Basing Characters on Real People
My usual disclaimer, none of this is meant to be legal advice. Do not take it as such. If you want specific legal advice, hire a lawyer....
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amiegibbons15
Oct 10, 20172 min read
Characters – First Impressions and Change
How do you show your characters’ personalities? How do you show they are good? Or not? No, really, think of the opening scene of any kind...
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amiegibbons15
Oct 4, 20172 min read
Character Development – What are You so Afraid of!
Welcome to another writerslife Wednesday. What are you characters afraid of? And I don’t mean they go, “Eek!” at spiders. I mean real...
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amiegibbons15
Sep 28, 20172 min read
Character Development – Legality vs. Morality
This is sort of a post on law, but I want you to read it in terms of how you can apply these kinds of quandaries to your characters....
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amiegibbons15
Jan 9, 20172 min read
Writing Characters – Portrait of an ESFP.
I’m getting Psychic Undercover (with the Undead) (SDF book 1) ready to go for publication next week and one thing I like to do with my...
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amiegibbons15
May 10, 20163 min read
Your Characters Are Not You
If you ask any writer what the biggest mistake a new writer can make is, they’ll give you a ton of different answers. There’s stuff...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 1, 20152 min read
Who Are You?
This is part self actualizing and part writing exercise. Who are you? List 5 traits that make you, you. I don’t mean the surface stuff...
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amiegibbons15
Sep 30, 20152 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – When Are You Ready To Publish?
Today I was telling a girl at work how scared I am to be publishing. My first story comes out on Sunday and I’m freaking out, I told...
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amiegibbons15
Sep 24, 20152 min read
What’s Your Damage, Heather!
Everybody’s got issues. That means your characters have to as well. You can’t have someone who’s got it all, obviously, and you can’t...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 8, 20156 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – What Makes Your Character Freakout?
I have a hair trigger on my panic response for a few select things. Anything with bugs, shots or unexpected expenses… or my ex 🙂 So a...
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amiegibbons15
Jun 28, 20152 min read
Dr. Amie’s Character Fixer Elixer
Last week I talked about the plot fixer, now we’re tackling the weak character. I don’t mean someone who is weak themselves, I mean...
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amiegibbons15
Jun 25, 20153 min read
Throwback Thursday – HEY BABY, WHAT’S YOUR PERSONALITY TYPE?
Have you heard of the Myers-Briggs personality test? Have you taken it? Did you read the description and think, “That’s creepy, it’s...
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amiegibbons15
Oct 24, 20143 min read
“HEY BABY, WHAT’S YOUR PERSONALITY TYPE?” Writer’s Hub Assignment
Have you heard of the Myers-Briggs personality test? Have you taken it? Did you read the description and think, That’s creepy, it’s...
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