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The Fracturing of the Literary "Weird Girl" - How Women Authors Use Innovative Structures to Get Inside Unhinged Characters' Minds, by Heather Colley

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

How to Use Rotating Point-Of-View to Engage Middle-Grade Readers, by Lindsay Champion

Character How to Use Rotating Point-Of-View to Engage Middle-Grade Readers Lindsay Champion

Lighting the Dark South: Reclaiming Representation in Southern Gothic, by Todd Brown

Character Lighting the Dark South: Reclaiming Representation in Southern Gothic Todd Brown

4 Ways to Craft Irresistible, Believable Workplace Tension in Fiction, by Lauren Okie

Settings 4 Ways to Craft Irresistible, Believable Workplace Tension in Fiction Lauren Okie

How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For--and Question, by Trilina Pucci

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

Creating Magic From the Mundane, by Laura Venita Green

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

Keeping Track of Your Story With Maps and Paper Dolls, by Lisa K. Friedman

Plot Keeping Track of Your Story With Maps and Paper Dolls Lisa K Friedman

Character Ghosts in Storytelling: Dynamic Literary Tool or F@*#ing Stupid S.L. Woeppel

3 Tools to Help You Write Convincingly From a Child's Point of View in Fiction, by Sage Tyrtle

Character 3 Tools to Help You Write Convincingly From a Child’s Point of View in Fiction Sage Tyrtle

Mirror, Mirror: Women Protagonists in Crime Fiction, by Victoria Dowd

Character Mirror, Mirror: Women Protagonists in Crime Fiction Victoria Dowd

Writing a Character Who Struggles With Doubt, by Katy Farber

Character Writing a Character Who Struggles With Doubt Katy Farber

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

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

What Truly Separates a Hero From a Villain, by Jack Anderson

Character What Truly Separates a Hero From a Villain?Jack Anderson

An Opinionated Guide to Writing British Characters (When You're Not British Yourself), by Sarah Chamberlain

Character An Opinionated Guide to Writing British Characters (When You’re Not British Yourself)Sarah Chamberlain

Exploring Nature vs. Nurture in a New Way in Fiction, by Michael Swartz

Character Exploring Nature vs. Nurture in a New Way in Fiction Michael Swartz

Almost Antihero: 4 Tips on How to Keep a Flawed Protagonist Human, by Matt Riordan

Character Almost Antihero: 4 Tips on How to Keep a Flawed Protagonist Human Matt Riordan