Rachel Here: Yesterday while working on book next, “Love Begins with Elle,” I was working on a scene where I needed Elle, my heroine, to discover she could not open …
Doctor’s Notes: Secret #2 to making our readers cry over our heroes!
I’ve been studying lately secrets to making my characters not only unique, but the kind of heroes that cause readers to cry over them. I’ve discovered three secrets that hold …
Ask the Doc: 3 simple tricks to creating secondary characters
Ask the Doc: My question has to do with secondary characters. Do you generally create them before you start writing? How well to you have them sketched out? Or do …
Perscriptions: Writing Lits II
Last week I (Rachel) talked about writing chick literature be it chick, mom, lady, hen, southern, super chick or whatever. There are a wide variety. This week, Prescriptions continues the …
Self-Therapy: Sympathy versus Compassion
Yesterday, I talked about the first secret to creating characters that make the reader cry: Compassion. It’s always a challenge to decide what element is most important to lead with …