Writing links

How to Create Conflict by Discovering Your Character’s Objects of Desire. “But when you keep your characters loyal to their external wants and bound to their internal needs, making innovative choice after innovative choice to somehow achieve both objects of desire despite the odds and consequences, readers will love you for it.”

Do You Have a Story Concept, or Just a Cool Idea? Three elements for a story concept: “At least one character that is actively pursuing a goal,” “Urgent motivation for said goal,” and “Obvious and escalating conflict for the goal.”

Change How You Think links

3 Ways to Make Stress Your Friend. “Choose a different perspective.” “Shift how you interpret your body’s signals.” “Train with the Body Scan meditation.” This and the next link relate back to my post about shifting the way you think so you can change the way you live.

Change Your Language, Change Your Life. “Replace I have to with I get to.” “Instead of I’m going through something difficult, how about I’m growing through something difficult?” “Rather than should, must, or ought to, use prefer to, want to, or choose to.” “Try the shift from I can’t do this or I’m not good at this to This is challenging, and I’ll get it, or I’m still learning, and I’ll keep at it.”