Comments on: Overcoming an Emotional Wound (Character Arc Help) https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: The Role Of Emotional Wounds Within Character Arc ~ WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® | Windsor International Writers https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-579349 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 01:17:25 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-579349 […] The Role Of Emotional Wounds Within Character Arc ~ WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® […]

]]> By: Writing Links 2/5/18 – Where Genres Collide https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-579201 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 12:05:20 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-579201 […] https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/ “Of all the pieces of backstory we should understand as authors, none are more important than our protagonist’s Emotional Wound.” This gives the character a lie to believe about himself. I.E. Harry Potter believed he was a nobody. Good for nothing. And look what he overcame. […]

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-579037 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 23:24:04 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-579037 In reply to Bryan Fagan.

That’s exactly what it is…a very complicated puzzle, but when it’s put together properly, it’s magic!

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-579036 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 23:23:28 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-579036 In reply to :Donna.

Happily Ever After. (I had to ask too, when I first saw it, lol. It’s something that Romance users mainly use as romances always contain a HEA.) I am so glad this will help you!

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-579035 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 23:22:22 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-579035 In reply to Carrie Nichols.

Thank you so much! Very glad you are getting good mileage from your Emotional Wound book, Carrie!

]]> By: Carrie Nichols https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-579034 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 23:11:21 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-579034 I love this approach to character arc. As a romance author, my stories are all about character change! And The Emotional Wound Thesaurus is invaluable in creating my characters.

]]> By: :Donna https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-579015 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:42:45 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-579015 Angela, I really can’t wait to get into fully using these thesauruses. I have them all (as you know), but haven’t yet been able to fully focus on writing. This is exACTly the type info I need to help my increasingly dementia-like brain to focus and hopefully accomplish the writing. You ladies are BRILLiant!

And btw—what is an “HEA?”

]]> By: Bryan Fagan https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-579012 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:38:24 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-579012 We all need a reminder as well as a teacher when putting the puzzle of our novel together. When you think about it that’s what this is – A giant million piece puzzle. Your article helped us identify those missing pieces and with that I thank you.

]]> By: Author Inspiration and This Week’s Writing Links | Staci Troilo https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-578988 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:05:11 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-578988 […] Emotional Wounds and Character Arcs (Writers Helping Writers) […]

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-578950 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:46:14 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-578950 In reply to Denise Willson.

Thanks Denise! Glad you found this one helpful 🙂

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-578949 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:45:55 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-578949 In reply to Kristina Stanley.

Yes there is an art to releasing bits of backstory through snippets and behavior. Backstory dumps are not necessary at all, and doling it out slowly makes the reader hungry for more. 🙂

]]> By: Kristina Stanley https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/02/emotional-wounds-role-character-arc/#comment-578948 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:39:30 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32128#comment-578948 I love the way you linked backstory to a personal wound. I find reading books where a character has a wound from the past and the author slowly lets the reader know what the wound it very intriguing. Great article today.

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