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How A Character Can Help Shape Plot

By Dorothy Winsor

Author Dorothy Winsor

Author Dorothy Winsor

My most recent book, Dragoncraft, came out this September and is based on a character named Addy, who appeared in my previous book, Glass Girl. Beta readers told me that every time he appeared, the page lit up. I wanted to write more about him. I suspect many writers create characters they want to write about again. That’s one way we get book series.

But, of course, an engaging character is not enough to sustain a book. In this situation, the challenge was creating an interesting plot that makes the most of what’s appealing in that character. Continue reading