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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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Why Your Fight Scenes Feel Flat (And How to Fix Them)
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Why Your Fight Scenes Feel Flat (And How to Fix Them)

Most writers don’t struggle with ideas. They struggle with execution. You can have a strong plot, high stakes, and characters worth caring about, but the…
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Posted by V.S Beals April 9, 2026
7 Mistakes To Avoid When Writing Female Clothing Styles
Posted inDialogues Uncategorized

7 Female Clothing Styles Writers Consistently Misrepresent and How to Fix Them

Clothing in fiction is not decoration. It is characterization. The way a character is dressed communicates her psychology, her relationship to power, her emotional state,…
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Posted by V.S Beals April 8, 2026
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Posted inDialogues Writing Struggles & Overcoming Them

37 Character Emotions Your Characters Feel But Can’t Explain

If your characters feel flat, it’s not your plot—it’s your emotional depth. Most writers rely on surface-level reactions, but real people don’t feel in simple…
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Posted by V.S Beals March 27, 2026
The Face on the Page: Hard Truths About Writing Facial Features
Posted inDialogues Writing Your First Book

The Face on the Page: Hard Truths About Writing Facial Features

Most writers know the moment. You have a character fully formed in your head — you can see them — and then you sit down…
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Posted by V.S Beals March 20, 2026
10 Grammar Mistakes Writers Make in Dialogue
Posted inDialogues Writing Struggles & Overcoming Them Writing Your First Book

10 Grammar Mistakes Writers Make in Dialogue

Dialogue is the pulse of fiction. It moves story forward, reveals character, and creates the rhythm readers feel even when they can't name it. But…
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Posted by V.S Beals March 10, 2026
7 Things Writers Google That Make Us Look Suspicious To The FBI (But It’s Just Research)
Posted inWriting Your First Book

7 Things Writers Google That Make Us Look Suspicious To The FBI (But It’s Just Research)

If someone ever subpoenas my google search history mid-draft, I’m finished. Not because I’ve done anything wrong. But because the questions alone look like I’m…
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Posted by V.S Beals February 19, 2026
7 Prosperous Ways to Writing
Posted inMarketing for Christian Authors Publishing Your Book

7 Prosperous Ways to Writing

Sometimes being a follower of Christ and writing for God can feel very difficult and tiresome. You want to honour Him with your gift, but…
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Posted by V.S Beals October 10, 2025
What Does Today Mean To You?
Posted inChristian Book Reviews & Recommendations Spiritual Encouragement for Writers Uncategorized

What Does Today Mean To You?

Truth and Reconciliation isn’t a slogan, it isn’t something we take lightly. The “truth” part? That’s the unvarnished acknowledgment of what happened here on Turtle…
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Posted by V.S Beals October 1, 2025
Writing Regret in Fiction: Making Sense of How Regret Affects Your Character Arc
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Writing Regret in Fiction: Making Sense of How Regret Affects Your Character Arc

Every character carries regret. The real question is whether your reader can see it without your character ever saying the word aloud. If regret is…
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Posted by V.S Beals September 26, 2025
Why Facial Features Matter in Writing (And How to Stop Making Your Characters Look Like Blobs)
Posted inDialogues Writing Struggles & Overcoming Them Writing Your First Book

Why Facial Features Matter in Writing (And How to Stop Making Your Characters Look Like Blobs)

A twitching brow, a quivering jaw, a smirk that doesn’t reach the eyes—they all convey emotion, tension, or desire in a way words sometimes can’t.
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Posted by V.S Beals September 21, 2025

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