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Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Personal Trainer

April 21, 2018

Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Personal Trainer

April 21, 2018

Jobs are as important for our characters as they are for real people. A character’s career might be their dream job or one they’ve chosen due to necessity. In your…

Dive Deep with Emotion

April 19, 2018

Dive Deep with Emotion

April 19, 2018

Don’t you just love feedback from beta-readers or your critique partners that goes something like this: “I think you feel the emotion here, but the reader? Not so much.” Or…

Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Outdoor Guide

April 14, 2018

Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Outdoor Guide

April 14, 2018

Jobs are as important for our characters as they are for real people. A character’s career might be their dream job or one they’ve chosen due to necessity. In your…

Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Teacher

April 7, 2018

Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Teacher

April 7, 2018

Jobs are as important for our characters as they are for real people. A character’s career might be their dream job or one they’ve chosen due to necessity. In your…

The Destructive Power of The Lie Your Character Believes

April 5, 2018

The Destructive Power of The Lie Your Character Believes

April 5, 2018

We are often our own biggest critics, aren’t we? Whenever something goes wrong, we feel disappointed, frustrated, upset, or hurt. The fallout might cause others around us to suffer too,…

Deepening Character Complexity with the Help of Psychology

April 3, 2018

Deepening Character Complexity with the Help of Psychology

April 3, 2018

Psychologists will often conduct a case formulation when a client presents in our office. If we want to be part of the change the client is seeking, then we have…

Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Store Cashier

March 31, 2018

Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Store Cashier

March 31, 2018

Jobs are as important for our characters as they are for real people. A character’s career might be their dream job or one they’ve chosen due to necessity. In your…

Outlining Your Future Book in 30 Minutes

March 29, 2018

Outlining Your Future Book in 30 Minutes

March 29, 2018

To plot or to pants? That is the question—one with as many different answers as there are writers. As an avid plotter, the idea of pantsing gives me the heebie-jeebies,…

Occupation Thesaurus: Auto Mechanic

March 24, 2018

Occupation Thesaurus: Auto Mechanic

March 24, 2018

Jobs are as important for our characters as they are for real people. A character’s career might be their dream job or one they’ve chosen due to necessity. In your…

Characters in Cars Thinking, or, How to Deal with the Passage of Time

March 22, 2018

Characters in Cars Thinking, or, How to Deal with the Passage of Time

March 22, 2018

I have been seeing a lot of issues around the passage of time in the fiction I have been coaching. It isn’t the content that’s the problem. The problem has…