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Hearts Unbroken: Writing Well-Rounded Secondary Characters

Hearts Unbroken: Writing Well-Rounded Secondary Characters

Posted on October 10, 2018January 4, 2019

Writing is rewriting.

By Cynthia Leitich Smith

The third in a series of four posts celebrating the Oct. 9 release of my realistic contemporary YA novel, Hearts Unbroken (Candlewick).

We’re all the heroes of our own stories.

The same is true of our fictional friends and foes.

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