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Fantasy Writers
Posted inFantasy Writing Tips Spiritual Encouragement for Writers Uncategorized

12 Ancient Books All Writers Should Read Before Writing Angels, Prophecy, or the Supernatural

These 12 books go beyond the 66-canon books into texts that serious biblical scholars and faith writers reference but most church-raised readers have never been…
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Unhinged character
Posted inCharacter Building Dialogues

20 Behavioural Traits That Make Unhinged Characters Unforgettable | Part 1

Every unforgettable character has flaws. Especially when writing unhinged characters Every iconic character has dangerous flaws. The problem is that too many writers confuse "unhinged"…
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Mistakes to avoid when writing black hair
Posted inCharacter Building

8 Mistakes Writers Make Writing Black Hair

If you're writing Black characters, their hair isn't an accessory — it's part of the character's lived experience. Whether your character is Black, biracial, Black-Latina,…
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character description
Posted inCharacter Building

The Craft of Writing Your Character’s Physical Description

What you need to know when you're writing the description of your characters. The difference between describing beauty and describing presence — and why one…
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fight verbs
Posted inFight & Combat Scenes

The Reason Your Fight Scenes Fall Flat Has Nothing To Do With Plot — It’s Your Verbs

There's a moment every fiction writer knows. You've built the scene. You know exactly what happens. The tension is there, the stakes are real, the…
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Ultimate Villain Workbook by VSBeals Writes — open to the Fixation Villain Word Vault showing micro-behavior words, imagery language, and psychological dialogue fragments for fiction writers
Posted inCharacter Building

Your Villain Isn’t Scary Because They’re Evil — They’re Scary Because They Make Sense

Here's what most writers get wrong about villains: they mistake cruelty for complexity. Your Villain doesn't always have to be cruel, they can simply be…
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Fantasy Writers
Posted inFantasy Writing Tips Spiritual Encouragement for Writers Uncategorized

12 Ancient Books All Writers Should Read Before Writing Angels, Prophecy, or the Supernatural

These 12 books go beyond the 66-canon books into texts that serious biblical scholars and faith writers reference but most church-raised readers have never been…
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Posted by V.S Beals July 21, 2026
Unhinged character
Posted inCharacter Building Dialogues

20 Behavioural Traits That Make Unhinged Characters Unforgettable | Part 1

Every unforgettable character has flaws. Especially when writing unhinged characters Every iconic character has dangerous flaws. The problem is that too many writers confuse "unhinged"…
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Posted by V.S Beals July 16, 2026
Mistakes to avoid when writing black hair
Posted inCharacter Building

8 Mistakes Writers Make Writing Black Hair

If you're writing Black characters, their hair isn't an accessory — it's part of the character's lived experience. Whether your character is Black, biracial, Black-Latina,…
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Posted by V.S Beals June 29, 2026
character description
Posted inCharacter Building

The Craft of Writing Your Character’s Physical Description

What you need to know when you're writing the description of your characters. The difference between describing beauty and describing presence — and why one…
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Posted by V.S Beals May 12, 2026
fight verbs
Posted inFight & Combat Scenes

The Reason Your Fight Scenes Fall Flat Has Nothing To Do With Plot — It’s Your Verbs

There's a moment every fiction writer knows. You've built the scene. You know exactly what happens. The tension is there, the stakes are real, the…
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Posted by V.S Beals May 7, 2026
Ultimate Villain Workbook by VSBeals Writes — open to the Fixation Villain Word Vault showing micro-behavior words, imagery language, and psychological dialogue fragments for fiction writers
Posted inCharacter Building

Your Villain Isn’t Scary Because They’re Evil — They’re Scary Because They Make Sense

Here's what most writers get wrong about villains: they mistake cruelty for complexity. Your Villain doesn't always have to be cruel, they can simply be…
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Posted by V.S Beals April 29, 2026
16 Emergency Verses for Writers
Posted inSpiritual Encouragement for Writers Writing Struggles & Overcoming Them

16 Scriptures Every Writer Needs for Discipline, Clarity, and Completion

16 Scriptures Every Writer Needs for Discipline, Clarity, and Completion There is a version of writing advice that sounds productive but quietly keeps people stuck.…
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Posted by V.S Beals April 23, 2026
Fight Scenes where the opponent dominates
Posted inDialogues Fight & Combat Scenes

How to Write Fight Scenes That Actually Feel Real

The real problem I see is that writers learn the vocabulary, then write fight scenes that still feel flat. The words were never the issue…
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Posted by V.S Beals April 18, 2026
The unforgettable Kiss
Posted inDialogues

How to Write a Romance Kiss Scene That Actually Lands (A 5-Step Formula)

There's a moment in almost every romance novel where everything stops. The air shifts. The conversation dies. And then — the kiss. The kiss should…
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Posted by V.S Beals April 16, 2026
12 Character building mistakes & How to fix every one
Posted inCharacter Building

12 Character Building Mistakes And How to Fix Every One

In every writing community, workshop, and craft conversation, the same frustration surfaces: "My character feel flat, but I don't know why." It is rarely a…
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Posted by V.S Beals April 13, 2026

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