Punctuation in Complex Sentences

Medium Standard English Conventions Conventions Of Punctuation

Read the following sentence:

To be a successful novelist you must understand your characters, they must feel real to the readers.

Which of the following options correctly punctuates the sentence?

To be a successful novelist, you must understand your characters they must feel real to the readers.

To be a successful novelist you must understand your characters; they must feel real to the readers.

To be a successful novelist, you must understand your characters; they must feel real to the readers.

To be a successful novelist; you must understand your characters they must feel real to the readers.

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