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Don’t make them an emotionless robot.

Can I say, “duh” here? Well, of course, unless there is an emotionless robot character that fans have proven to love. Wait!

That happened. Star Trek anyone? Data?

If you haven’t seen it it’s okay, but if you want to write an emotionless robot that audiences loved you could spend a moment studying the character arc of Data.

So let it be known! A successful male emotionless robot has been written and people loved it!

But seriously, we all have met the quiet, seemingly emotionless type of male before. They seem to not care about anything. They don’t say what they’re thinking or feeling… ever.

So don’t think you can’t write a character that’s like this. There are REAL people walking around today that function mostly in this way.

Now, are they REALLY emotionless? No. They’re probably a little shy. And they probably don’t have much to say, but if you married one, I bet it wouldn’t take long to see them emote sometimes.

But that’s the amazing part of reading a character someone else creates, whether they are male or female.

If you decide to make the “emotionless” father. At some point you might write a scene where we see him crying alone in his room. Our heart starts to break. This strong male figure is crying. He was supposed to be the pillar, but now he’s losing it.

You want to create moments like this. Emotional moments for your reader to latch onto and feel something.

Writing a strong male character that we get to see break is not going to offend most males.

The BIGGEST thing is, stay true to the character you’ve created. Don’t let outside opinions sway you in the wrong direction. (Even mine.) If this opinion causes you to betray the character you are creating, don’t use it on that character.

Don’t make the major mistake of changing the character completely somewhere towards the middle or end of the story. Don’t make them betray everything you’ve made us believe about them at a last second decision.

When you create a character and give them certain habits and traits, naturally we expect it to be hard for them to break away from those habits.

It would make sense if they change some over our journey with them, but not overnight.

So if you write the “secretive,” “doesn’t show much emotion” male, it doesn’t mean we can’t ever see them emote. It just means that they’ll continue to predominantly be that way the entire story. And don’t worry about shying away from making a male character that way.

It’s not offensive. Again, the reason they are written is because writers know people like this or look up to them or even look down on them.

Bonus thought, you can even share some background why they are that way. Maybe you can come up with something interesting to make sense of it in the reader’s mind.

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Don’t waste time talking about their physical features.

I can kind of agree with this. I think it depends more on your genre and target audience.

Personally, I think enough description to get the reader’s imagination going is enough.

“She saw him from across the hallway. They hadn’t made eye contact yet. She immediately noticed how tall he was. She tried not to stare but he was definitely handsome. At least, her type of handsome. Strong cheekbones, fair skin, and as he approached her she could see the green in his eyes. She hoped she wasn’t blushing as he spoke to her.”

Not perfect, but on the fly you can see through our main characters thoughts an outline of what this male looks like and we’re still moving the story forward. We don’t really stop the plot and say, “this is what he looks like.” And after some tweaking and adding a few more physical description points (hair color, maybe clothing style, freckles, etc) while still pushing the plot forward the reader’s imagination will fill in the blanks.

This is general writing advice for this specific point though because obviously the amount of physical that you want to give can change dramatically with genre and target audience.

Exercise: Take some time and study how famous author give enough description and then let readers fill in the blanks with their imagination.

The BIG secret.

In all honesty, if you’re a woman trying to write a man more often than not it is hard to tell that a woman is writing a male character. Men writing women can be a bit more obvious.

J.K. Rowling created some fantastic male characters that were loved by men and women alike.

The only thing women should be concerned about in writing males is if they “hate all males.”

And this goes both ways.

You can tell when an author is sexist, and maybe not for the reasons you might think.

One might assume that if a stereotypical male shows up that the author hates males, but what about the other males? Are there ANY good males? Is the continual running joke always and only directed towards males? Is EVERY male character an idiot? Do they ever poke fun at women too? Is every female character perfect and faultless?

This is how you avoid offending a large majority of the opposite gender. If you’re a female writer that hates all males it’ll be obvious, you’ll make every man have tons of faults and only ever make jokes than belittle men.

