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How To Show A Character Falling In Love (pt.4)
When we're in love, we see everything with rose colored glasses, especially the one we like. Everything they do becomes lovable, reasonable, or cool. They can do no wrong. Your MC should give them a lot of passes. Just be careful that it's not something outrageous or toxic. #writers #writing #write #creativewriting #fictionwriting #storytelling #writinganovel #book #characterdevelopment #fallinginlove #writinganovel #bookwriting #thewriteen #writinginspiration #writingtips #romance #romancetips
Advance The Plot: But Make It Interesting (pt.5)
This may sound silly, but using a calendar can really help you brainstorm plot points. You don't need extravagant events. You can literally use holidays or birthdays to move your story forward. #writer #write #writingtips #writing #advancetheplot #creativewriting #writinginspiration #writingmotivation #writinganovel #bookwriting #fictionwriting #thewriteen #storytelling #plotting #characterdevelopment
How To Create Realistic Characters
If you want your story to come to life, you need characters who sell it well. How do you make sure they do that? Create realistic characters. Give them desires, fears, and misbeliefs. Give them goals. Flesh them out so well they start to live rent free in your reader's head. #writingtips #writingcharacters #writers #write #writinginspiration #writingmotivation #creativewriting #storytelling #thewriteen #bookwriting #novelwriting #writinganovel #characterdevelopment #createrealisticcharacters
How To Write A Character In Pain (pt. 4)
Pain, regardless of the form it takes, will be meaningless in your story if it doesn't force your character to shift in some way. They might change their mind or double down on their beliefs. But the pain should always be felt through their actions. #writers #writing #write #creativewriting #fictionwriting #storytelling #writinganovel #book #characterdevelopment #pain #bookwriting #thewriteen #writinginspiration #writingtips #angst #writingangst #writingsadscenes #howtowriteacharacterinpain
How To Introduce Characters With A Bang (pt.2)
Begin your story with a MC whose voice makes readers feel like they know what they are talking about and what they have to say is important. This way, they'll want to keep turning the page. How do you do this? Turn the volume all the way up. It's not enough to have a personality it has to show through every word, every joke, etc. #writers #write #writingtips #writinganovel #bookwriting #writinginspiration #thewriteen #characterdevelopment #creativewriting #howtointroducecharacters #novel #book
How To Write A Character In Pain (pt. 2)
Depending on where and who the pain comes from, it will have a different meaning to your character. Give the pain depth by exploring your character's perception of it. And think about what that reveals about their inner workings. #writers #writing #write #creativewriting #fictionwriting #storytelling #writinganovel #book #characterdevelopment #pain #writinganovel #bookwriting #thewriteen #writinginspiration #writingtips #angst #writingangst #writingsadscenes #howtowriteacharacterinpain
How To Show A Character Falling In Love (pt.3)
A character in love wants to be around their person all the time. They can never get enough! Especially in the infatuation stage. So make them come up with ways to close the gap between them and their special one. Be creative with this! I'm low key tired of the one bed trope. Do something fresh and make it silly (if it fits the story/their personality). #characterdevelopment #fallinginlove #writinganovel #bookwriting #thewriteen #writinginspiration #writingtips #romance #romancetips
How To Introduce Characters With A Bang (pt.5)
Writers, internal conflict works for everything! If you want us to feel for your character, and make their entrance memorable, let us in on their desires and fears. What do they care about? What keeps them up at night? Give us a glimpse into their heart and that character will live rent free in our minds for the rest of the story. #writers #write #writingtips #writinganovel #bookwriting #writinginspiration #thewriteen #characterdevelopment #creativewriting #howtointroducecharacters #novel #book
Writing Romance: How to start your romance story (pt. 5)
How to start your romance story: Make the love interest prove they can fill the vacant seat in the MC’s heart by having them provide an answer to a plot level problem. Treat it as a window into their potential dynamic as a couple. #writingromance #writingtips #storytelling #romancestory #writers #write #writinganovel #bookwriting #writinginspiration #thewriteen #writingmotivation #romancewriting #storytelling
Things We Don't Tell Writers Enough
Tell yourself the story first. Don't think about readers, trends, or tropes. What is it that you are interested in? What makes your heart beat a little faster every time you think about it? Write that. And make sure you figure out what it is you want to say about that thing. Once that's done, you can tend to the rest. #writingtips #writingblockhelp #writinginspiration #writingmotivation #creativewriting #storytelling #writers #write #fictionwriting #bookwriting #thewriteen
Writing Romance: How to start your romance story (pt. 4)
Don't know how to start your romance story? Here's a set up that never fails to catch hearts. There’s nothing like a good old “Until next time” trope. Give your character a bout of serendipity. . .then take it away until the time is right again. #writingtips #writingromance #writers #write #writinginspiration #writingmotivation #romancestory #storytelling #thewriteen #bookwriting #novelwriting #writinganovel #shippableromance
How To Write Character Personalities (pt.3)
Your plot is supposed to test your characters. So, ask yourself: what kind of MC would feel challenged by this journey? Think of all the trials and tribulations in your book and give your MC traits that would make it hard (but not impossible) for them to get through each. #writers #write #writingtips #writinganovel #bookwriting #writinginspiration #thewriteen #characters #storytelling #personality #characterdevelopment #characterinspiration #creativewriting #howtowritecharacterpersonalities
How To Introduce Characters With A Bang (pt.3)
Introduce characters by showing us the opposite of who they are first. Have them do something questionable and then, once the reader is full of questions, have them backtrack to show us how they got to this point. This will intrigue readers. Just make sure what they're doing is key to their personal development and to the plot. #writers #write #writingtips #writinganovel #bookwriting #writinginspiration #thewriteen #characterdevelopment #creativewriting #howtointroducecharacters #novel #book