Your female protagonist. You know her. You love her. You want everyone else to love her, too. What are you going to call her? One of my most popular posts is my 100 Sexy Names for Contemporary Romance Heroes, so I thought I’d do a female counterpart. This list is for any kind of story, not only romance! [AdSense-B] I
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Hello! I’m sorry to say this content has been removed in order to comply with Google AdSense policies. It’s in my book MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: Thesauruses, Plots, Character Traits, Names, and More. If you’re interested, take a look! Happy writing!
Hello! This content has been removed in order to comply with Google AdSense policies. You can find it and another great list, 500 Great Words for Writing Love Scenes, in the original edition of Master Lists for Writers.
Gestures and body language matter a lot in fiction because nonverbal communication is so important. Gestures can help readers visualize a scene and get a feel for the characters. They can also set up lines of dialogue so you don’t have a string of he said, she said, he asked, etc., running down the page. How to describe body language
This list of facial expressions for writers is one of my all-time most popular posts. It came about because I started to list facial expressions in a spiral notebook for my own reference, and then I figured I’d share. A lot of writers keep this page bookmarked! Writers need good facial expression descriptions in their writing to help the
Badass Latin phrases… are so satisfying, and I guess it’s not surprising. Latin mottos are appealing as tattoos for a number of different reasons. First of all, obviously, these sayings have endured the test of time. They’ve been meaningful to Western civilization for centuries, so you’re not likely to grow tired of them quickly. Additionally, because few people
This is a really big list of historically accurate Regency era names for anyone looking for old-fashioned baby names, anyone writing a novel set in England in the Regency era, or even anyone writing Bridgerton fanfic. (And if you are interested in writing a novel set in 1800s England, check out my 50 Plot Ideas from Regency and Victorian