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    <p class="preview">Aspiring writer who submits an Elizabethan sonnet for a chance at Château de Noya.</p>
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<strong>DRAFT — minimal character stub drawn from the <em>How They Fall</em> manuscript. To expand.</strong><br>
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<h2>William Miller</h2>
<h3>Established facts (from <em>How They Fall</em>)</h3>
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<li>Brother of <strong>Aurora Miller</strong>.</li>
<li>Son of <strong>Lori</strong> and <strong>Adam</strong> (surname inconsistent in the draft — "Morris" in one line, "Miller" elsewhere; reconcile).</li>
<li>Warwickshire, England, <strong>1875</strong>.</li>
<li>Humble origin; family was debt-free, owned a home, grew their own food, and sacrificed aggressively to savings for their children's future.</li>
<li>Saved his own money for three years in pursuit of a newly released <strong>typewriter</strong>.</li>
<li>Encountered <strong>the Old Man</strong> at the town gate, who was distributing entry sheets for a <strong>Château de Noya Sonnet Laureate Submission</strong> — prize: a new typewriter; grand prize: an invitation to Château de Noya.</li>
<li>Only William could see the Old Man; Aurora could not.</li>
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<h3>Outline threads involving William (from author's notes)</h3>
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<li>Receives the typewriter.</li>
<li>Accepts invitation to Château de Noya.</li>
<li>Meets <strong>Sachi</strong> — a gifted kid; studies alongside him.</li>
<li>Present when <strong>Lori is diagnosed.</strong></li>
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<h3>The Sonnet Sheet (from the manuscript)</h3>
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<li><strong>Form:</strong> Elizabethan sonnet.</li>
<li><strong>Rhyme scheme:</strong> ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.</li>
<li><strong>Meter:</strong> iambic pentameter.</li>
<li><strong>Structure:</strong> three quatrains and a couplet.</li>
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