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5 Things Authors Forget When Naming Their Characters - A character wearing a confusing name badge looks perplexed.
Writing
Robert Wood

6 Things Authors Forget When Naming Their Characters

Naming characters is a mercurial task. Sometimes, characters arrive in your mind wearing a name badge. Sometimes, their name is so hidden that you get the impression they’re only joining your story to lay low. Generally, experimentation is the answer, but I’m not here today to give you tips on where to find names. That’s

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How To Use Empathetic Writing To Craft Humane Stories - Hearts spill from a book.
Writing
Robert Wood

How To Use Empathetic Writing To Craft Humane Stories

Empathetic writing is one of the most powerful tools a writer can employ, crafting a world and a cast of characters who evoke genuine emotion. Of course, emotion is a delicate thing, and it’s important that as you pursue empathetic writing, you’re also considering humane storytelling. That’s why, in this article, I’ll be exploring how

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How To Create Characters Using The Enneagram - A character leaps from a complex 2D shape.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

How To Create Characters Using The Enneagram

The enneagram is hot right now, and for good reason. The personality assessment tool takes a deep dive into the patterns of behavior, driving needs, and core worldviews underlying nine personality types. Enneagram support tools discuss unhealthy and healthy expressions of each personality type, growth trajectories, and how the nine different types interact with one

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How To Find The Story In Your Non-fiction Project - An author drops books into a cauldron, the best version emerging in a cloud.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

How To Find The Story In Your Nonfiction Project

Is there such a thing as actual nonfiction? In short, yes, but it almost always comes in the form of graphs, bone-dry reports, and scientific studies where the authors deliberately fight against a sense of narrative in favor of pure fact. Everything else – diaries, memoirs, historical writing – has a dash of narrative in

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