02.16.2015 - By Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler
Our character-focused month continues with an exploration of the challenges involved in building a cast for your story. Whether you're building a large or small cast, you need to know why you're putting these people in the book, whether they're main characters, secondary characters, or spear-carriers, and what purpose each of them actually serves in your story.