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Writing Characters Through the Lens of the #MeToo Movement

June 17, 2018 Tamar Sloan

I’ve said it before, but I’m going to say it again – connecting with fellow lovers of the written word is the best part of

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Is Your Character Really in Love?

May 27, 2018 Tamar Sloan

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

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Developing a Character with a History of Sexual Assault

April 15, 2018 Tamar Sloan

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

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7 Key Ways to Reveal Your Character’s Wound

February 18, 2018 Tamar Sloan

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

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Selective Mutism for Writers

February 12, 2018 Tamar Sloan

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

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Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa for Writers

January 21, 2018 Tamar Sloan

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

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Jumping to Conclusions: Great Character Driven Conflict

December 11, 2017 Tamar Sloan

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

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Unhelpful thinking styles: which one does your character use?

October 29, 2017 Tamar Sloan

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,

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Emotions in the Body: The Science of your Character

October 8, 2017 Tamar Sloan

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

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Psychology for Writers: ADHD

September 3, 2017 Tamar Sloan

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

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Psychology For Writers: Alcohol Addiction

June 25, 2017 Tamar Sloan

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

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