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Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Ignoring Your Characters’ Desires
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Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Ignoring Your Characters’ Desires

By Moriah Richard
Give Your Characters a Psych Eval
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Give Your Fictional Characters a Psych Eval

By Joshua Senter
Writing Inspirational Novels With Flawed Characters
Spiritual Writing

Writing Inspirational Novels With Flawed Characters

By Vanessa Miller
Writing Mistakes Writers Make: The Characterless Character
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Writing Mistakes Writers Make: The Characterless Character

By Michael Woodson
4 Ways to Incorporate Empathy in Writing
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Four Ways to Incorporate Empathy Into Writing

By J.R. Jamison
Character Differentiation Analysis: Fleshing Out What You’ve Started
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Character Differentiation Analysis: Fleshing Out What You’ve Started

By Kris Spisak
3 (In-Depth) Tips for Writing Fresh and Authentic Characters
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3 (In-Depth) Tips for Writing Fresh and Authentic Characters

By S. K. Ali
Flying Sparks: 5 Tips for Writing "Clean Romance" That's Just as Hot as Explicit Sex Scenes
Romance

Flying Sparks: 5 Tips for Writing "Clean Romance" That's Just as Hot as Explicit Sex Scenes

By Sariah Wilson
4 Tips for Writing Engaging Frenemies
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4 Tips for Writing Engaging Frenemies

By Lorraine Heath
14 Techniques to Write Emotional Truth to Engage Readers: Why It Works and How in Successful Storytelling
Writing Techniques

14 Techniques to Write Emotional Truth to Engage Readers: Why It Works and How in Successful Storytelling

By Robin Farmer
Choosing Character Names
Writing Habits and Practices

Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Choosing Careless Character Names

By Amy Jones
5 Tips on Making the British Royals Into Appealing Fictional Characters
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5 Tips on Making the British Royals Into Appealing Fictional Characters

By Wendy Holden
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How to Write a Character Who Is Single: 4 Clichés and Tropes to Avoid When Writing Single Characters

By Craig Wynne
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20 Ways How to Write Characters Better: Protagonists, Antagonists, Minor Characters, and More!

By Robert Lee Brewer
The Wild Impossibility by Cheryl A. Ossola
Writing Techniques

Sometimes the Story Writes Itself

By Cheryl A. Ossola
John (J.B.) Jamison is the author of the Emily Graham series
Character

Three Ways to Discover Who Your Characters Really Are

By John B. Jamison
Before we can create rich characters, we need to understand their wounds and potential for growth. Jeanne Veillette Bowerman suggests using the therapy couch to improve character development.
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Take Two: Improve Character Development by Putting Your Characters on a Therapy Couch

By Jeanne Veillette Bowerman
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Moves and Counter-Moves: Letting Your Antagonist Drive the Plot

By J. J. Hanna
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Writing Habits and Practices

Writing Exercise: How to Start Loving Your Characters

By Aaron Bauer
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Writing Articles

How a Strong Character Arc Can Make Readers Love Your Protagonist

By Jerry B. Jenkins
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Writing Techniques

Jaleigh Johnson: Improving Your Writing With Dungeons & Dragons

By Kerrie Flanagan
45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters
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4 Essential Steps to Making Your Protagonist Real, Even When They’re Nothing Like You

By Guest Column
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No More Mr. Nice Guys: How to Write Flawed Characters & Antiheroes

By David Corbett
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Writing Articles

Literature as a Lifeline: How Stories and Genetic Testing Can Save Lives from Mental Illness

By Kristen Davis Schwandes