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	The Stretch 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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It’s All Character…

“…They were brought through the story, rather than lived through it…”

The running theme in these last posts have pertained to the writing of characters. And as this is kind of a journalistic approach to blogging, hell, I’ma continue!

I’ve come to realise that the stories I love the most are marriages of great characters doing great things. The great things aren’t always great of course. But in essen

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The Claw of the Conciliator

by Gene Wolfe

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Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)

by Robert Jordan

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