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Blog postDebilitating fears are a problem for everyone, an unfortunate part of the human experience. Whether they’re a result of learned behavior as a child, are related to a mental health condition, or stem from a past wounding event, these fears influence a character’s behaviors, habits, beliefs, and personality traits. The compulsion to avoid what they fear will drive characters away from certain people, events, and situations and hold them back in life.
In your story, this primary fe -
Blog postReaders have spoken: they want more diversity in fiction. And writers are stepping up, but it can be hard to write about someone who’s different than you. Careful research is the key to avoiding misrepresentation, which causes harm to the very identities being portrayed and creates fallout for well-meaning writers when they’re called out by […]
The post Avoiding Stereotypes in Fiction: People of Color appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.
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Blog postBy Teresa Conner
With so many books in the world and ads on every platform imaginable, social media can often feel like screaming into a void. In order to get any traction, you need ad design that gets noticed by your ideal reader or target audience. Following these 3 tips will give you a bit of a secret sauce foundation for capturing those clicks.
(Note: In this article, I will specifically be talking about static ads, but all of these tips can also be applied to video ads.) -
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Blog postDebilitating fears are a problem for everyone, an unfortunate part of the human experience. Whether they’re a result of learned behavior as a child, are related to a mental health condition, or stem from a past wounding event, these fears influence a character’s behaviors, habits, beliefs, and personality traits. The compulsion to avoid what they fear will drive characters away from certain people, events, and situations and hold them back in life.
In your story, this primary fe -
Blog postReaders have spoken: they want more diversity in fiction. And writers are stepping up, but it can be hard to write about someone who’s different than you. Careful research is the key to avoiding misrepresentation, which causes harm to the very identities being portrayed and creates fallout for well-meaning writers when they’re called out by […]
The post Avoiding Stereotypes in Fiction: Characters with Mental Health Issues appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.
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Blog postIt’s coming…the second volume of The Conflict Thesaurus is releasing this September! Becca and I can’t wait, seriously. This thesaurus book is not only intensely helpful, it’s been pretty fun to write (dreaming up fictional torture for our characters was good therapy after Covid, haha). And now we’re asking for help. Will You Join Our […]
The post Help Us Launch The Conflict Thesaurus Volume 2? appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.
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Blog postDebilitating fears are a problem for everyone, an unfortunate part of the human experience. Whether they’re a result of learned behavior as a child, are related to a mental health condition, or stem from a past wounding event, these fears influence a character’s behaviors, habits, beliefs, and personality traits. The compulsion to avoid what they […]
The post Fear Thesaurus Entry: Losing the Respect of Others appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.
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Blog postReaders have spoken: they want more diversity in fiction. And writers are stepping up, but it can be hard to write about someone who’s different than you. Careful research is the key to avoiding misrepresentation, which causes harm to the very identities being portrayed and creates fallout for well-meaning writers when they’re called out by […]
The post Avoiding Stereotypes in Fiction: Religious Characters appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.
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Blog postBy Jami Gold
Want to draw readers into our story? Of course! To do so, we often attempt to make the stakes bigger. Typically, that’s a decent approach.
But imagine opening a book and the first paragraph of the story introduces a character hanging off a cliff by their fingertips. Ooo, jumping into the story in medias res, straight into the thick of some action. That’s good…right?
Or maybe not.
After all, readers don’t know who this character is and have no reaso -
Blog postDebilitating fears are a problem for everyone, an unfortunate part of the human experience. Whether they’re a result of learned behavior as a child, are related to a mental health condition, or stem from a past wounding event, these fears influence a character’s behaviors, habits, beliefs, and personality traits. The compulsion to avoid what they fear will drive characters away from certain people, events, and situations and hold them back in life.
In your story, this primary fe -
Blog postReaders have spoken: they want more diversity in fiction. And writers are stepping up, but it can be hard to write about someone who’s different than you. Careful research is the key to avoiding misrepresentation, which causes harm to the very identities being portrayed and creates fallout for well-meaning writers when they’re called out by […]
The post Avoiding Stereotypes in Fiction: LGBTQ+ Characters appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.
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Blog postBy Lisa Poisso
Vocabulary and the way a character speaks are the outer layer of character voice—the icing on the cake. Instead of trying to build character voice from the outside in, get under the character’s skin by revealing how they experience and interpret the story world from the inside out.
Character voice bubbles up organically when every aspect of the story is seen through a character’s-eye view of priorities, perspectives, and agendas. It’s less like cobbling together
Titles By Becca Puglisi
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Second Edition) (Writers Helping Writers Series)
Feb 14, 2019
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The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma (Writers Helping Writers Series)
Oct 13, 2017
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The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws (Writers Helping Writers Series)
Sep 24, 2013
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The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Attributes (Writers Helping Writers Series)
Oct 3, 2013
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The Rural Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Personal and Natural Places (Writers Helping Writers Series)
May 22, 2016
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The Occupation Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers (Writers Helping Writers Series)
Jul 13, 2020
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The Urban Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to City Spaces (Writers Helping Writers Series)
May 22, 2016
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