If you’re a male writer that hates females you’ll make every female dumb, and only ever make female references that belittles ALL the females in the story.

How do you avoid this?

Make good characters out of both genders. Make bad characters out of both genders. Make jokes about both genders. Be fair.

Here’s a BIG lesson in writing psychology; make your writing fair towards both genders.

If you want to write something that’s just for women then you can poke fun at men all day and vice versa, but if you want to make sure that both men and women enjoy you just have to treat both genders fairly in the story.

Again this doesn’t mean that everyone is perfect. In fact, it means the opposite. Both genders are imperfect and jokes can easily be made about both.

Again think of the office. Both genders are fallible and no one is safe from a jabbing joke. This makes both men and women able to enjoy a show or story.

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Final thoughts.

Don’t bother avoiding stereotypes. As long as you use them to your advantage people will still love the characters or hate them if you want them to.

You can use stereotypes to make people laugh, cry, hate, you can use them to catch the reader’s attention and help them feel whatever way you want them to towards that character.

Don’t worry about making an “emotionless” male character. It has been done well before and can be done well again. After all, as readers, we know they aren’t completely emotionless and we’re waiting for you to show us that.

The amount you focus on physical description is very much contingent on your genre and target audience.

If you want men and women to like your characters, make both sexes have good points and bad points, or poke fun at both of their stereotypical fallacies.

If you choose just one or the other the opposite gender will not enjoy your story as much.

This is just my opinion, you’re entitled to yours. 🙂

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How to Write a Diverse Character in the Midst of a Cancel Culture

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 ~ Jeremy ~ Leave a comment

How to Write a Diverse Character in the Midst of a Cancel Culture

It can be tough in today’s culture to know when and if to write any character given that just about any one of the 7 billion people on the planet could accuse you of being racist, homophobic, genophobic, or any other number of titles that suddenly make you a bad person for trying to be creative and trying to write something you were hoping the world would enjoy and love.

Most writers that I can think of don’t spend their days thinking, “how can I create a character that is so offensive that mass amounts of people will trash me and my writing on social media?”

I can’t think of any, (except maybe Ben Settle, but his marketing is edgy. It’s his thing) But seriously most writers are trying to create entertaining and interesting reads for their audience.

And just so you know, I’m not saying this because it recently happened to me, I just see it happening in general. It even happened to J.K. Rowling recently of all people.

I’m sure she was sitting in her hidden cavern by candle light, plucking away at a typewriter laughing maniacally as she wrote the character she knew would really make people mad.

So in the midst of a culture where any number of 7 billion people can get access to your work, and any amount of them can find reason to be offended about it, how do we write characters AT ALL?

Let’s figure it out together!

You don’t have to be everything in order to write anything.

Some of cancel culture mentality is that you have to be the type of character you are writing about. If you want to write about a white person you have to be a white person. If you want to write about an American Indian, you have to be AMerican Indian. If you want to write about another being from planet mars you have to be from mars…oh wait…no they haven’t said that one yet…hmmmmm…well I’m sure it’s coming soon.

I think you can see my point. If we think like this, we’re saying you can’t write about a spy unless you are or have been a spy. Did you spend 10 years in the military? Did you dodge death at least 20 times? Have you grabbed a grenade out of the air while jumping from a helicopter into a pond teeming with man eating crocodiles and throw the grenade through a fiery hoop and blow up the bad guy?

No? Well sorry then you can’t write about it. Save it for us that have the experience okay buddy?

Of course, I’m being a BIT ridiculous here, but hopefully we can see the point. If we keep saying you can’t write about it unless you are it or have experienced it that really limits the amount of anything any one writer can write about without being attacked.

The character’s color/type/gender/culture doesn’t have to be the focal point of their existence.

Did you go to the store today?

Yes.

Oh my goodness! I didn’t know your type of people do that! That’s fascinating! Why did you go?

Uh…to get food?

Food! Oh my! What kind of food do your kind of people like?

I mean, I like cereal…

OH my! Cereal! This is gold! I’m writing this down! Hang on! I’ll be right back!

