Gaslighting is also referred to as ambient abuse, and is a form of intimidation/psychological abuse that makes a victim doubt their sanity.
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Mar 04 2022
Personality Traits: Creating Dimensional Characters
Personality traits make for not only a fascinating study, but have continued to be at the heart of spirited debate since probably the dawn of time.
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Apr 16 2021
Change Matters: How to Write Stories that Grip Readers & Don’t Let Go
Stories always have to be about people and the ways the story problem forces them to change. Without that? We don’t yet have a sound story.
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Sep 03 2020
Character Building: How Story Forges & Refines Characters
Ultimately, fictional characters reflect the real human experience in a distilled and intensified form. This, however, doesn’t give an automatic pass on authenticity.
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May 13 2020
Creating a Story-Worthy Problem That Will Captivate an Audience
The story-worthy problem is the beating heart of all superlative fiction. Unfortunately, creating this central core can often be overlooked. This is particularly true for writers relying on school training. English teachers didn’t mind we used twenty-five metaphors on one page because their goal was to teach us how to properly use a metaphor…not how …
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