Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters is not just another writing guide—it’s an invitation to transform your approach to character creation and storytelling. Its unique focus on interiority, combined with practical insights from a former literary agent and freelance editor, makes it an indispensable resource for writers at any stage of their career.
Master Interiority: Delve into the art of interiority, the heartbeat of compelling fiction and memoir writing, ensuring your characters resonate deeply with readers across four levels of depth. Explore your protagonist’s thoughts, feelings, reactions and interpretations, expectations, and inner struggles to create a rich, immersive experience.
Create Multidimensional Characters: Uncover the essentials of crafting a character’s backstory, objective, need, internal tension, worldview, and growth arc to explore profound themes and add human resonance to your plot.
Enrich Your Story: Gain invaluable advice on integrating secondary characters, turning points, stakes, and world-building.
Raise Your Voice: Explore how writing voice intertwines with interiority so that your personal style stands out on crowded shelves.
Engagement and Connection: Learn the secrets to making readers care deeply about your characters through groundbreaking original analysis of over sixty contemporary novels and memoirs.
Whether you’re an aspiring writer, an established author, or somewhere in between, this guide will empower you to create characters who live and breathe on the page, fostering an unbreakable bond with your audience. If you're ready to transform your creative writing, deepen your characterizations, and perhaps change your writing skill set forever, explore the depths of what’s possible with Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters today.
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The Writing Interiority Workbook helps you put your learning into action. With nearly 300 pages of exercises, questionnaires, writing tips, and more!
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about mary kole
Former literary agent Mary Kole is the author of Writing Irresistible Kidlit, a freelance editor, and an IP developer with over a decade of publishing industry experience.
Praise for WRITING INTERIORITY
“It truly is a “guide”. Readable, and so well structured into segments that it will become a well-worn reference. I need it as both an e-book and a paperback. I envision needing to get a new paperback copy in four years, having worn-out the first one I purchase.”
“This book is crafted for guaranteed learning. Awesome reference tool to assist your writing endeavours. The craft and techniques contained within the lines are a goldmine for those wishing to find joy and new directions in their writing. The author is amazing in writing talent and full mastery…only someone with understanding can make this look so simple.”
“This book explains step-by-step how to create and convey character thoughts, feelings, reactions and interpretations, expectations, and inner struggles on the page. With examples from more than fifty books, it is a masterclass on the topic and I’m sure I will reference it for years to come.”
“This is my favorite craft book I’ve read in a long time.”