In this weeks episode, Alida and Kathryn are joined by Becca Puglisi to talk about emotional wounds, and writing deeper and more compelling fiction.
This episode previously aired as episode 028. Make sure you go back into the library and check out our other episodes with Becca Puglisi.
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Find Becca and all her books and resources at writershelpingwriters.net or onestopforwriters.com
What we talked about:
What inspired these thesauri? (1:25)
How do people other than writers use these thesauri? (3:32)
How these books are used to help show rather than tell. (5:36)
Why Becca included self-care for writers at the beginning of the emotional wounds thesaurus. (9:06)
Have we ever written about a topic that becomes personally challenging? (11:10)
Why is context so important? How does it interact with the characters and therefore the readers journey? (14:12)
How are emotional wounds part of the backstory? And how much do you need to know about your character? (20:12)
What about moral code? (25:52)
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Ellen Hopkins
Telling by Patricia Weaver Francisco
Prisoners
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About Your Hosts
Alida Winternheimer is an award-winning author with an MFA from Hamline University. She pursues her fervor for all things story as a writing coach, developmental editor, and teacher. Two of her short stories were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is the author of The Story Works Guide to Writing Fiction Series. Alida lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her Golden Retriever, Seva the Wonder Dog. She camps, bikes, and kayaks in her free time. Unless it’s winter, in which case she drinks chai by the fire. You can find more at www.alidawinternheimer.com.
Kathryn Arnold writes fantasy and anything else that sparks her creativity from her home in Kingston, Washington. She currently earns her living as an insurance underwriting assistant, where she also creates marketing and web copy. When not writing, she plays (and teaches) piano and keyboard in a band (or two), and is working on starting a ministry team with her husband. You can find Kathryn at www.skyfirewords.com.
Robert Scanlon was born in Australia, but whisked off to England when only a baby. After many years complaining about the weather, he did the sensible thing and moved back to Australia. Despite a career in the music industry, followed by decades teaching public speaking, Robert is an introvert who adores reading. Robert grew up on a diet of sci-fi masters, eventually discovering he had read the library’s entire science fiction section. Now he has to write his own. Robert is the author of Constellation, book one of the Blood Empire space opera series. Find out more at www.RobertScanlon.com
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