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Tag: characters
Is Your Character Really in Love?
As we explored last week, relationships are complex, and romantic ones are certainly no different (they are possibly the poster child for complicated…). Psychology has
Developing a Character with a History of Sexual Assault
There’s many things I love about the landscape of writing, but one of the most wonderful discoveries is the breadth of knowledge out there waiting
7 Key Ways to Reveal Your Character’s Wound
This week’s blog post was prompted by a discussion with a fellow writer. This writer reflected that they’d gained useful information in relation their character
Selective Mutism for Writers
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
Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa for Writers
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
Jumping to Conclusions: Great Character Driven Conflict
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
Unhelpful thinking styles: which one does your character use?
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,
Emotions in the Body: The Science of your Character
We all know that ‘show, don’t tell’ is best practice as a general rule (just like any writing ‘rule’, there are always exceptions), but it’s
Psychology for Writers: ADHD
I read a book recently, a contemporary romance, where the male protagonist had a diagnosis of ADHD. It was a well written, beautiful love story
Psychology For Writers: Alcohol Addiction
Alcohol has played a central role in almost all human cultures since the Stone Age. Interestingly, there’s evidence that the development of agriculture – a
