Thank you, Becca! That’s very helpful. I’ll check out The Emotional Wound Thesaurus too!

Hi, David. This is a great question. I’ve done some digging, and it seems that the positive arc and change arc are essentially the same thing: the character starts out flawed, unfulfilled, or stagnant, and throughout the course of the story, they grow and evolve to overcome some of their biggest flaws so they can achieve their goal and find fulfillment.

I don’t know the specific of a positive arc, so I don’t know if there are differences between that and a change arc. There are so many different models and resources for character arc and story structure, and many of them use slightly different terminology.

We do have a chapter on character arc in the instructive front matter of The Emotional Wound Thesaurus, and it has a breakdown of the 3 main arcs. So you can check that out for more information. Happy writing!

Hi Joanne,

Our resources are for any writer or author at any stage. 🙂 You don’t need to join up in any way to benefit from what’s here at the blog, (but we do recommend subscribing to blog posts so you don’t miss anything). WE cover a range of topics including marketing, so if you have a specific topic you’d like help with, try searching a few keywords using the search bar. The other thing you can do is go here: https://writershelpingwriters.net and scroll down to the I Need Help With… section. This is a shortcut to great articles, advice, and tools that many writers need help with, including Marketing, found under the heading “The Business of Writing”: https://writershelpingwriters.net/the-business-of-writing/

I hope this helps!
–Angela

Hi Angela,

My name is Joanne and I am an Author and self publish from Canada. I write childrens books but want to try a hand at writing adult fiction book. I also want more information and ideas on how to promote my book. What would be the best option for me to join and do you have a lot of resources for me in Canada?

Thanks

Hi, Deborah. One of the benefits of OSFW is that it contains all the entries from our books, but they’re enhanced in some way. Usually, they contain fields that aren’t included in the books, and there are almost always additional entries at the site because we can add content without the hassle of having to add them to a book and re-release it. So the entries at One Stop actually contain more information than the book entries.

However, each book also contains a significant amount of instructive front matter that explains the importance of whatever storytelling element is being covered. It instructs authors on how to best utilize that content in their writing and usually discusses common problem areas and how to resolve them. This front matter (along with some of the appendix tools in the books) is not included at One Stop.

If you have more questions about this, let us know!

Hi, Jay. Thanks for letting us know. When we last changed the price, I didn’t realize it was mentioned on the Bookstore page, so I missed changing it there. I’ve removed it so there’s no confusion in the future. Enjoy!

Thanks for these ideas – some are on our list, as we do keep track of what writers need most. 🙂

We also do have a fear thesaurus, and you can find some disabilities, illnesses, and other life circumstances covered in the Emotional Wound thesaurus. Also, check out the Conflict Thesaurus, too for some help with health-related scenarios. Also, for illness, pain, stress, etc, look into Emotion Amplifiers.

I’ll link to the main database at One Stop for Writers as this is the most complete database we have to date: https://onestopforwriters.com/thesaurus

Last night a thought came to me . . .
I don’t know if you are working on either idea, but it would be nice to have a “passion” thesaurus (rational and irrational fears, aversions, obsessions and fetishes), and a “health” thesaurus (common, as well as life-threatening, allergies, disabilities, and other “inconveniences”).

I fell in love with thesauruses, years ago, back when my mom got me one for Christmas, because she got tired of me asking “what’s another word for . . . ?”

I look forward to “completing” my collection.