title: The Story Works Guide to Writing Character: How to create characters your readers will love--or love to hate. (The Story Works Guide to Writing Fiction) (Volume 1)
author:  Alida Winternheimer 
description: I worked hard to make this book a how-to guide full of useful examples, excerpts from lots of genres, and exercises that actually teach you how to create the character you really want to write.
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  **The Mortal Heart**
  
  **_Beautiful Creatures:_**
  
  **_The Untold Stories_**
  
  **by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl**
  
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  Table of Contents
  
  About the Authors
  
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  **Authors’ Note**
  
  The whole idea behind _Beautiful Creatures: The Untold Stories_ was for the
  two of us to tell the stories we never had a chance to write in the Beautiful
  Creatures novels. These stories are our opportunity to answer the questions
  we’re asked most often by our readers, like: How did Lila fall in love with
  Macon? Wh