Give Your Characters Regrets
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Give Your Character
Regrets
By MJ Bush of Writingeekery.com
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Regret is torture.
It’s only in the darkest hours that we see the true nature of a soul.
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Send your characterdeep into regret
to discover how she reacts.
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Sometimes regret rages
like a flood.
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Sometimes it hides behind a cheerful exterior.
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Or a calm one.Those are interesting.
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Sometimes it causes an emotional
firestorm.
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Freeze over.
Andsometimes the
emotions
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Regret is a great way to tie the past to the present, to make backstory relevant.
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And it can be the undercurrent that drives the plot.
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Unfortunately, it’s hard to realistically show the emotions
surrounding regret.
Characters often seem whiny or angst-ridden, no matter how hard you try.
But...
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There’s a post for that.
5 Surprising Ways Regret Can Deepen Your Hero’s ArcClick! →
That’s a link.
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There’s a free report, Seven Arcs of Regret,only available through that post.
Go get your copy now.Clickable!