May 27th, 2020
3 Exercises To Dive Deeper Into Character Emotions
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Craft | Lisa Hall Wilson
By Lisa Hall-Wilson
So, you’ve got a first (or second or third) draft, but you’re still trying to get at the heart of what motivates your character. You’re still trying to unearth the variety of emotions, the intensity, the complexities of the emotions your character experiences at different points in the story.… Read the post
April 13th, 2020
P-O-What?
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Blogging Guests | Craft
by Lori Freeland
Pitch out Visuals? Pass on Variety? Personalization of Villains? People of Value? Just what is POV, and why do you care?
Point of View (POV) refers to the character telling the story in a particular scene or chapter of your book.… Read the post
June 24th, 2019
Make Your Setting REAL With Strategic Description
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Craft
Deep point of view really isn't difficult, but it requires a shift in your mindset in how you craft your fiction. Choosing setting and description details becomes very crucial to making a story come alive for readers. All things being equal (assuming you don't have a broken story, flat characters, lack tension, or poor writing), the details you choose for your story can do so much more than create a setting in your reader's minds.… Read the post
February 4th, 2019
SOS: POV, ASAP!
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Craft
I’m tempted to do this entire blog in initials, but suspect that’d get old pretty fast. Just like discussions of viewpoint can, when writers debate (endlessly) the pros & cons of whose point of view is best for a scene.… Read the post
October 19th, 2018
5 Tips on Writing a Trauma Backstory
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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.
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