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Feel like your main character is solving the same problem over and over? Try mixing up the skills your character has to rely on to achieve their goals. #writingtips #writingadvice #characterdevelopment #writing #writingcommunity
Feel like your main character is solving the same problem over and over? Try mixing up the skills your character has to rely on to achieve their goals. #writingtips #writingadvice #characterdevelopment #writing #writingcommunity
Have you been told your main character is unlikable? Don't make them nice. Make them believable. #writingcommunity #writing #characterdevelopment #writingtips #writingabook
Have you been told your main character is unlikable? Don't make them nice. Make them believable. #writingcommunity #writing #characterdevelopment #writingtips #writingabook
Your main character doesn't need to be anything like your reader. But they do need to be believable. #writing #writingcommunity #writingtips #characterdevelopment #writingadvice
Your main character doesn't need to be anything like your reader. But they do need to be believable. #writing #writingcommunity #writingtips #characterdevelopment #writingadvice
The secret to your story? Think 3 steps ahead! Every character needs depth beyond book one. If it feels final, they don't belong. #WritingTips #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #AuthorLife #CreativeWriting #BookOne #WritersBlock #AmWriting Watch full video: https://youtu.be/VSxMyg2XcGs
The secret to your story? Think 3 steps ahead! Every character needs depth beyond book one. If it feels final, they don't belong. #WritingTips #Storytelling #CharacterDevelopment #AuthorLife #CreativeWriting #BookOne #WritersBlock #AmWriting Watch full video: https://youtu.be/VSxMyg2XcGs
Readers can root for the most despicable main character...as long as they understand the universal emotion or desire underneath every decision they make. #writing #writingcommunity #howtowriteabook #writingtips #characterdevelopment #writersofinstagram
Readers can root for the most despicable main character...as long as they understand the universal emotion or desire underneath every decision they make. #writing #writingcommunity #howtowriteabook #writingtips #characterdevelopment #writersofinstagram
If your story feels flat, are you testing a character belief, or are you protecting one? #writingtips #writingadvice #writingabook #writing #authortips
If your story feels flat, are you testing a character belief, or are you protecting one? #writingtips #writingadvice #writingabook #writing #authortips
Resist the temptation to save your main character! #writingcommunity #writingtips #writingabook #writingadvice #writingcraft
Resist the temptation to save your main character! #writingcommunity #writingtips #writingabook #writingadvice #writingcraft
Do NOT let the mentor recuse your protag! #writingcoach #writingtips #writinglife #writingskills #writingadvice
Do NOT let the mentor recuse your protag! #writingcoach #writingtips #writinglife #writingskills #writingadvice
Are you struggling to create character-driven plots where the pacing doesn’t lag? Let’s talk character sketches. I use questions to quickly deepen my characters so they can drive the plot forward. I start with these three: 1. Why are they making this choice? (Maybe start with the inciting incident) 2. What consequences will this choice have? 3. What does this choice tell us about who they are? Then ask how what’s happening in the story will impact on their character—the story should change them. Most importantly, keep asking questions about their choices so you continue to deepen their character, and keep asking how the story changes them—there should be back and forth there. #writingtipsandtricks #amwritingfiction #authortips #writershelpingwriters #writersworkshop
Are you struggling to create character-driven plots where the pacing doesn’t lag? Let’s talk character sketches. I use questions to quickly deepen my characters so they can drive the plot forward. I start with these three: 1. Why are they making this choice? (Maybe start with the inciting incident) 2. What consequences will this choice have? 3. What does this choice tell us about who they are? Then ask how what’s happening in the story will impact on their character—the story should change them. Most importantly, keep asking questions about their choices so you continue to deepen their character, and keep asking how the story changes them—there should be back and forth there. #writingtipsandtricks #amwritingfiction #authortips #writershelpingwriters #writersworkshop
Want to make sure your antagonist isn't wooden or two-dimenstional? Try making them more like your protagonist. #writing #writinglife #writingtips #writingcommunity #writingadvice
Want to make sure your antagonist isn't wooden or two-dimenstional? Try making them more like your protagonist. #writing #writinglife #writingtips #writingcommunity #writingadvice
Stop trying to make your characters likable. Focus on real character development instead. #fictionwriting #writingtips #writingadvice #writingcharacters #writertok
Stop trying to make your characters likable. Focus on real character development instead. #fictionwriting #writingtips #writingadvice #writingcharacters #writertok
My characters sometimes have other plans! ✍️ For my latest book, my main character kept saying 'Nope!' to my plot. So, I embraced the chaos and just planned chapter titles. Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow! #authorlife #writingcommunity #writingadvice #writingtips #writing #storytelling
My characters sometimes have other plans! ✍️ For my latest book, my main character kept saying 'Nope!' to my plot. So, I embraced the chaos and just planned chapter titles. Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow! #authorlife #writingcommunity #writingadvice #writingtips #writing #storytelling
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