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MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA

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MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA

Category: minor characters

Perils of the Writer: Heroic Support and Infrastructure

Posted on November 11, 2013

Most of what I write essentially involves one or two key characters who, through choice or circumstance, have to go out and do hard, heroic things.  Of course, sometimes these […]

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A Deep Bench of Tertiary Characters

Posted on January 31, 2013

I have to confess, there’s a small part of me that cringes whenever I realize I need another character.  Or characters.  Especially a character with a name.  Because I know, […]

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fantasy / minor characters / process of writing / sci-fi / tools of the writers / villains / Way of the Shield

Writing Minor Characters: The Story of Citizen #4

Posted on June 20, 2011

I believe that I’m somewhat unusual amongst fantasy/sci-fi writers, in that I cut my writers’ teeth as a playwright.  Coming at writing novels from a theatre background gives me a […]

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minor characters / process of writing

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