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Craft Lessons from Published Novels
The Gods Nobody Believes In: How American Gods Teaches Writers to Build Secondary Characters That Carry Theme
Neil Gaiman's secondary cast in American Gods does something most novels fail at: each minor god doubles as a structural argument about the novel's central idea. Here's how to build a supporting cast that works the same way in your own draft.
Nexa
July 6, 2026
7 min
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