As Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up states, character development is the most important facet of any character-based book, whether fiction or nonfiction, because "readers won't follow for long if they find the people you're writing about dull, one-dimensional or unbelievable." After listing the three attributes of a great character, the 248-page book takes readers through a step-by-step process that shows them how to develop their characters from start to finish.
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A graduate of the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Journalism, Ms. Engber's next book, WINTER LIGHT, will be published Oct. 6, 2020, by Vine Leaves Press. She's also the author of THE WIND THIEF. She's had a play produced in Hollywood and numerous short stories and poems published in literary journals. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, she teaches writing workshops on a variety of topics, including character development, copyediting, business writing and how to incubate great ideas. For a full list of workshops and credentials, visit her website, MarthaEngber.com. She's also on Twitter and Instagram and provides advice and tips via Martha's Writing Blog and her Facebook author page, Martha's Creatives, which serves as an open workshop where writers, readers and artists can share information and get help.