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Posts by Becca Puglisi

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Pursuing a Personal Goal

January 18, 2025

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Pursuing a Personal Goal

January 18, 2025

What secret is your character keeping? Why are they safeguarding it? What’s at stake if it’s discovered? Does it need to come out at some point, or should it remain…

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Knowing About a Cover-Up

January 11, 2025

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Knowing About a Cover-Up

January 11, 2025

What secret is your character keeping? Why are they safeguarding it? What’s at stake if it’s discovered? Does it need to come out at some point, or should it remain…

Phenomenal First Pages Contest

December 19, 2024

Phenomenal First Pages Contest

December 19, 2024

Hey, wonderfulwriterly people! It’s time for Phenomenal First Pages, our monthly critique contest. So, if you need a bit of help with your first page, today’s the day to enter…

Pursuing Your Passion and Paying It Forward

December 7, 2024

Pursuing Your Passion and Paying It Forward

December 7, 2024

I feel so fortunate to be working in this industry. Running my own business, despite the headaches it brings—say, around tax time *twitch*—gives me so much freedom. I also get…

Character Secret Thesaurus: Choosing Cowardice Over Bravery

November 9, 2024

Character Secret Thesaurus: Choosing Cowardice Over Bravery

November 9, 2024

What secret is your character keeping? Why are they safeguarding it? What’s at stake if it’s discovered? Does it need to come out at some point, or should it remain…

How to Avoid Author Intrusion in First Person

November 5, 2024

How to Avoid Author Intrusion in First Person

November 5, 2024

Author Intrusion happens when the author butts into the story to address the audience directly, interrupting the character who’s supposed to be narrating. Sometimes this can be used deliberately to…

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Being a Serial Killer

October 26, 2024

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Being a Serial Killer

October 26, 2024

What secret is your character keeping? Why are they safeguarding it? What’s at stake if it’s discovered? Does it need to come out at some point, or should it remain…

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Having An Undisclosed Bias

October 12, 2024

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Having An Undisclosed Bias

October 12, 2024

What secret is your character keeping? Why are they safeguarding it? What’s at stake if it’s discovered? Does it need to come out at some point, or should it remain…

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: No Longer Loving a Partner

September 28, 2024

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: No Longer Loving a Partner

September 28, 2024

What secret is your character keeping? Why are they safeguarding it? What’s at stake if it’s discovered? Does it need to come out at some point, or should it remain…

7 Tips for Finding Perfect Character Names

September 26, 2024

7 Tips for Finding Perfect Character Names

September 26, 2024

How much time do we spend thinking up character names? Too much. That name will represent the character we love, so the pressure’s on to get it right. And no…