YOU’VE GOT CHARACTER FLAWS, HOW DO YOU USE THEM?
carriejonesbooks If you checked out this post, you’ve spent some time figuring out your character’s flaws, and now it’s time to actually use those flaws to make a better novel. And…
November 2021
How to Give Your Characters Humanizing Flaws
I’m teaching a class over at the Writing Barn about character and we’re half-way in. I’ve talked about character motivation and goals, yearning, making them memorable, human worth, stakes, and…
Be Brave Friday
It’s Be Brave Friday and I’ve not had the bravest of days, really. That changes now with this post, right? Here’s a painting on wood (a board from a bookshelf…
I Blame it On My Wife aka Carrie
On Thursday, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer…