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Podcast: Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
Episode: Episode 56 - How many characters are too many? And he wore his guilt like a harness.
Description: For each scene, the perfect number of characters exists. We'll talk about that number. Too few, and we don't have a scene. Too many, and the scene is like a subway at rush hour. Also, here are some techniques regarding metaphors and similes, a skill that can make our writing more lyrical and engaging.  Please note: I will be out of the office next week, and so won't upload a new episode next Friday, but will return for a new episode the following Friday.Here is a 20-episode master class on fiction writing—a start-to-finish course covering plot, ch...