secondary characters

In this brand-new month-long online class, New York Times best-selling author Angela Knight discusses the importance of creating the perfect cast for the kind of romance you’re trying to write. A memorable romance cast is more than the sum of its parts. To create an effective book, all the...

An exploration of world-building, development of plot and main characters through secondary characters. Introduction At the end of the day, no matter what the genre or trope, whether it’s happening in Alabama or on Mars, we are all trying to create the best possible characters to tell our...

You have a kick-butt heroine. A hero that is super hunky. Now it’s time to develop the supporting cast. Developing a supporting cast can be almost as difficult or more so than creating a hero/heroine. Too often books are slowed down with ‘shadow’ or cardboard characters. Or you have struggle to...