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A Look at Negative Character Development.

By dnbrynPosted on May 6, 2018Posted in other, writing articlesTagged character development, character growth, characters, literature, writing, writing advice, writing resources, writing tips

What is negative character development? It’s incredibly hard to define. Some writers relate it to moral decline. Some apply it to areas where a character returns to a way of life they had at one point developed out of. Other writers don’t like to use the term at all. There’s another way to look at […]

Describing Nature

By dnbrynPosted on April 29, 2018Posted in other, writing articlesTagged description, nature, writing, writing advice, writing description, writing fiction, writing resources, writing tips

(Tips to help you tackle the outdoors without ever leaving your home.) The forest for the trees. When describing any setting, especially potentially spacious settings such as expanses of nature, you have two major components: the big picture (the forest) and the little picture (the trees). It’s generally best to start with one and move […]

Writing Engaging Antagonists

By dnbrynPosted on April 22, 2018Posted in writing articlesTagged characters, literature, writers on writing, writing, writing advice, writing fiction, writing resources, writing tips, writing villains

Before we get started, I want to clarify two things: – Antagonists can be of any moral alignment. They can be also be non-human things, such as monsters, nature, inner demons, etc. The antagonist is simply the primary thing your protagonist fights against. – For the course of this article I will be talking about […]