Secondary characters want attention too
Karalee’s Post #41 “Stop! Listen to me. Why don’t you calm down?” Most of us have used these expressions or similar ones. I know I have, and it’s usually in the middle of a heated debate or argument or...
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Joe’s Post #44 Oh, how we all struggle with this one, falling in love with our secondary characters and why they are so much easier to write. Karalee and Silk both have good observations and I would...
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Silk’s Post #46 — Not one of the 5 writers failed to get dinged for it in our June retreat. “It” is that often hard-to-define whiff of something in a character’s words or actions that made at least one...
View ArticleBreadcrumb trails to the heart
Silk’s Post # 68 — In my December 30th post, “The top 10 most overlooked emotions,” I listed what I thought were some interesting emotional shadings, like Schadenfreude, that could add complexity to a...
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