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Write Your Damn Novel: A podcast about writing a book in a month

Naming Your Characters is the Best Part!

32 min • 18 oktober 2019

This episode is all about naming your characters! We discuss how to choose names, what happens if you decide to change any names, and how to avoid making naming mistakes.

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