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Sue Viders

U.S.

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Expertise

I can answer various questions about how to create characters for fiction writers.

Experience in the area

Two published books, Heroes and Heroines, and Ten Steps to Creating a Memorable Character, plus years of teaching both on-site and on-line

Publications

Several national magazines...had monthly columns

Education/Credentials

BFA

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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	P	Comments
Chris	03/17/12	10	10	10	Thanks Sue! You were great!
Dominic	12/29/11	9	10	10	Thanks very much for the reply!
sue	09/08/11	10	10	10
sue	09/07/11	9	9	10	Hi Sue Thank you so much Sue .....
Jacob	02/05/11	5	4	10

Recent Answers from Sue Viders

2011-12-23 Creating characters who are individuals:

Dominic... there are many ways... 1 - you could take a character class... there are many online 2 - join a writing organization 3 - find a critique group to give you feed back 4 - google "character

2011-09-07 Writing a real life story:

Sue... (nice name...grin) I assume this is a non-fiction book based either on your life or someone you know. The question you have to answer is - why will anyone want to read it? If it is just

2011-02-13 character creation:

Jacob... that depends.... in a suspense story, the reader doesn't know who the villain is until the end... while in a thriller, the reader knows who the bad guy/girl is...but it is all on how the good

2011-02-06 boy character bad but likeable:

Sophie... well several people have asked me this question... in the last answer I listed two books.... this time I'll go into character development a bit more. Thoughts on building a character.

2011-02-04 character creation:

Jacob... ah, a sci-fi fan... Steampunk seems to be very popular right now... as I have two other writers doing stories in this genre... Now as to creating your characters... I have two books that might

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