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How to Inhabit the Character You Write About
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How to Inhabit the Character You Write About

4 Tips for Writing Engaging Frenemies
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4 Tips for Writing Engaging Frenemies

Gabriela Garcia: On Writing the Character's Arc
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Gabriela Garcia: On Writing the Character's Arc

Are Your Minor Characters Working Hard for You?
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Are Your Minor Characters Working Hard for You?

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

Amp up Your Story Impact: Pushing Against and Leaning In
Writing Techniques

Amp up Your Story Impact: Pushing Against and Leaning In

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

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Writing Habits and Practices

9 Lines of Writing Advice With Cats

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FightWrite™: Female Serial Killers

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Three Keys to Crafting Chemistry Between Characters

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Memoir

Writing About Your Life Without Ruining Your Relationships

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Gaslighting and Writing Villains Who Make Your Spine Tingle

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Writing Techniques

Using Story Tropes to Subvert Reader Expectations

Representation in Fiction: How to Write Characters Whose Experiences Are Outside of Your Own
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Representation in Fiction: How to Write Characters Whose Experiences Are Outside of Your Own

Third-Person Limited: Analyzing Fiction's Most Flexible Point of View
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Third-Person Limited: Analyzing Fiction's Most Flexible Point of View

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Writing Articles

How a Strong Character Arc Can Make Readers Love Your Protagonist

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Young Adult

From YA to YEAH: 4 Ways to Keep Teen & Young Adult Readers Hooked

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Writing Techniques

Grand Finale: Two Strategies for Writing Great Story Endings

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

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Screenwriting (Film)

10 Screenwriting Techniques Every Writer Can Employ

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

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The Perception Gap: Using Character Perspective to Propel Your Plot

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100 Writing & Publishing Tips from the 2018 Writer's Digest Annual Conference

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Character

Adding Dimension to Characters: 10 Sly Character Development Techniques