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Is Your Character Stuck in Your Plot? Use an Emotion Amplifier

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In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Becca Puglisi explains how an emotion amplifier can get a moribund character moving. "Sometimes characters balk; they’d...

Villains Need Choices

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A post on Killzone looks back to some prior articles providing advice on writing villains. Clare Langley-Hawthorne offered four tips for creating a believable villain,...

Write to Break Their Hearts

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In a post on Writer Unboxed, Matthew Normal talks about ways to explore emotion in your writing. "Emotion is what makes art so powerful, and,...

Stuck on Plot? Focus on Internal Conflict

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In a new post, Janice Hardy focuses on internal conflict, a juicy source of obstacles for your protagonist in a character-driven novel. "At the...

Does Every Scene Need Conflict?

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In a new post, September Fawkes broaches a subject many would deem blasphemous: writing scenes without conflict. While nearly every scene will have a...

Writing the Discomfort of Deception

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In the latest in her series of FightWrite™ articles on Writer's Digest, Carla Hoch offers advice on writing deception and how body language can...

How to Reveal the Heroism in Your Predator

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In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Sue Coletta uses birds of prey as examples of how writers can create three-dimensional villains. Raptors like owls,...

Your Characters’ Talents Can Help Them Stand Out

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In a guest post on the Killzone blog, Becca Puglisi says that giving your character a unique talent is key to developing a well-rounded...

A Close Reading on Character

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In their latest episode, the Writing Excuses hosts introduce their next close reading series, during which they will focus on character by reading three of...

Too Good to Resist

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In a recent email to her mailing list, Janice Hardy suggests that strong temptations can provide good leverage for revealing character and creating conflict....

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