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 a character's backstory is her emotional wound. This negative experience from the past … [Read more...] about Emotional Wound Thesaurus Entry: Experiencing a Miscarriage or Stillbirth
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Emotional Wound Entry: Being Unfairly Blamed For the Death of Another
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 a character's backstory is her emotional wound. This negative experience from the past … [Read more...] about Emotional Wound Entry: Being Unfairly Blamed For the Death of Another
Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: Failing To Do the Right Thing
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 a character's backstory is her emotional wound. This negative experience from the past … [Read more...] about Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: Failing To Do the Right Thing
Emotional Wound: Having to Kill Another Person to Survive
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 a character's backstory is her emotional wound. This negative experience from the past … [Read more...] about Emotional Wound: Having to Kill Another Person to Survive
The Subtle Knife: Writing Characters Readers Trust But Shouldn’t
I don’t know about you, but I love reading books where the author encourages me to draw conclusions that are wrong. Case in point--untrustworthy characters who I trust anyway. Like all writers, I am ultra aware of character cues and actions as I read, so when I’m led astray and find out someone I … [Read more...] about The Subtle Knife: Writing Characters Readers Trust But Shouldn’t
Emotional Wound Thesaurus: Getting Lost in a Natural Environment
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 a character's backstory is her emotional wound. This negative experience from the past … [Read more...] about Emotional Wound Thesaurus: Getting Lost in a Natural Environment
How to Decide How Many POV Characters Our Book Needs
Becca and I see certain questions pop up in our email boxes over and over, and one that always comes up during NaNoWriMo season is the question of how many POVs a novel should have. Like so many questions, this isn't a cut-and-dry answer; so much depends on the type of story being told, what the … [Read more...] about How to Decide How Many POV Characters Our Book Needs
The Novelist’s Triage Center: The Place to Get Unstuck and Finish Your Book
There you are, happily pounding out words, the click and rattle of the keyboard creating a musical symphony in your writing space. And then...it happens. Your mind goes blank. At first, you don't understand. You stare at your fingers. Why aren't they moving, directing fictional lives, … [Read more...] about The Novelist’s Triage Center: The Place to Get Unstuck and Finish Your Book
Emotional Wound Entry: A Home Invasion
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 a character's backstory is her emotional wound. This negative experience from the past … [Read more...] about Emotional Wound Entry: A Home Invasion
Emotional Wounds Entry: Being the Victim of a Vicious Rumor
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 a character's backstory is her emotional wound. This negative experience from the past … [Read more...] about Emotional Wounds Entry: Being the Victim of a Vicious Rumor
Emotional Wound Entry: A Speech Impediment
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 a character's backstory is her emotional wound. This negative experience from the past … [Read more...] about Emotional Wound Entry: A Speech Impediment
Planning a Novel: Character Arc In A Nutshell
So, you're ready to sit down and plan a new book. Are you excited? I hope so. You're about to create a new reality! Can you imagine it, that fresh page that's full of potential? Your main character is going to...um, do things...in your novel. A great many things! Exciting things. Dangerous … [Read more...] about Planning a Novel: Character Arc In A Nutshell