by Zoe M. McCarthy | Feb 1, 2018 | Writing
Valentine’s Day approaches, and I have a novella in a Valentine’s Day collection. See more about Cooking Up Kisses at the end of my post. Today, I use associated behaviors from The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes (Angela Ackerman and...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 18, 2015 | Writing
“People generally agree that each individual is a unique blend of traits that serve to satisfy basic wants and needs according to one’s moral code.” — Angela Ackerman & Becca PuglisiLet’s have fun.I have Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi’s writer’s resource, The...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 17, 2014 | Writing
“Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they’re constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.” —Keira Knightley I have a surly character in my inspirational...