https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Sun, 22 Dec 2024 03:12:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/06/how-to-avoid-shapeshifting-writers-block/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/06/how-to-avoid-shapeshifting-writers-block/#comments Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:13:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=47897 Writer’s Block can haunt writers in different shapes and forms, from a lack of inspiration to the fear od the blank page. Here are some ways to understand and combat it.

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The post Characterization: One of the Most Vital Writing Skills first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/04/characterization-one-of-the-most-vital-writing-skills/feed/ 10 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/02/desire-goals-motivations-and-needs-in-storytelling/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/02/desire-goals-motivations-and-needs-in-storytelling/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=47162 Dives into characters’ goals, motivations, wants, needs, and objects of desires. Look at sympathy and empathy and why they matter in storytelling.

The post Desire, Goals, Motivations, and Needs in Storytelling first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/02/desire-goals-motivations-and-needs-in-storytelling/feed/ 5 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/12/tap-readers-subconscious-to-engage-them-in-your-story/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/12/tap-readers-subconscious-to-engage-them-in-your-story/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:35:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=46829 To engage readers in your story, tap their subconscious. In this third of his series, Stefan Emunds shows how to use psychology to keep readers interested.

The post Tap Readers' Subconscious to Engage Them in Your Story first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/12/tap-readers-subconscious-to-engage-them-in-your-story/feed/ 14 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/10/storytelling-and-psychology-the-yin-and-yang-of-storytelling/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/10/storytelling-and-psychology-the-yin-and-yang-of-storytelling/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=46363 Stefan Emunds discusses the psychology writers need to know and apply to storytelling in the second article of the series Storytelling and Psychology.

The post 3 Principles to Make Your Story Experience as Real-to-Life as Possible first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/10/storytelling-and-psychology-the-yin-and-yang-of-storytelling/feed/ 11 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/08/the-yin-and-yang-relationship-between-psychology-and-storytelling/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/08/the-yin-and-yang-relationship-between-psychology-and-storytelling/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:46:43 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=46010 Stefan Emunds demystifies the process of applying psychology to storytelling to enhance your skills and the readers’ experience.

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