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@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Apr 07, 2026
Is Fear Weakening Your Story? 5 Mistakes to Check Writing about your character’s fear can be tricky because it rarely sits out in the open where everyone can see it. Instead, fear is hidden, rationalized, or the character puts on a mask and pretends it isn’t there at all. Yet when fear is shown well, it becomes an obvious force driving a character’s decisions,... The post Is Fear Weakening Your Story? 5 Mistakes to Check appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®. https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/04/is-fear-weakening-your-story-5-mistakes-to-check/ #CharacterArc #Characters #Fear #FearThesaurus #Innerconflict
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@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Apr 06, 2026
Internal Conflict vs. External Conflict: The Shift From Projection to Agency in Character Arc One of the easiest mistakes in writing is assuming stories are about the external action of defeating the antagonistic force, when in reality they are about what the protagonist must become in order to face that conflict. Internal conflict vs. external conflict reveals how your story’s character arcs operate beneath the plot. The tension between […] The post Internal Conflict vs. External Conflict: The Shift From Projection to Agency in Character Arc appeared first on Helping Writers Become Authors. https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/internal-conflict-vs-external-conflict-character-arc/ #Characters #Podcast #antagonist #characterarc #conflict
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@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Mar 19, 2026
How Fear Shrinks Your Character’s World Over Time Fear is something we all experience, a psychological early warning system that alerts us to possible danger. When we encounter a situation that contains unknowns, fear kicks in. Even if we do not yet know what is triggering our unease, our senses heighten, our blood pressure rises, and we go on high alert, searching for... The post How Fear Shrinks Your Character’s World Over Time appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®. https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/03/how-fear-shrinks/ #Backstory #CharacterArc #CharacterWound #Characters #Emotion
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@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Mar 05, 2026
How to Write Authentic Character Behavior Some stories stick with us more than others, and why? The characters. They feel so real. How they view life, the way they interact with others, the beliefs that steer them and their reactions to setbacks…it somehow all rings true. They might be nothing like us. We may not agree with their choices. But even... The post How to Write Authentic Character Behavior appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®. https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/03/write-authentic-character-behavior/ #Backstory #BasicHumanNeeds #CharacterArc #CharacterFlaws #Characters
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@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Mar 04, 2026
Reading as an Agent Two very recent WU posts ( HERE and HERE ) got me thinking about how I read. In one mode, I read manuscripts with an agent’s eyes. In another mode, I read novels (published or pre-) as a craft analyst and teacher. In still a different mode, I read as a fiction writer. Once in a while, I read for enjoyment. It’s difficult to do. The other modes don’t like to shut up. And not all novels are so absorbing that my inner analyst forgets to analyze. As agent, you might imagine that I am looking for work that matches the market’s needs. As craft analyst and teacher, you might think that I am looking for illustrative examples. As fiction writer, you might expect that that I read in awe, envy, or judgment. In those presumptions, you would be wrong. https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/04/reading-as-an-agent/ #CRAFT #adviceforwriters #characters #DonaldMaass #inspiration
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@GeorgeLThomas@mastodon.world · Jan 13, 2026
How to Write Multiple POVs in Fiction #WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #POV #Characters #AmWriting #WritingTips #WritingAdvice http://georgelthomas.com/2026/01/13/how-to-write-multiple-povs-in-fiction/
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