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This week’s blog post was requested by a reader, one of my favourite ways to prompt an article. By chance, I also happened to read
I was spending some time trying to figure out one of my main character’s motivation recently. I knew her backstory, and I knew it was
I think I’ve always been a bit wary about including a true villain in my story. Why? Yes, I know they’re important—they’re the counterpoint to
For our second week of eating disorders (prompted by my current short-story) I’m tackling bulimia nervosa. Of the two eating disorders we’re discussing, bulimia is
I’m writing a short story at the moment for an anthology and my heroine has the early stages of an eating disorder. But as I
Humans like complexity; puzzles, questions, layers. They all fascinate us. My guess it’s because there are so many complex systems in nature that our brain
I debated long and hard whether I should include my own story of grit in the recently released Grit for Writers. In part because I
Only one more sleep before Grit for Writers hits Amazon bookshelves! To say I’m excited is an understatement. I wanted to share with you an
As the Holiday Season is upon us, I wanted to say thank you, thank you, thank you, for making 2017 a wonderfully rewarding year. To
The brain loves short-cuts. I don’t blame it, so do I. If I’ve got a whole heap of research to do, I’ll skim the document
There are a gazillion writing craft books out there. I personally love them, but that’s because I love to devour information (right now I’m reading
Dramatic characters capture our attention just by merit of their personality. The opposite of introverts, they feed off the attention of others and are willing
We’ve talked about the character wound on PsychWriter before when I explored the negative core belief. We know it’s a painful past event that changes
We’ve talked about character wounds, those painful past events that change who your character is, and how central they are to a character arc. Essentially,
Humans are social creatures, and you don’t need to be a psychologist to know that. Whenever something excitingly wonderful or life-changingly awful happens we want
The manuscript that I’m currently working on has a character with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. This character is the father of my protagonist, and seeing
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