https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:58:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/07/storytelling-secrets/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/07/storytelling-secrets/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:02:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=57414 Fear exists to alert us to potential harm. But how do we get our characters to express it realistically? Angela helps us to figure that out.

The post Storytelling Secrets: How to Write Authentic Fear first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/07/storytelling-secrets/feed/ 20 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/03/want-to-push-your-protagonist-over-the-edge-add-an-emotion-amplifier/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/03/want-to-push-your-protagonist-over-the-edge-add-an-emotion-amplifier/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2018 11:02:43 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33427 Angela Ackerman Put your character up a tree and then throw rocks at him. This iconic advice is something every writer hears at some point and keeping it at the forefront of our minds when writing is one of the wisest things we can do. Not only must we make good on our back-jacket blurb […]

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