Characters Look for Acceptance #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Just as real people want to be accepted by others, either into various communities or accepted by one special person, so too do our characters wish to be accepted …
What personal traits have you written into your character(s)? Insecure Writers Want to Know
Memoir aside, the biggest traits I offer my characters are a love of nature and adventure. Now these traits can be good or bad for characters depending upon the …
Entertaining Kids When Camping in the Rain
Sometimes it can rain all week when you’re camping, and you can feel like moist potato chips: limp and yucky. But you don’t need to pack it all in and …
Endowing Your Characters with Traits to Solve Story Tension #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
The characters you create need to be given certain knowledge or abilities in order to solve the story tension. Whether characters need to conquer …