Emotional Wounds: Accidentally Killing Someone
Emotional Wounds: Accidentally Killing Someone
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…
Read more…Emotional Wound Thesaurus: Making a Very Public Mistake
Emotional Wound Thesaurus: Making a Very Public Mistake
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…
Read more…Emotional Wound Entry: a Role Model Who Disappoints
Emotional Wound Entry: a Role Model Who Disappoints
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…
Read more…Emotional Wounds Thesaurus: Suffering From A Learning Disability
Emotional Wounds Thesaurus: Suffering From A Learning Disability
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…
Read more…Wound Thesaurus Entry: Childhood Sexual Abuse
Wound Thesaurus Entry: Childhood Sexual Abuse
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…
Read more…3 Quick Tips To Help Readers Connect To Your Protagonist
3 Quick Tips To Help Readers Connect To Your Protagonist
There has always been a debate on what is more important–plot or characters. For a long time, I stood on the PLOT side of things, because I thought it was…
Read more…Emotional Wounds Thesaurus: A House Fire
Emotional Wounds Thesaurus: A House Fire
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…
Read more…Emotional Wounds Entry: Victimization via Identity Theft
Emotional Wounds Entry: Victimization via Identity Theft
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…
Read more…Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: A Parent’s Abandonment
Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: A Parent’s Abandonment
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…
Read more…Emotional Wounds Entry: Watching A Loved One Die
Emotional Wounds Entry: Watching A Loved One Die
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…
Read more…How To Uncover Your Character’s Emotional Wound
How To Uncover Your Character’s Emotional Wound
To build a compelling character (and write them convincingly) we want to make them real as possible, and that means developing a backstory that lets us understand them on a…
Read more…The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: The Connection Between False Beliefs, Fears, and Human Needs
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: The Connection Between False Beliefs, Fears, and Human Needs
Just like real people, our characters have a plethora of past experiences that play a part in molding who they become. While these experiences, good and bad, affect their personalities, it…
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