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Introducing…the Character Secret Thesaurus

September 21, 2024

Introducing…the Character Secret Thesaurus

September 21, 2024

Every character has secrets they don’t want other people to know. Some are benign (something they like that others don’t, what they really think about a co-worker, that box of…

How a Character’s Unexpected Emotions Will Draw Readers In

May 15, 2013

How a Character’s Unexpected Emotions Will Draw Readers In

May 15, 2013

When the topic of Emotional Writing came up at a Donald Maass Workshop, he encouraged us to move past ‘expected’ character emotions and try for something deeper, more primal. Something…

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