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Let’s write Immigrant Characters

Hey friends. We have come to the last part of the series on writing immigrant characters. In part 1, we explored research as a decision-making tool and honed in on some vital details about our immigrant characters. In part 2, we explored the "heavier" topic of...

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Let’s Research Immigrant Characters

In last month’s post, we began our exploration of writing immigrant characters. We talked about how research can be used as a decision-making tool, and some of the choices to make for your characters. Today, we're going to get into some of the heavier, yet important,...

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Let’s Celebrate Immigrant Characters

In Western countries, December is the month of holidays. When I think about winter holidays, I think about movement—people driving across county lines to visit family, religious historical figures migrating to make change, new holidays moving into public...

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Artist Self and Reader Self

Whenever I pick up a book or sit down to watch a movie, my brain splits into two realms of consciousness. One is my artist self: the person who picks apart the story, analyzes how successful each piece is, and sometimes comes up with how to improve it. The other is my...

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The Power of Choice

Having a choice is really important to us in our every day life. We want the freedom to choose what we do, where we go, who our friends are. But when it comes to writing stories, it's very tempting to sacrifice that power of choice in favor of possibility. The purpose...

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A Small Trick to Writing Big Action Plot

As a lover of SFF, I'm a big fan of what I call "action plot." To me, a story isn't complete without a good fight with the fate of the world, or at least a community, on the line. When I started writing, I was ready to translate what I consumed into my own stories....

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