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 …
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 …
Make Your Characters Vulnerable #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
I’m 100 pages into my memoir about attending college as a mother of five and at the point where I’ve won a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania and am …
Chicken Soup for the Soul Mom Knows Best #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
My mother has been my guiding light all my life. She believed in me when I didn’t. She told me that I could accomplish anything I put my mind to. …
What’s the Cost to Your Protagonist to Accomplish a Goal? #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Everyone makes choices. People are a sum of the choices they’ve made in life. But each choice usually costs them something. Think about your own personal choices. Are you married? …