Angela Ackerman

Angela Ackerman is a writing coach, international speaker, and co-author of The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression and its many sequels. Available in ten languages, her guides are sourced by universities, recommended by agents and editors, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, and psychologists around the world. Angela is also the co-founder of the popular site Writers Helping Writers, as well as One Stop for Writers, a portal to game-changing tools and resources that enable writers to craft powerful fiction.
Want to Build Tension? Encourage the Reader to Ask Questions
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Anticipation—“Will it happen or won’t it?”—keeps readers on edge, and we can make use of their need to know by ...
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Adversaries in Fiction: Who Is Standing in Your Character’s Way?
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Your story’s adversary might come in many shapes or sizes. Most important, ensure that the conflict they present has a ...
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The Inner Struggle: How to Show a Character’s Repressed Emotions
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If a character is repressing an emotion, real-world behaviors can show it. Readers will catch on because they’ll recognize their ...
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Using Dysfunctional Behavior to Reveal Characters’ Emotional Wounds
Using Dysfunctional Behavior to Reveal Characters' Emotional Wounds
Giving characters painful backstory makes them feel credible to readers. But when it comes to describing what happened, many writers ...
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How to Find and Reach Influencers to Help Promote Your Book
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Writing coach Angela Ackerman discusses how influencers can help you market your book, how to identify potential influencers, and how ...
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How Authors Can Find Their Ideal Reading Audience
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Writing coach and author Angela Ackerman discusses techniques for identifying and connecting with your target reading audience ...
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The 7-Step Business Plan for Writers
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Your productivity and growth are a direct result of forming a business plan (and sticking to it); here are 7 ...
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