A true romance that began after Wayne reluctantly agreed to write Karen. A mutual friend pleaded with him to write her and try to help; she wanted to break the chain of her addiction to methadone.Her heart called his to make it whole. The poem Wayne wrote for Karen peeked into the future, where spirituality would merge the gap between peace and pain for him to find comfort in a situation he could not understand. Two Broken Hearts touched where only...

THE URBAN SETTING THESAURUS lists sensory descriptions for 120 urban locations that can be used to steer the plot, characterize the story's cast, and even trigger the reader's own emotional memories

The material contained in this eBook is formatted to be a working guide. The contents will challenge you to explore profile characteristics in your partnership or marriage that may not be readily obvious.Understanding the character traits and core values of our partner permits us to create an effective yardstick to gauge the strength of our union. Useful tools will permit us to measure where we are in the growth of our oneness and where we are headed.How...

This second edition of Emotion Amplifiers teaches you to use conditions and states-pain, arousal, dehydration, addiction, etc.- that will make it difficult for a character to emotionally self-regulate, setting them up for overreactions, misjudgments, and (hopefully) colossal mistakes they'll have to fix and learn from. Use these 52 amplifiers to force them to face their errors, acknowledge their true feelings, and work through the contradictions at...

The fangs of terror have struck. Perhaps you were the one thrown out of the house. Your ex took all of your money, drained your resources, burned your clothing, slashed your tires, called your relatives and friends telling them you are a dog, sent letters of complaint to your boss, stood up in church proclaiming you as wicked and even had the audacity to poison your cat.The first and most lasting advice is to do everything you can to avoid this train...

Many who attempt NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo succeed. Many more do not. Those who don't, often lack a support structure - at least one person to cheer them on as they attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days. "Write That Book in 30 Days" was written with those people in mind. It's a book of 30 daily readings that will inspire writers to hit their daily word count. Each daily reading includes an inspirational quote that will speak directly to where...

Learn the secret of how to write the heart of your story! This writing skills book, full of fiction writing technique, is like no other. Some novelists write with the goal of becoming a best seller, hoping for wealth and fame. Some just want to write novels that earn them a steady income so they can feed their families and pay their bills. Some write to express their creativity and don't care if anyone ever reads their books. Then there are the other...

Isekai is a popular genre - with a legacy going back long before the popular term. However, when characters switch worlds, unique worldbuilding challenges confront the author. How can we explore the rich challenges of world-changing protagonists without falling into tropes or missing great opportunities?This book is a helpful series of 50 questions, as well as follow-up exercises and more, to help you think about Isekai-style tales in your world....

Are you tired of writing dull, lifeless dialogue? Do you struggle with finding the balance between too much and not enough explanation? Want to create characters that feel like real people? And what about historical dialogue-- how do you capture the essence of a different time? Can dialogue effectively deliver exposition? What, exactly, is "on the nose" dialogue, and why should we avoid it? And the age-old question: to swear or not to swear? Look...

Fictional sex scenes are about more than who put what where. We'll explore things that writers should keep in mind, and how authors can use the ways their characters think about and engage in sex to create more fully rounded characters and even better stories.