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Character Talent & Skill Thesaurus: Lying

June 28, 2014

Character Talent & Skill Thesaurus: Lying

June 28, 2014

Choosing a talent or skill that fits with your character’s personality, lifestyle, and values can go a long way to helping them break free of the common stereotypes seen so…

Talents and Skills Thesaurus: A Way with Animals

June 21, 2014

Talents and Skills Thesaurus: A Way with Animals

June 21, 2014

Choosing a talent or skill that fits with your character’s personality, lifestyle, and values can go a long way to helping them break free of the common stereotypes seen so…

Book Cover Copycats: Is It Flattery or Copyright Infringement?

June 16, 2014

Book Cover Copycats: Is It Flattery or Copyright Infringement?

June 16, 2014

A while back, a reader of our book, The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression, sent me an interesting email. In it, she explained that during her Amazon…

Story Midpoint & Mirror Moment: Using Heroes’ Emotions To Transform Them

June 11, 2014

Story Midpoint & Mirror Moment: Using Heroes’ Emotions To Transform Them

June 11, 2014

I recently read a Huff Post psychology piece on Turning Negative Emotions Into Your Greatest Advantage and immediately saw how this could also apply to our characters. Feel free to…

Talent & Skills Thesaurus Entry: High Pain Tolerance

June 7, 2014

Talent & Skills Thesaurus Entry: High Pain Tolerance

June 7, 2014

Choosing a talent or skill that fits with your character’s personality, lifestyle, and values can go a long way to helping them break free of the common stereotypes seen so…

Lessons From James Scott Bell: Characters That Jump Off The Page

June 3, 2014

Lessons From James Scott Bell: Characters That Jump Off The Page

June 3, 2014

A week (ish) ago, I had the pleasure of attending a workshop with bestselling author and writing coach, James Scott Bell. It was a fantastic day of learning how to…

Talents and Skills Entry: A Knack for Languages

May 31, 2014

Talents and Skills Entry: A Knack for Languages

May 31, 2014

Choosing a talent or skill that fits with your character’s personality, lifestyle, and values can go a long way to helping them break free of the common stereotypes seen so…

Michael Crichton’s Method for Plotting Out a Story

May 27, 2014

Michael Crichton’s Method for Plotting Out a Story

May 27, 2014

Happy to welcome Dorothy Cora Moore today, author of Writing Made Easy: How to Develop a Tight Plot & Memorable Characters. Dorothy is both a novelist and screenwriter, and so…

Character Talents and Skills Entry: Exceptional Memory

May 24, 2014

Character Talents and Skills Entry: Exceptional Memory

May 24, 2014

As writers, we want to make our characters as unique and interesting as possible. One way to do this is to give your character a special skill or talent that…

Talent and Skill Thesaurus: Self-Defense

May 17, 2014

Talent and Skill Thesaurus: Self-Defense

May 17, 2014

Choosing a talent or skill that fits with your character’s personality, lifestyle, and values can go a long way to helping them break free of the common stereotypes seen so…