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		<title>Amy at 02:02, 28 January 2008</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-28T02:02:25Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 02:02, 28 January 2008&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l4&quot; &gt;Line 4:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In romance, one concern writers face is creating secondary characters that are more compelling than the main characters. One reason for this is the tendency to make romance heroes and heroines too perfect, while secondary characters are more flawed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In romance, one concern writers face is creating secondary characters that are more compelling than the main characters. One reason for this is the tendency to make romance heroes and heroines too perfect, while secondary characters are more flawed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<id>https://romancewiki.bham.ac.uk//index.php?title=Secondary_Characters&amp;diff=6042&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Romancewiki at 01:38, 8 April 2006</title>
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		<updated>2006-04-08T01:38:16Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Writing Terms]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Writing Terms]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Secondary Characters]] are essentially those characters who are not the [[Protagonist|protagonist]] or [[Antagonist|antagonist]]. In the worlds of romance, [[Secondary Characters|secondary characters]] tend to be any character (other than the villian) who is not the [[Hero|hero]] or [[Heroine|]]. These characters inhabit the story and are fully drawn, but are the not the primary focus of the novel.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Secondary Characters]] are essentially those characters who are not the [[Protagonist|protagonist]] or [[Antagonist|antagonist]]. In the worlds of romance, [[Secondary Characters|secondary characters]] tend to be any character (other than the villian) who is not the [[Hero|hero]] or [[Heroine|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;heroine&lt;/ins&gt;]]. These characters inhabit the story and are fully drawn, but are the not the primary focus of the novel.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In romance, one concern writers face is creating secondary characters that are more compelling than the main characters. One reason for this is the tendency to make romance heroes and heroines too perfect, while secondary characters are more flawed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In romance, one concern writers face is creating secondary characters that are more compelling than the main characters. One reason for this is the tendency to make romance heroes and heroines too perfect, while secondary characters are more flawed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Books with great secondary characters include [[Susan Elizabeth Phillips|Susan Elizabeth Phillips']] [[Dream A Little Dream]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Books with great secondary characters include [[Susan Elizabeth Phillips|Susan Elizabeth Phillips']] [[Dream A Little Dream]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Romancewiki at 01:37, 8 April 2006</title>
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		<updated>2006-04-08T01:37:59Z</updated>

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Writing Terms]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Secondary Characters]] are essentially those characters who are not the [[Protagonist|protagonist]] or [[Antagonist|antagonist]]. In the worlds of romance, [[Secondary Characters|secondary characters]] tend to be any character (other than the villian) who is not the [[Hero|hero]] or [[Heroine|]]. These characters inhabit the story and are fully drawn, but are the not the primary focus of the novel.&lt;br /&gt;
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In romance, one concern writers face is creating secondary characters that are more compelling than the main characters. One reason for this is the tendency to make romance heroes and heroines too perfect, while secondary characters are more flawed.&lt;br /&gt;
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Books with great secondary characters include [[Susan Elizabeth Phillips|Susan Elizabeth Phillips']] [[Dream A Little Dream]].&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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