Healthy Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Celebrating Small Wins
Healthy Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Celebrating Small Wins
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or…
Read more…Win Feedback on 10 Pages of Your Novel or One Fiction Picture Book
Win Feedback on 10 Pages of Your Novel or One Fiction Picture Book
Want to wineditorial feedback and take your storyfrom good to great? Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck! It’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest. In this draw, you…
Read more…Ooo La La: 5 Steps to Write Uncomfortable Scenes
Ooo La La: 5 Steps to Write Uncomfortable Scenes
For many authors, the most difficult type of scene to write (and write well) are sex scenes. However, any type of uncomfortable scene can feel awkward to write, as we…
Read more…Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Overindulging
Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Overindulging
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or…
Read more…How to Write Authentic Character Behavior
How to Write Authentic Character Behavior
Some stories stick with us more than others, and why? The characters. They feel so real. How they view life, the way they interact with others, the beliefs that steer…
Read more…How to Write Powerful Story Beats
How to Write Powerful Story Beats
Dialogue without anything else on the page feels like a screenplay—all setup for actors who will never arrive. In a film, the actors carry the scene. In your novel, the…
Read more…Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Practicing Forgiveness
Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Practicing Forgiveness
When a character suffers emotional pain, the brain’s response is to stop the discomfort, and often this results in a coping mechanism being deployed. Whether it’s an automatic response or…
Read more…8 Tips for Writing an Unreliable Narrator
8 Tips for Writing an Unreliable Narrator
We know that reader empathy is vital for maximizing their engagement and helping them identify with the protagonist, but what if that character turns out to be an unreliable narrator?…
Read more…What Does a Character’s Fear of Change Look Like?
What Does a Character’s Fear of Change Look Like?
As we move closer to releasing The Fear Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to What Holds Characters Back, I wanted to share one of the entries that covers a fear that…
Read more…Finish the Book: Save 25% at One Stop for Writers
Finish the Book: Save 25% at One Stop for Writers
Writing can be frustrating. You see the story in your mind, but getting all those ideas onto the page? Sometimes, it’s harder than you expect. The plot tangles.Character feels flat.Tension…
Read more…Why Writers Fear and Resist Change (and Characters Do, Too)
Why Writers Fear and Resist Change (and Characters Do, Too)
We’re often told to remember that the antagonist is the protagonist in their own story, and while this seems like a character-building tip, it’s actually a psychological one. Characters who…
Read more…Hierarchy of a Submission Package & Giveaway!
Hierarchy of a Submission Package & Giveaway!
I’ve been thinking a lot about submissions lately, not only because my co-author and I are launching a new book about the querying process, but also because I will be…
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