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The Power of Character Descriptions

Guest Blogger — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Great characters are the beating heart of every memorable book. Lori Freeland offers you how-to insights and amazing character descriptions examples.

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Bringing a Character To Life

Guest Blogger — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:10:00 +0000

Barbara Probst shares four key questions you can ask as you're writing to bring characters fully alive.

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Putting Fresh Faces on the Page!

Guest Blogger — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:01:21 +0000

by Margie Lawson Don’t give readers a reason to take a mini-vacation from your page. That’s what happens when readers come across clichéd phrases or sentences they’ve read before. They know what’s coming. Their brain takes a break from your story. And for that fraction of a second they are sucked into the muck of […]

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Involving the Reader in Character Building

Guest Blogger — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:01:58 +0000

Eldred Bird Good stories are built around great characters. If readers don’t identify or sympathize with your protagonist, they’re not going to care enough to come on your character’s journey. We writers generally have a picture in mind when it comes to the characters in our books. We know what our heroes and villains look […]

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Does Description Work For Your Reader, or Against Them?

Guest Blogger — Wed, 17 May 2017 11:02:41 +0000

Les Edgerton “When we are told that a Handsome Prince went into a wood, we realize that we are that Handsome Prince. As soon as the prince is characterized, ‘A Handsome Blond Prince with a twinkle in his eye, and just the hint of a mustache on his upper lip…’ and if we lack […]

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Fresh, Fresh, Fresh Character Descriptions!

Guest Blogger — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:00:02 +0000

We're so happy to welcome Margie Lawson today to share her writing wonderment with us. Margie will be speaking at the RWA National Conference in Anaheim next month, both at the Women's Fiction pre-conference event and a session at the conference. Generous as ever, Margie is donating a lecture packet or a free class to […]

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