Writing About Pain: Best Practices for Great Fiction
Writing About Pain: Best Practices for Great Fiction
Are you enjoying this series on writing your character’s pain? That’s a weird and slightly sadistic statement—even more so when we say how much we’ve enjoyed writing about pain. But…
Read more…Writing About Pain: Everyday Ways A Character Could Be Hurt
Writing About Pain: Everyday Ways A Character Could Be Hurt
We’ve covered many aspects of pain so far in this experience, such as the different categories of pain and how to write the discomfort associated with minor, major, and invisible…
Read more…Writing About Pain: Taking an Injury from Bad to Worse
Writing About Pain: Taking an Injury from Bad to Worse
When we put characters in dangerous or unfamiliar situations, they can get hurt, and when they do, things become harder to do. Injuries can mean reduced mobility, pain makes it…
Read more…Writing About Pain: Factors that Help or Hinder the Ability to Cope
Writing About Pain: Factors that Help or Hinder the Ability to Cope
We know that pain is an unfortunate part of life. And if you’re doing your job as an author, your character will be put through the wringer, experiencing many painful…
Read more…Writing About Pain: Invisible Injuries and Conditions
Writing About Pain: Invisible Injuries and Conditions
In this series on pain, we’ve covered everything from minor injuries to major and mortal injuries. But there’s another source of pain that can push our characters to the edge…
Read more…Writing about Pain: Describing Major & Mortal Injuries
Writing about Pain: Describing Major & Mortal Injuries
As you may be aware, we’re smack dab in the middle of a series of posts on writing a character’s pain, and today’s is a doozy. Our last post explored…
Read more…Writing About Pain: Describing Minor Injuries
Writing About Pain: Describing Minor Injuries
When we push characters to their limits, sometimes they get hurt. Injuries can range from annoyances to mortal wounds, and handled well, can add tension and complication to the story,…
Read more…Writing About Pain: Different Types to Explore
Writing About Pain: Different Types to Explore
“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” -The Dread Pirate Roberts Pain is an unfortunate part of life. As our characters go about their day—working, building relationships,…
Read more…Writing About Pain: Three Stages of Awareness
Writing About Pain: Three Stages of Awareness
If there’s one thing writers like to do, it’s to make characters suffer. We are all about bringing forth pain and crises, whether it be emotional, physical, spiritual, or existential.…
Read more…What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
Much as we may have things in common as writers, our brains are wired differently. How one writer creates a story is likely to be quite different from how another…
Read more…Is Your Writing Ready for Readers?
Is Your Writing Ready for Readers?
Why it’s hard to judge your own writing Writing is a unique profession because people find their way to it from so many different careers. Sure, there are those who…
Read more…Why “But” is a Powerful Writing Tool
Why “But” is a Powerful Writing Tool
Boredom is a common reason why a reader DNFs a book. Genre is irrelevant. If the reader isn’t engaged with the storyline, they will set aside your book for another…
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