Using Trauma Strategically To Create An Emotional Arc – by Lisa Hall-Wilson…

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Using Trauma Strategically To Create An Emotional Arc – by Lisa Hall-Wilson…

on Writers Helping Writers:

Many authors give their characters past trauma that makes life more difficult and at the very least adds internal conflict.

But are you strategic with the kind of trauma you choose—the severity, the onset, the symptoms and coping mechanisms?

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