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Sex/Sexual Psyche/Erotica

Characterization, GuidanceJames BuchananApril 22, 2020Sex, sexual, psyche, erotica, character development, writingComment

A Good Cafe & Creating Characters: An Exercise

Characterization, GuidanceJames BuchananJune 29, 2017characterization, exercise, fiction, nonfiction, writing is artComment

Photo Books and Character Details

Characterization, Description, GuidanceJames BuchananJanuary 9, 2017photos, character, characterization, Vivian Maier, writing, fiction, nonfictionComment

Revising for Show Don't Tell

Characterization, GuidanceJames BuchananNovember 25, 2015Revision, writing, fiction, nonfiction, narrative, narrative nonfiction, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, funny storyComment

Dialogue and Cliche Dialogue Writing Advice

Dialogue, Characterization, GuidanceJames BuchananNovember 4, 2015Dialogue, writing dialogue, theory of the mind, cliche dialogue, advice, empathyComment

Compulsion is Despair

CharacterizationJames BuchananAugust 10, 2015Geneen Roth, When Food is Love, despair, compulsion, fiction, nonfiction, character motivationComment

Desire vs Flaws

Characterization, GuidanceJames BuchananApril 23, 2015characterization, character flaws, Dilbert, desire, goal, challenge, reversalComment

Guest Post: Show Don't Tell Like a Writer

Dialogue, CharacterizationJames BuchananApril 3, 2015KM Weiland, show don't tell, remove excess words, dialogue, characterization Comment