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My story and more fabulous resources which have helped inspire and craft my novel
More fabulous resources which have helped inspire and craft my novel. Catholic Studies: “The Great Renaissance Race: Pagan Antiquity vs. Christian Italy” by Elizabeth Lev – I love th… more →
Powerful Creativity
Changing Goals and Emotions
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wrote 11 months ago: The 4 kinds of characters: Those who never change, nor does their motivation (Stephanie Plum & J … more →
Mixed Emotions
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wrote 1 year ago: Besides having conflicting desires, well-crafted characters have conflicting emotions and emotional … more →
Values, Desires, and Choices
wrote 1 year ago: Your character wants more than one thing and probably her desires are in opposition. An example of t … more →
Reveal Character through Dialog
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wrote 1 year ago: Notes from my Redwood Writers Conference breakout session April 28th, 2012 Adapted from: Alice LaPl … more →
Character Desire
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wrote 1 year ago: What do you want from life? ~The Tubes Characters want things. They need things. Some are the mund … more →
Characters Drive Plot
wrote 1 year ago: Emotion drives behavior, behavior drives story. ~Nancy Kress What’s happening in a story is most oft … more →
Some Ways to Reveal a Character
wrote 1 year ago: I’m using the word “reveal” because a compelling character emerges from a combination of narration, … more →
Surprise Your Reader
wrote 1 year ago: Characters are the stars that everything else in your story orbits around: the plot, the dialog, the … more →
