Stakes, bizarrely enough, are a key ingredient missing in many stories. If the characters don’t have skin in the game, why would the audience?
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Aug 16 2023
Darkest Moment: Why Losing Everything Matters
Darkest moments are like dark rooms in photography. Very counterintuitively, we must immerse ourselves in the blackness to reveal the true picture.
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May 18 2022
Weakness: Blood in the Water & Narcissist Sharks
Particularly nefarious narcissists know trauma is a game-changer for them. Predators sense weakness, meaning no one is immune from being a target.
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Jun 26 2019
Fiction Addiction: How Great Storytellers Put the “Meth” into “Method”
When your fiction is crafted properly, readers will beg for your book to end…and then be depressed when it finally does.
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Nov 05 2018
Flawed Characters vs. “Too Dumb to Live”: What’s the Difference?
Which is more important? Plot or character? Anyone currently doing NaNoWriMo is all, “WORDS! ONLY WORDS MATTER NOW! Get off my case, Blogger Chick. I’ll figure out plot and character later.” *awkward silence* To write great fiction, we need both. Plot and characters work together. One arc drives the other much like one cog serves …
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