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"Novels have much more space than short stories, which gives you more leeway with the number of chara..." — Nancy Kress
Novels have much more space than short stories, which gives you more leeway with the number of characters you can include. Even 'furniture' characters can be described and given speaking parts to develop background or atmosphere.
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