Creative Writing Prompts
Ever since you were a child, you have burst into uncontrollable laugher every time you see a bare foot or bare feet. So far you’ve managed to suppress your hilarity at the sight of feet. Today, your boss has assigned you to cover the foot fashion show that is coming town this weekend. The...
6 Key Things to Consider When Developing Characters
By Jody Hedlund, @JodyHedlund I have to admit, I don’t write (or often read) character driven stories. My books are full of action and drama and are primarily plot-driven. But, that doesn’t mean I neglect my characters. In fact, I'm currently in the pre-planning stage for a couple different books.
This Itch of Writing: Psychic Distance: what it is and how to use it
Psychic Distance is a concept which John Gardner explores in his book The Art of Fiction, and I think it's absolutely crucial, not difficult to understand, and not nearly talked about enough. You'll also find it called Narrative Distance because, basically, it's about where the narrative (and therefore the reader) stands, relative to a character. Another way of thinking of it is how far the reader is taken, by the narrator, inside the character's head.
List of human emotions. List of feelings.
I put this list of emotions and feelings together some years ago for use in my counselling sessions. I was aware that men in particular (though of course not exclusively) often struggled to articulate their feelings. I thought it could help to give them a list of emotions and feelings to guide them towards identifying specifically what they felt.
Character Questionnaires - Get to Know Your Characters
Receive more writing tips and advice (along with special offers and other Gotham news). One of the best ways to get to know your characters is to ask questions about them. Many writers do this as a kind of homework before they actually start writing a story.
20 Great Writers on the Art of Revision
It’s a new year, and hopeful souls around the world are working diligently on their plans to revise — their health, their attitudes, their lives. But who knows more about the art of revision than great writers? Sure, they mostly know about rewriting their own work, and they may not always have applied the principles to their daily habits, but that doesn’t mean we can’t try.
Emotional Insecurity – Cause, Aftermath and How to Get Rid of It - Sparkonit
Emotional Insecurity maybe defined as a feeling of unease which is triggered by perceiving oneself to be worthless, unloved or not good enough. Emotional insecurity is mostly a big part of some mental disorders like Borderline Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which often results in low self-esteem and at times in too high self-esteem that manifests itself as arrogance or a sense of superiority. An emotionally insecure person is pessimistic, sometimes antisocial or suffers from social anxiety, body dysmorphia, self-centeredness among other emotional states. Most insecure people suffer from some degree of isolation. The greater the insecurity, the more isolated person will be.
Questionnaires for Writing Character Profiles - Creative Writing Help
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Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian: Early drafts and history
Photo by Nerissa Escanlar. Bloodless dawn. The old cowboy sets out across the sharp-footed malpías toward the volcanic cone. On his pack, below the antique swivel-bore rifle, swing two small pouches of crystal saltpeter and ground alder charcoal like the cheap curio of a traveling tinker. He reaches the slope of the cone and scrambles up the glassy flint of now eroded sedimentary rock.
Physical Descriptions - List of Hair Colors
Hair Color List (Note: an updated and expanded version of this list appears in my 15K-word book How to Describe Hair and Skin. See below.) [First, my profound apologies to the vast majority of readers who don't steal content, but I have to state the following. This article and all content on this website belongs to Val Kovalin, copyright © Obsidianbookshelf.com, except where noted. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without written permission from Val Kovalin is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Val Kovalin and Obsidianbookshelf.com with a return link to the original content.]
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