Writing Excuses 8.3: Pets

Published: Jan. 21, 2013, 6:43 p.m.

We called it "Pets" because it's pithy, but what we're really talking about here is how to give your story's animals -- horses, dogs, cats -- a personality. Why is this important? Why might it be useful? What are the tropes and the common pitfalls? What is the difference between tortoise-shell, calico, and piebald?
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\n(We don't actually answer that last one.)
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