Kree of Canopy Chapter Five
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In Chapter Five, Kree goes through her entire first day in Canopy from dawn to dusk in the span of like an hour and a half somehow. She finally meets the other two most important characters in the book—Jamison and Abreen. Also, there are dragons in this world now, I guess (because why not?). I talk about the practical concerns of worldbuilding as well as how to write authentic dialogue and meaningful dialogue tags.
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