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Posts Tagged urge

3 ways the author temperament hinders our writing – post at Authors Electric

Posted by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris in Creating a character, Plots, Writer basics 101 on May 11, 2013

aecharsCharacters and personality. Not the ones in your books: I’m talking about you, the brain that’s parked snugly behind your eyes and the temperament that feels the urge to write. Sometimes our human wiring is not ideal for creating the kind of havoc we need for stories – which is quite amusing in its own way.

Anyway, I’m enjoying this conundrum today at Authors Electric – do jump the gap and see.

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