Following on from the last post, where we explored how important emotion is in story, now we’re going to delve into how we can do

Following on from the last post, where we explored how important emotion is in story, now we’re going to delve into how we can do
Our brain is driven by emotion. I know we like to think we’re rational beings, applying the rules of logic calmly and sensibly to those
Continuing in our four post series on the foundation for harnessing your readers’ psychology, today we’re exploring how story affects us. We’ve already explored where
To make a character real, they need to mirror the reality that we experience. This is a challenge, because the world each person lives in
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
Personality disorders are fascinating–many are comparatively rare and they all lead to some pretty unreasonable and difficult to understand behaviours…which kind of makes them ideal
Relationships are a complicated beast, and if you write romance like me, then you’re wed (pun intended) to the HEA (happily ever after) ending. But
So the hero in my latest release has a few unlikeable traits (as in, pretty unethical and unsavoury behaviours), which would be fine in some
Narrative therapy is not the dominant therapeutic framework I utilise in my clinical work, but like most eclectic practitioners, I have enough of an understanding
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
Personality disorders are fascinating. They have their very own section in the Diagnostic Services Manual, Fifth Edition (the psychologist’s and psychiatrist’s bible when it comes
I’ve mentioned before that I believe we’re all psychologists at heart. The study of the human psyche fascinates us all because it gives us a
Anyone that has ready book Grit for Writers knows that I share my personal story of grit and the challenges that mental health means for a
We’ve explored the fallibility of our memory when exploring The Girl on the Train, discovering that that memories are malleable – influenced by our internal
I firmly believe we’re all psychologists at heart, because psychology is founded on the desire to know ourselves (yes, that is a little narcissistic…), but
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
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