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Month: August 2017

The Psychology of the Character Wound: Understanding the Negative Core Belief

August 27, 2017 Tamar Sloan

Character wounds are the foundation of a strong, memorable character. Why? Because they make characters complex, authentic (I challenge you to find me a person

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The Psychology of the Group: Us versus Them Thinking

August 20, 2017 Tamar Sloan

So, I’m about to launch into the final book of my trilogy. Being a paranormal story, there’s three different beings (that I know of) that

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Overcoming Negative Feedback

August 13, 2017 Tamar Sloan

I had a fellow writer email me not that long ago. She’d just found out that she didn’t finalise in a competition and was feeling

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Narcissism for Writers

August 6, 2017 Tamar Sloan

The term ‘narcissism’ comes from Greek mythology, where beautiful, proud Narcissus fell in love with his own image in a pool of water. It’s not

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