Creating Realistic Characters    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $2.99 USD. 2640 words. Published on February 28, 2011. .
A realistic character is just like a real human being, and the reader should be able to identify with the protagonist, the antagonist, and a minor character or two as soon as he meets them. The more quickly the reader identifies with the character, the more quickly he will become engaged in the story line.

A Story is a Promise & The Spirit of Storytelling    by Bill Johnson
Price: $3.00 USD. 75120 words. Published on April 9, 2011. .
A Story is a Promise offers new writers a way to study and understand how popular novels become so successful. For writers considering self-publishing, it offers techniques for revising a manuscript to achieve its full potential. This is the book agents recommend to their authors. The Spirit of Storytelling explores how the great storytellers create characters with deeply realized inner lives.