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Their Voices, Their Wounds: Pitfalls to Avoid When Writing About Trauma

Author Fartumo Kusow shares two very big pitfalls to avoid when writing about trauma and how she navigated around them.
The post Their Voices, Their Wounds: Pitfalls to Avoid When Writing About Trauma appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/their-voices-their-wounds-pitfalls-to-avoid-when-writing-about-trauma

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5 Things Writers Should Know About Narcissism

Author and psychotherapist Dr. Alina Kastner shares five things writers should know about narcissism and narcissistic characters.
The post 5 Things Writers Should Know About Narcissism appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/5-things-writers-should-know-about-narcissism

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How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question

Author Trilina Pucci discusses how writers can thread the needle between writing a character readers will support and question.
The post How to Write a Character Readers Will Root For—And Question appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/how-to-write-a-characters-readers-will-root-for-and-question

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Creating Magic From the Mundane: 4 Tips for Making Your Work So Much Bigger Than Your Characters’ Limited Lives

Author Laura Venita Green discusses the appeal of ordinary characters in extraordinary stories and shares four tips to pull them…
https://www.writersdigest.com/creating-magic-from-the-mundane-4-tips-for-making-your-work-so-much-bigger-than-your-characters-limited-lives

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Writing a Character Who Struggles With Doubt

Award-winning author Katy Farber discusses writing a character who struggles with doubt, which is a very universal situation.
The post Writing a Character Who Struggles With Doubt appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-a-character-who-struggles-with-doubt

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Once More, With Feeling: Writing Interiority That Resonates in Fiction

Dr. Finnian Burnett explains the importance of interiority in fiction as well as strategies for how to write interiority that resonates.
https://www.writersdigest.com/once-more-with-feeling-writing-interiority-that-resonates-in-fiction

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On the Unknowability of Our Characters

Author and critic Sophie Madeline Dess discusses how the unknowability of characters in fiction is what makes them real for readers.
The post On the Unknowability of Our Characters appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/on-the-unknowability-of-our-characters

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