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Description Can Reveal More Than Your Character’s Looks

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In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Angela Ackerman offers advice on using character descriptions to intrigue and hook your readers. "We build worlds...

Tips for Using Setting to Create Conflict

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In a blog post, Janice Hardy suggests ways that setting can create conflict. "Conflict also exists in the world around the characters which has...

From Real Life to the Page

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In an article for Writer's Digest, Tracy Badua shares her process for finding stories in her personal experiences, as well as four open-ended questions...

Lessons on Subtext from ‘Challengers’

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In an interview with ScreenCraft, Justin Kuritzkes share insights from his screenplay for Challengers, which combines marriage drama with high-stakes action. Kuritzkes developed the concept for...

The Joy of Schadenfreude

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In a new post, Kristen Lamb says that a taste of schadenfreude--pleasure at the misfortune of others--can spice up your fiction. "We humans, by...

What’s at Stake?

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In a guest post on Writers in the Storm, Becca Puglisi offers advice for uncovering what's at stake for your protagonist. "Stakes are a...

8 Steps to Create a Compelling Character

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In a new blog post, Janice Hardy shares a step-by-step guide to creating a strong character. Hardy acknowledges that there are many ways to...

Structure: Parallelism and Inversion

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Continuing their series on structure, the Writing Excuses hosts examine mirroring and inversion and how those structural shifts interact with the three POVs. In...

The Power of the Midpoint Twist

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In the latest episode of Script Apart posted on ScreenCraft, Al Horner interviews Strange Darling writer-director J.T. Mollner. In that film, Mollner sets up a...

Build Big Characters with Small Details

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In a post on Writers Write, Elaine Dodge examines how even small details can help make your characters feel more real and well-rounded. These details...

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