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Villain Stereotypes and How to Avoid Writing One

January 9, 2014

Villain Stereotypes and How to Avoid Writing One

January 9, 2014

All characters will have flaws, but when it comes to the villain, it’s easy to go a bit too far, giving them so many bad qualities they feel like a…

How to Write Fight Scenes When You’ve Never Thrown a Punch

August 14, 2013

How to Write Fight Scenes When You’ve Never Thrown a Punch

August 14, 2013

Today Author Erin Flynn is showing us how to write believable fight scenes so that when characters throw down, readers feel like they’re right there with them. I’m an enigma…

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…