The main character in a story should always be likeable
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If personal health can be improved at all because "you are what you eat," then mental health and character-build ing
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The main character in a story that you have written should have a unique quality about them and be interesting
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I once read a quote in a "How-To" manual for writers that said you shouldn't
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