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@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Mar 02, 2026
How to Use Multiple Point of View Characters to Create a Fully Developed Historical Setting Author Shelley Noble makes a case for using multiple point of view characters to create a fully developed historical setting. The post How to Use Multiple Point of View Characters to Create a Fully Developed Historical Setting appeared first on Writer's Digest. https://www.writersdigest.com/how-to-use-multiple-point-of-view-characters-to-create-a-fully-developed-historical-setting #Character #Genre #Historical #Settings #WriteBetterFiction
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@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Feb 26, 2026
Who Are You? Part Two Do you remember the scene in that classic film What about Bob? in which Bob arranges to have himself tied to the mast of a sailboat? He wants to be included in his friends’ activities despite his fears, and as the boat goes forward he yells with pride, “I’m sailing! I’m a sailor! I sail!” We chuckle, but what exactly makes this scene so funny? I think it’s the absurd juxtaposition of an identity claim with evidence that it’s not true. I love this scene because those statements represent three overlapping but not identical realities. To get grammar-nerdy about it: The present participle “I’m sailing” implies that this occurrence is happening right now, but might not happen regularly. I’m not swimming or walking. I’m sailing. https://writerunboxed.com/2026/02/26/who-are-you-part-two/ #CRAFT #REALWORLD #character #identity
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@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Feb 13, 2026
When Friday the 13th Meets Valentine’s Day This is the second month in a row where the post I anticipated writing has been preempted by events—this time, by the calendar. Given the conjunction of two of the year’s most emotionally charged days, how could I not write about fear and love? Let me tell you a story. One of the most significant writing workshops I ever took part in was titled “Finding the Story.” It was run by screenwriter Gill Dennis, most famous for his script for the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. In the workshop, Gill provided three cues, and we were to write scenes from our own past that those prompts suggested. The prompts were, in order: Moment of Greatest Fear Moment of Greatest Shame I Love You … https://writerunboxed.com/2026/02/13/when-friday-the-13th-meets-valentines-day/ #CRAFT #REALWORLD #Writinglife #character #characterarc
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@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Feb 11, 2026
Writing About People From Different Cultures Author Manish Chauhan shares four pieces of advice for writing about people from different cultures that honor the characters and story. The post Writing About People From Different Cultures appeared first on Writer's Digest. https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-about-people-from-different-cultures #Character #WriteBetterFiction #AuthenticRepresentation #culture #RepresentationInFiction
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@madargon@is-a.cat · Jan 28, 2026
This is Bookworm, one of characters in my self-satire story "Astral Butterflies' Chronicles" I tried to write on lucid dreaming forum. This weird (or maybe one of the least weird in that world) guy was a librarian in main character's astral enclave and this one trying to keep things in order. I described him as humanoid, insect-like gentleman smaller than human, sometimes behaving like grumpy old man annoyed by noisy youth. #drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #character #OriginalCharacter
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