Story Tropes: Lazy Shortcuts, or Opportunities for Depth?

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It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re exploring how we can make story tropes work harder.

Inner Conflict: How to Resolve Our Character’s Internal Arc — Guest: Angela Ackerman

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Inner conflict is essential for deep characters and storytelling. Angela Ackerman shares examples, tips, and insights for how can we use and add internalr conflict with our characters and story, as well as for how to force our characters to make the hard decisions

How to Portray Strong Friendships

It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re comparing writing techniques for portraying relationships.

Short Stories: Can They Still Have Character Arcs?

It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re digging into short stories and character arcs.

Does Conflict Really Belong on Every Page? — Guest: Angela Ackerman

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What are the different layers of conflict? How can understanding the different levels of conflict help our writing?

Character Talents & Skills: Beyond the Superficial — Guest: Becca Puglisi

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What can our character’s talents or skills add to our story if they’re not important to the plot? Becca Puglisi of Writers Helping Writers shares five ideas.

Storytelling Expectations: Character vs. Plot Arcs

It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re comparing story focus: plot vs. character arcs.

How to Write Conflict without “Bad Guys” — Guest: Angela Ackerman

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Angela Ackerman is sharing 5 methods to dig into our character and find their inner conflict—and examples for how to implement the ideas too!

Characters & Settings: Making Them Interact

It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re digging into how to make our characters interact with our setting.