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How To Write Shop

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Core Character Values: Finding the Moral Compass

December 14, 2011 by Kathy Steffen 4 Comments

The choices and decisions a character makes throughout the story defines him at the deepest level and developing and utilizing his core values give your story an underlying depth and tension.

Posted in: Characters, Writing Craft Tagged: core character values, internal conflict, writing characters, writing tips

Close Point of View, Getting Personal with Your Characters

November 9, 2011 by Lori Devoti 1 Comment
close point of view limited point of view

Close point of view, also called limited point of view, gets you up close and personal with the character who is telling the story. You are in his head. You hear his thoughts and know his opinions. With close point of view, you are able to really get in that character’s body and live the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Point of View, Writing Craft Tagged: amwriting, point of view, writing characters, writing close third

The links of October …

October 26, 2011 by J L Wilson Leave a Comment
Writing for the web

Nothing very scary this month, just the usual “end of the publishing world as we know it”. But we’ve all heard that before, right? * What’s the most you would spend for an ebook? * Interesting post about mistakes in books that take the reader out of the book. I tend to agree — if … [Read more…]

Posted in: Quirky Links Tagged: Amazon, indie publishing, self-publishing, writing, writing characters

Top Five Posts You May Have Missed 2010

January 3, 2011 by HowToWriteShop Leave a Comment

The How to Write Shop has only been up and running a few months, but in that time we believe we’ve had some excellent articles. Today, we want to highlight a few that have top scores from readers, aka most visited. Number Five comes from columnist and young adult author, Kristi Cook on writing young … [Read more…]

Posted in: Quirky Links Tagged: NaNoWriMo, online writing courses, self-publishing, writing characters, writing conferences, writing fantasy, young adult
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