2015, has a BA in literature. She could never see her life progressing in any other way since that first time she picked up a book and read it with fervor as well as stuck her nose in it just to smell the magic on the pages.Now Kylie is chasing her childhood dream of becoming an author. The Busy Author’s Guide-series is a series of short ebooks that is meant to help others with the same dream.

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      The Epic Guide to Character Creation - Kylie Day

      © 2016 Kylie Day

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      All rights reserved, except where otherwise noted. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including informational storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the copyright holder, except for brief quotations in a review.

      Some of the links in this e-book may be affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I may receive an affiliate commission. Please understand I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials.

      Find Kylie online at thewritingkylie.com

      I really appreciate your comments, corrections, and suggestions. You can send me a note at thewritingkylie.com/contact. Thank you!

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      Dedication

      To all aspiring authors around the world.

      Why I've Written This Book for You

      I’ve dreamt about becoming an author since I was a child. Creating stories, worlds, and characters are one of the best things I know in life. Reading does not come far behind. I believe you feel the same way, since you have picked up this ebook.

      However, I have often gotten stuck in the process of creating my projects in

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