writing about trauma | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:31:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg writing about trauma | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 9 Things Writers Need To Know About Trauma And Mental Health https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/11/9-things-writers-need-to-know-about-trauma-and-mental-health/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/11/9-things-writers-need-to-know-about-trauma-and-mental-health/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:57:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=46693 Trauma and mental health issues can be uncomfortable to discuss, but there’s no denying the internal conflict these storylines intrinsically create.

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The post 4 Ways To Write The Lived Experience Of Trauma first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/03/4-ways-to-write-the-lived-experience-of-trauma/feed/ 30 5 Tips on Writing a Trauma Backstory https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/10/5-tips-on-writing-a-trauma-backstory/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/10/5-tips-on-writing-a-trauma-backstory/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:00:44 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34968 by Lisa Hall-Wilson Life is hard and as writers, we aren’t doing our jobs unless our characters struggle. Am I right? Good fiction isn’t borne out in the comfortable and easy living we might dream about, but in the tension and conflict between characters and/or their own desires. Giving a character a backstory that includes trauma […]

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