One of the biggest problem areas for writers is conveying a character's emotions to the reader in a unique, compelling way. This book comes to the rescue by highlighting 75 emotions and listing the possible body language cues, thoughts, and visceral responses for each. Written in an easy-to-navigate list format, readers can draw inspiration from character cues that range in … [Read more...]
Design Characters using Mind Maps
How do you design your characters? Some sources recommend filling in a questionnaire or CV. You need to answer questions like "what is her favourite film?", or "what does he drink?" etc. This doesn't work for me, because by the time I know the answers to those kind of questions I have written my novel. I design my characters in the same way you might find out about someone … [Read more...]
How to Speed Write
Nano (National Novel Writing Month) runs from November 1st-30th. It’s the writing frenzy where you kick out a large number of words to hopefully finish a novel in record time. Many people start the challenge and end up with a sizable number of pages by the end. Some are inspired to start writing for the first time. Others are inspired to finish something for the … [Read more...]