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3 Ways to Define Your Protagonist to Stand Out, by Hays Blinckmann

Character 3 Ways to Define Your Protagonist to Stand Out Hays Blinckmann

Character Bridge Characters Elizabeth Sims

Writing About People From Different Cultures, by Manish Chauhan

Character Writing About People From Different Cultures Manish Chauhan

Unholy Union: Tradwives and Social Media in Horror Fiction, by Saratoga Schaefer

Horror Unholy Union: Tradwives & Social Media in Horror Fiction Saratoga Schaefer

5 Reasons a Tradwife Makes a Great Horror Villain, by Maia Chance

Character 5 Reasons a Tradwife Makes a Great Horror Villain Maia Chance

What Happens When the Helpers Need the Help? Destigmatizing Mental Health Through Fiction, by Tracy Clark

Character What Happens When the Helpers Need the Help? Destigmatizing Mental Health Through Fiction Tracy Clark

7 Common Character Arc Problems (and How to Fix Them), by Sarah Branson

Character 7 Common Character Arc Problems and How to Fix Them Sarah Branson

My Fictional Character Got Canceled, So I Wrote Her a PR Strategy, by Lior Torenberg

Character My Fictional Character Got Canceled, So I Wrote Her a PR Strategy Lior Torenberg

Irritable Heart: Treating Fictional Trauma Survivors in the 19th Century, by Nancy Bernhard

Historical Irritable Heart: Treating Fictional Trauma Survivors in the 19th Century Nancy Bernhard

Character Arcs: Turning Inner Struggles Into Story Power, by Sarah Branson

Character Character Arcs: Turning Inner Struggles Into Story Power Sarah Branson

How to Figure Out What Your Character Wants (and Why It Matters for Your Story), by Jessica James

Character How to Figure Out What Your Character Wants (and Why It Matters for Your Story)Jessica James

5 Things Writers Should Know About Narcissism, by Dr. Alina Kastner

Character 5 Things Writers Should Know About Narcissism Alina Kastner

The Challenges of Balancing Character With Plot, by Mike Maden

Character The Challenges of Balancing Character With Plot Mike Maden

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