A simple method to clearly see why a story is powerful A Christmas Carol Tonight I’m going to the theatre to see A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. This version features 12 Christmas carols. It was not my only option for watching the story in Melbourne this year. There is also an Australian Opera version, and The Muppet …
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Are your villains one dimensional — how you can use The Dark Tetrad to make them more complex Weak villains In my work as a book coach, I find clients don’t always want to go deep enough into the psychology of their villains. Maybe they don’t see, or want to explore, the darker aspects of …
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Using personality tests to explore yourself can help you improve your writing Know Thyself “Any writing exposes writers to judgment about the quality of their work and their thought. The closer they get to painful personal truths, the more fear mounts — not just about what they might reveal but about what they might discover …
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