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Characterization: Exploring Character Development in Your WritingAustin Vosler
Gaslighting and Writing Villains Who Make Your Spine TingleAmy Jones
How I Interviewed a Serial Killer and Stayed SaneAysha Akhtar
Using Story Tropes to Subvert Reader ExpectationsTaylor Simonds
Nothing Is FictionFred Waitzkin
The Complicated Reality of a Minority Writer—UPDATEDNatasha Tynes
Moves and Counter-Moves: Letting Your Antagonist Drive the PlotJ. J. Hanna
Representation in Fiction: How to Write Characters Whose Experiences Are Outside of Your OwnDiana M. Pho
Writing Exercise: How to Start Loving Your CharactersAaron Bauer
Third-Person Limited: Analyzing Fiction’s Most Flexible Point of ViewPeter Mountford
How a Strong Character Arc Can Make Readers Love Your ProtagonistJerry B. Jenkins
How to Fall in Love with the Writing Process: 6 Questions to Hone Your Creative WorkflowBob Mayer
From YA to YEAH: 4 Ways to Keep Teen & Young Adult Readers HookedRen Koppel Torres
Grand Finale: Two Strategies for Writing Great Story EndingsJane Cleland
5 Considerations for Writing About Historical Figures in FictionJohn Thorndike
4 Essential Steps to Making Your Protagonist Real, Even When They’re Nothing Like YouDonna Levin

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