Category: character
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Your Character’s Appearance
See the infographic here. Photo by Pille Kirsi from Pexels
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Friday’s Findings
Writers helping others is a great way to improve your fiction writing skills. Here are five articles by writers on the writing craft: Five Self-Publishing Mistakes You Need To Avoid Nobody Is Going to Teach You How to Write 5 Ways to Develop Character Voices 26 Things to Remember About Being a Writer Your writing…
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Friday’s Findings
It’s important for a writer to improve his or her craft. Here are some articles on writing fiction to help facilitate the process: Storytelling Exercise: Character Choices Use Correct Tense with Third Conditional Sentences Take Your Creativity to the Next Level Nobody Is Going to Teach You How to Write
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Friday’s Findings
Here are some articles with tips for writing in the new year: Five Writing Resolutions Beyond ‘Write Every Day’ 3 Things You Need To Become an Author (Plus a 4th to Keep in the Game.) The Scope Of Your Story Compelling Character Arcs in 4 Easy Steps Einstein’s Trick to Becoming a Better Writer Why…
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Friday’s Findings
Some articles on fiction writing I’ve read lately. Enjoy! Healthy Writing Habits: All in the Wrist And . . . Scene! What Really Drives Your Characters? Do I Need a Platform and If So, How High? You Wrote a Novel. Now What Do You Do With It?
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Friday’s Findings
Some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Seven Deadly Sins for Writers How to Get a Literary Agent: A Simple Two-Step Process Use Secondary Characters to Sway the Reader Writing that First Chapter: 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Starting Your Novel Five Tips for Writing Nail-Biting Suspense Why You Should Set A Reading Goal For…
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One Solution for Your Mid-NaNoWriMo Blues
Is your NaNoWriMo story going nowhere? Here’s one possible solution: Throw in a new character. Don’t have time to create a new character? Here are some quick ways to create a new character for your work-in-progress: Index Card Shuffle: Take 10-15 index cards. On each card, write one character trait (ex. loves cars; wears homemade…
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Seven Tips for Bringing Your Characters to Life
At Imaginarium 2019, I sat in on a panel of several writers who gave tips for creating characters. Here are seven tips I took away from that session: Know the needs of your characters. What do they want most out of life? Figure out what your character wants concretely (e.g. to succeed at the small…
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Friday’s Findings
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately . . . The Secret to Writing Fascinating Villains Mythic Guide to Heroes & Villains — The Fatal Flaw and Unlikely Heroes Do Some People Lack the Talent to be a Successful Author? Dynamics in Fiction Writing (Advanced Writing Technique) Motive: The Key to Writing Stories…
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