Is she someone cool to hang out with in your opinion? 🤔
✨ Wishlist Knick Knack Stack on Steam! ✨
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No Backstory Bashing Allowed!

Author Lynn Slaughter claims there's no backstory bashing allowed in this area, because it's essential to character development.
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https://www.writersdigest.com/no-backstory-bashing-allowed

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The Fear Thesaurus Is Now Available Everywhere Books Are Sold

Fear is more than just an emotion–it’s also a powerful internal warning system. When a threat is perceived, fear kicks in, alerting a character to possible danger so they can protect themselves. In other words, fear helps them survive. However, over time, fear has a darker influence. It can magnify certain worries, make threats larger...
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https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/05/fear-thesaurus-available-all-stores/

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It's #FollowFriday and today we share the story of our main character!! We love Caroline, and you'll love her too! 🫶

WISHLIST Knick Knack Stack to follow her journey 🥰

👇 Steam page 👇
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Free Workshop: How to Write Fear That Feels Real

Writing authentic fear reactions can be challenging—even when we understand our character well. Why? Because each character has their own personality, background, trauma, and triggers, meaning their fear response to perceived threats will be unique. Showing our character’s fear-driven behavior, choices, and perceptions is a skill worth mastering because fear is a powerful common ground...
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https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/05/free-fear-workshop/

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It's #WishlistWednesday and we cooked some more lore for you today!!! 😈

Meet Catherine 😏
She wields a whip 😱

Wishlist our cozy puzzle game Knick Knack Stack 🫶
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#lore #backstory #cozygames #indiegame #puzzlegames #visualnovel #vampire #catherine #gamedev #indiedev

Fear Thesaurus Expansion at One Stop for Writers + Save 25%

As many of you know, we recently released a new book – The Fear Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to What Holds Characters Back. This volume takes you into the dark world of fear and how it steers your character’s actions, choices, and behavior, reshaping how they see the world, themselves, and what they’re willing to...
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https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/05/fear-thesaurus-expansion/

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