Comments on: Fear's Toxic Cousin: THE FATAL FLAW https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/ A Blog On Writing Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:36:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Matthew https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/#comment-177682 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:36:57 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56899#comment-177682 In reply to Becca Puglisi.

👏👏🙏😁

]]> By: Becca Puglisi https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/#comment-177656 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:09:20 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56899#comment-177656 In reply to Lorraine Feldberg.

Happy to help! I feel like I've been kind of dancing around fear in the past resource books Angela and I have written. When we started working on this one, everything really clicked into place. Best of luck with your story!

]]> By: Becca Puglisi https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/#comment-177655 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:08:04 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56899#comment-177655 In reply to denise.

Thanks for reading, Denise!

]]> By: Becca Puglisi https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/#comment-177654 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:07:38 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56899#comment-177654 In reply to Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt.

The character arc pieces do lead one into the other, so I love seeing software that makes the process simple and let's you plunk ideas in to fill the blanks. We have a Character Builder at One Stop for Writers that does something similar. Makes it all so much easier.

]]> By: Becca Puglisi https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/#comment-177653 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:05:48 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56899#comment-177653 In reply to Ellen Buikema.

Yeah, I can't really wrap my brain around a lot of conceptual things until I can see an example of it. I'm glad this helped!

]]> By: Becca Puglisi https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/#comment-177652 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:04:51 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56899#comment-177652 In reply to Matthew.

I guess you get to decide 😉

]]> By: Lorraine Feldberg https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/#comment-177651 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:08:33 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56899#comment-177651 Excellent write-up. You've practically given me step-by-step instructions as to how I can use fear in my next story (I had the fear part, not how to solve it). Thank you

]]> By: denise https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/#comment-177647 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:16:05 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56899#comment-177647 I use the backstory to help explain the flaw, but not too much.

]]> By: Matthew https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/#comment-177642 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:29:45 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56899#comment-177642 In reply to Becca Puglisi.

Oh the picture is marvelous! It looks candid, and those are the best kind!

]]> By: Matthew https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/04/fears-toxic-cousin-the-fatal-flaw/#comment-177641 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:23:59 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56899#comment-177641 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

Very practical advice Becca! My main character's fatal flaw is that he cannot say no to women who keep coming on to him. Is that something he should worry about? 🤔🙄😂🤣😁

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