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4 Things a Character List Reveals about Your Novel
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2 Dialogue Tips from Studying SitComs: Just Spit it Out
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Explore Your Characters: Be Surprised
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63 Character Emotions to Explore
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Dialogue: Make Each Character Unique
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Telling the Other Side of the Story: Switching Point of View
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Point of View: Techniques for Getting Inside a Character’s Head
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Point of View: Outside/Inside a Character’s Head
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Point of View: Inside a Character’s Head
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3 Simple Ways to Use Photos to Establish Characters
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False Teeth and Blue Eyes: Keeping Track of Characters
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Complicated Dialogue: Keeping 5 Characters in Line
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The Power of BECAUSE: How I Created a Dastardly Villain
Find Darcy Pattison Books in the iBook Store I am hard at work on an outline/synopsis sort of thingy for a new trilogy. I wish I could say it’s a true outline or synopsis, but I’m not an outliner....
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4 Types of Villain – The Last One is Truly Scary Because He’s So Good
Find Darcy Pattison Books in the iBook Store Guest post by K.M. Weiland Ooh, bad guys. Where would our stories be without their spine-tingling, indignation-rousing, hatred-flaring charm? It’s a legit...
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Don’t Write a Damsel-in-Distress OR a Modern Super-Woman: Be Original
BURN: MICHAEL FARADAY'S CANDLE Coming February 9! PreOrder Now! I have a problem in my WIP novel, which is just in the outline stage. There’s a specific illness going around and to SHOW, DON’T TELL...
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4 Crucial Yearnings to Enrich and Deepen Your Characters
Join Me This Summer: Writing Workshops at Highlights Foundation Picture Books and All That Jazz - How to Write a Picture Book Master Class in Novel Writing When we develop characters, we know the...
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Character Thoughts: Direct and Indirect Interior Monologues
Join me for a NOVEL REVISION RETREAT September 9-11! Get more information! The infamous Show-Don’t-Tell mantra fails to take into account the importance of character thoughts. If you purely do action,...
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Main Character: Who is Your Protagonist?
Join me at Highlights Foundation in 2017. June 22-25, 2017, PB&J: Picture Books and All That Jazz June 19-22, 2017, Self or Indie Publishing: Answering the Big Questions The post Main Character:...
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Why Does Your Character Do That: A New Look at BackStory
Download a Free Sample - VAGABONDS Darcy Pattison's American fantasy novel. Claim your 60-page sample here. The post Why Does Your Character Do That: A New Look at BackStory appeared first on Fiction...
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Grand Entrance: Pay Attention to This Character
How do you introduce your character to your reader? Do you give the character a grand entrance or sneak them in while the reader is focused on something else? A grand entrance signals to the reader...
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