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Emotional Wound Entry: Telling The Truth But Not Being Believed

March 5, 2016

Emotional Wound Entry: Telling The Truth But Not Being Believed

March 5, 2016

When you’re writing a character, it’s important to know why she is the way she is. Knowing her backstory is important to achieving this end, and one of the most impactful pieces of…

How Your Character’s Failures Can Map A Route To Self-Growth

March 2, 2016

How Your Character’s Failures Can Map A Route To Self-Growth

March 2, 2016

Failure is one thing no one looks forward to nor wants to experience. It doesn’t feel good to work at something only to fail. When we fail, a knot of…

Why Scripts Are Rejected: 10 Screenwriting Errors To Avoid

February 16, 2016

Why Scripts Are Rejected: 10 Screenwriting Errors To Avoid

February 16, 2016

Norman Arvidsson joins us today to talk about common screenwriting mistakes. Are You Committing These 10 Screenwriting Errors? 90% of the scripts registered with the WGA are never completely read…

Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: Wrongful Imprisonment

February 13, 2016

Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: Wrongful Imprisonment

February 13, 2016

When you’re writing a character, it’s important to know why she is the way she is. Knowing her backstory is important to achieving this end, and one of the most impactful pieces of…

Writing Memorable Characters, via Finding Nemo

February 9, 2016

Writing Memorable Characters, via Finding Nemo

February 9, 2016

Courtesy: Creative Commons Watching Finding Nemo for the dozenth time, I got to thinking about why I wasn’t bored, and it occurred to me: it’s the characters. They’re memorable, and…

Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: Spending Time in Jail

January 30, 2016

Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: Spending Time in Jail

January 30, 2016

When you’re writing a character, it’s important to know why she is the way she is. Knowing her backstory is important to achieving this end, and one of the most impactful pieces of…

Use Character Vulnerability to Grow Reader Empathy

January 26, 2016

Use Character Vulnerability to Grow Reader Empathy

January 26, 2016

As writers, we all want to encourage a powerful bond to form between our audience and the protagonist so that readers care about the hero or heroine and root for…

How (and Why) to Write a Logline For Your Story

January 12, 2016

How (and Why) to Write a Logline For Your Story

January 12, 2016

I’ve been thinking recently about loglines and why every author should have one for his/her story. We haven’t talked much about this at the blog, so I wanted to briefly…

Mastering the Cliffhanger Chapter Ending

January 6, 2016

Mastering the Cliffhanger Chapter Ending

January 6, 2016

Rebecca Belliston is here to share how to end a chapter on a cliffhanger that will keep readers write the cliffhanger effectively., flipping pages! One of the best things an…