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Posts by Angela Ackerman

Character Motivation Entry: Protecting One’s Home or Property

March 25, 2017

Character Motivation Entry: Protecting One’s Home or Property

March 25, 2017

What does your character want? This is an important question to answer because it determines what your protagonist hopes to achieve by the story’s end. If the goal, or outer…

Dan Blank: The Daily Practice of Growing Your Audience

March 9, 2017

Dan Blank: The Daily Practice of Growing Your Audience

March 9, 2017

Finding your book’s ideal audience and the people who are influential with that group is a core piece of marketing, but many authors struggle with where to even begin. Dan…

Help Us Celebrate Our 200,000 Book Milestone

March 3, 2017

Help Us Celebrate Our 200,000 Book Milestone

March 3, 2017

Honestly, I don’t even know how to start this post–I am utterly lacking in the word department, which is pretty ironic for a writer, isn’t it? 200,000. Books. Sold. Back…

Introducing One Stop For Writers’ Worldbuilding Tool

February 28, 2017

Introducing One Stop For Writers’ Worldbuilding Tool

February 28, 2017

We’ve all read amazing fiction where the worldbuilding captivated us as much as the characters did. And let’s all admit it, when we hit the last page of the final…

Character Motivation Thesaurus: Being Appreciated by Family

February 25, 2017

Character Motivation Thesaurus: Being Appreciated by Family

February 25, 2017

What does your character want? This is an important question to answer because it determines what your protagonist hopes to achieve by the story’s end. If the goal, or outer motivation, is…

Wanderlust: The Case for Writing and Travel

February 23, 2017

Wanderlust: The Case for Writing and Travel

February 23, 2017

As some of you know, I’m kind of a travel nut. Becca is used to me abandoning her for several weeks to backpack around Malaysia or Vietnam, or attempt to…

Motivation Thesaurus: Overcoming Abuse & Learning To Trust

February 11, 2017

Motivation Thesaurus: Overcoming Abuse & Learning To Trust

February 11, 2017

What does your character want? This is an important question to answer because it determines what your protagonist hopes to achieve by the story’s end. If the goal, or outer motivation, is…

How To Accurately Write About a Character’s Pain

February 9, 2017

How To Accurately Write About a Character’s Pain

February 9, 2017

The best thing about this online world of ours is you never know who you are going to meet. I don’t know about you, but one of the areas I…

Your Character’s Appearance: Make Each Detail Count

February 2, 2017

Your Character’s Appearance: Make Each Detail Count

February 2, 2017

Describing a character’s physical appearance is a tough job. Most writers either get into it and share every dimple, curl, and laugh line, or they sprinkle in just a few…

Character Motivation Thesaurus: Being a Leader

January 28, 2017

Character Motivation Thesaurus: Being a Leader

January 28, 2017

What does your character want? This is an important question to answer because it determines what your protagonist hopes to achieve by the story’s end. If the goal, or outer motivation, is…