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Character 5 Things Writers Should Know About Narcissism

Author and psychotherapist Dr. Alina Kastner shares five things writers should know about narcissism and narcissistic characters.

Settings Using Setting to Create Conflict in Fiction Tanya Grant

Character The Fracturing of the Literary “Weird Girl”—How Women Authors Use Innovative Structures to Get Inside Unhinged Characters’ Minds Heather Colley

Character How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question Trilina Pucci

Character Creating Magic From the Mundane: 4 Tips for Making Your Work So Much Bigger Than Your Characters’ Limited Lives Laura Venita Green

Character Writing a Character Who Struggles With Doubt Katy Farber

Character Once More, With Feeling: Writing Interiority That Resonates in Fiction Finnian Burnett

Romance Writing a Love Triangle That Even the Haters Will Love Andrea Max

Character On the Unknowability of Our Characters Sophie Madeline Dess

Character 5 Tips for Giving Your Character (Possibly Super) Powers Jenny Morris

Mystery/Thriller 9 Clues for Killing It in Crime Fiction Pamela Fagan Hutchins

Writing Techniques I Have a Conflict—And That’s a Good Thing Dean Monti

Writing Techniques Better Story Structure Through Musicals and Kung Fu Movies Rob Hart

Write Better Fiction 4 Rules on How to Write the Conflict Between Loyalty and Self-Interest in Fiction Kelly Loy Gilbert

Writing Techniques 5 Tips for Writing and Structuring Effective Turning Points for Your Characters Sue Mell

Write Better Fiction Character Conflicts That Mirror a Larger Societal Conflict Beth Kirschner

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