Romancing Your Story
Hole-Hearted to Whole-Hearted and How to Get There
What hole is in his heart? What hole is in her heart? This is where your romance story begins.…
June 23, 2021-
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Talking CharacterYour Character’s Skewed Worldview
In any good story, the protagonist can only achieve her external story goal by first overcoming a deep inner…
April 19, 2017 -
Talking Character
What Does Your Protagonist Want? (And Why Can’t He Have It?)
A protagonist without a clear goal has nothing to figure out and nowhere to go. Lisa Cron in Wired…
March 19, 2017 -
Talking Character
How Selfish Is Your Protagonist?
We writers love our protagonists. We give them a few flaws and quirks, but we know that underneath their…
December 19, 2016 -
Talking Character
Different Temperaments, Different Fears
The heroine of the mystery novel I am working on needs certain qualities to be a good sleuth. Things…
November 19, 2016
