Comments on: Motivation Thesaurus: Overcoming Abuse & Learning To Trust https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Thu, 16 May 2024 18:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Studydriver https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-708278 Sun, 27 Dec 2020 16:06:35 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-708278 Overcoming abuses in a person’s life is a very difficult process. Any violence leaves its mark on a person’s life, which can be manifested in later life. If you read information about domestic violence on the site, it will help you a lot to create an image of a character that will be as realistic as possible and will have habits that characterize the person who experienced it…

]]> By: 5 Tips on Writing a Trauma Backstory | Writers In The Storm https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-614356 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:00:55 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-614356 […] can experience the loss, anxiety and trauma with your character. Writers Helping Writers has a great entry on overcoming abuse that walks through trauma and character […]

]]> By: Five Links Friday 6/22/18 | Write Good Books https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-595795 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 20:45:25 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-595795 […] even if I did, it’s still got a ton of great info. Here is a post on character motivation and Overcoming Abuse and Learning To Trust by Angela […]

]]> By: 5 Tips On Writing Backstories of Trauma - Lisa Hall-Wilson https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-564830 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:49:35 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-564830 […] Don’t be lazy. As a writer, you need to dive deep into these secondary emotions and layer the primary emotions so the reader can experience the loss, anxiety and trauma with your character. Writers Helping Writers has a great entry on overcoming abuse here that walks through trauma and cha… […]

]]> By: 5 Tips On Writing Traumatic Backstory - Lisa Hall-Wilson https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-564829 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:46:42 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-564829 […] Don’t be lazy. As a writer, you need to dive deep into these secondary emotions and layer the primary emotions so the reader can experience the loss, anxiety and trauma with your character. Writers Helping Writers has a great entry on overcoming abuse here that walks through trauma and cha… […]

]]> By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers & Readers 3-30-2017 | The Author Chronicles https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-541116 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:02:59 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-541116 […] Once we start writing, there are big ticket issues to worry about. Mary Kole explains how to direct reader attention, Donald Maass shows how to produce an emotional response from your reader, and Angela Ackerman explores the character motivation of overcoming abuse and learning to trust. […]

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-536970 Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:23:23 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-536970 In reply to Nadja Van der Stroom.

That’s terrific! I’m so glad this posted just as you needed it 🙂

]]> By: Nadja Van der Stroom https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-536915 Sat, 18 Feb 2017 02:01:29 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-536915 Although I own several of your books, I don’t check in on this blog regularly. Today, by chance, I did. This article was written for me(!) and is most helpful. My MC has suffered neglect, abuse, molestation and rape, and in asking myself what his motivation is upon his release from prison, I wondered if “learning to trust and have meaningful relationships again” could be a goal. From what I’m reading, it can be. However, my MC is not proactive in trying to make it happen. He still has something of a flinch-reflex to people getting close. He self-medicates rather than seeking real help. I think that being ready to admit that he can’t heal on his own will have to be part of goal. In any case, thanks for a great, insightful post.

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-536429 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 19:36:03 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-536429 In reply to Mary Van Everbroeck.

Sure either of those could apply. Our entries are a jumping off point, and the talents and skills merely a way to encourage individual brainstorming of what talents might best fit each individual character. 🙂

]]> By: Mary Van Everbroeck https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-536343 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:39:37 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-536343 Hi Angela: Thank you for sharing this very informative and interesting information. I think that The Skills and Talents listed regarding a Character who has been abused would need to be developed. In taking a look at the link you provided, two talents that I believe this type of Character would inherently possess could be ‘A Way With Animals’ and ‘anything to do with nature’. I look forward to learning more about this Thesaurus.

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-536257 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 23:55:58 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-536257 In reply to Sharon M Hart.

We would want to be more specific…the problem could be many different things that would steer the character’s actions.

]]> By: Sharon M Hart https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/characetr-motivation-entry-to-overcome-past-abuse-and-learn-to-trust/#comment-536190 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 15:21:50 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29236#comment-536190 Would solving a problem be in your list of characters’ motivations or is that in another category? Thanks for sharing.

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