For some reason it seems like when we jump on the cnacel culture bandwagon there is this weird need to say that based on a character’s preferences it means they won’t act a certain way or do certain things because of those preferences. And of course this is true, but it’s also not true.

We have to stay away from thinking about people in a herd mentality and think of characters on more of an individual basis.

Let’s talk me for example. All of my family plays tennis. I was expected to also play tennis. It’s in my culture, but when I was little I wanted nothing to do with tennis, because in my little circle, EVERYONE played tennis and I for some reason always wanted to be “different” so I didn’t want to play.

Now if that were some random character a person although meaning well, might say, “that character definitely wouldn’t have chosen not to play tennis. It’s their culture, their heritage. They would have played and been very good, not the other way around.”

Who are we to say what a character that another person is writing would or wouldn’t do?
Real people make INDIVIDUAL decisions all the time. There is literally no limit to the possibilities of a brand new character being added to the universe.

Personally, to put SO many labels on people is a bit counterproductive in my mind. I mean why can’t people just be people that make choices everyday?

Why do they have to be a straight, white, American Indian, that likes to play soccer?

Why can’t they be steve? Why can’t Steve like to play soccer and drink tea with his grandma on saturday mornings? Why can’t Steve like to help his neighbor with their groceries when he sees them pulling into their driveway? Why can’t Steve secretly long to be an alien?

The point is, unless it completely is the focal point of your character on purpose or it is the main points of your plot you don’t have to be as dramatically focused on their gender, color, sexual identity stuff as much as the cancel culture is.

Just write the character you want to and have them make choices about their life based on their specific circumstances, just like a normal person would.

Don’t bother trying to please the “woke police;” try to not write poorly.

I love this advice. No matter what you set out to do, someone will come along and try to put the “hate” on you. These days, you could call these people the “woke police.” Maybe they are a “troll.”

Whoever they are they have too much free time and not enough of it are they using to try to help those nearest to them. They seem angry and like they score the interchannels of social media looking for the next fight to pick. Don’t be these people.

Be someone that creates, not destroys. If we don’t like something, that’s fine, we don’t have to like it. We don’t even have to read it or watch it. It’s okay to be reading something, not like something in it and put it down and go do something else.

We don’t have to be someone that is constantly out for blood.

We don’t have to be afraid of these people that are offended by almost anything and everything. We have to continue to write and think and create. It’s in our DNA.

So don’t set out to please the haters. Set out to write something really entertaining or inspirational. Something you enjoy writing. Do good research and make sure to study your character well and write them in a way that makes others interested in them and the way they make decisions in their specific life and world.

Make sure your characters are convincing. Interact with people from the backgrounds you want to write about. Don’t just google stuff, talk to people too. You never know where your own journey in writing a story about a beloved character might take you.

Write whatever you want and treat people with respect.

When you are writing a character treat them with the honest respect you would anyone. Just because they make morally bad decisions in their journey doesn’t mean you disrespected them. It just means they made some bad choices along the way.

What consequences do they discover? Do they decide to change? Do they continue down a road of continual self-destruction?

These are all interesting questions and if we were constantly worried about what other people think we might never even try to find the answers for these characters. Don’t let the “woke police” stifle your creativity.

People are always going to have opinions and that is NEVER going to change, but here is the funny thing. THEIR OPINIONS CAN AND DO CHANGE.

100 years ago what is offensive now isn’t offensive then. What isn’t offensive now was offensive then. 100 years from now these people will be offended by other things.

We just can’t please everyone’s opinion. It’s ACTUALLY LITERALLY impossible.

So instead of trying to please people, focus on writing amazing characters in amazing stories, with amazing writing.

Final Thoughts

Writing characters is less about specific “groups” of people and more about individuals making their own individual choices for their specific circumstance.

For example, just because someone comes from the south doesn’t mean they’ll always love sweet tea and country music. They also might love those things. That’s okay. They’re an individual that makes individual choices just like everyone else.

That’s the fun of creating a character. You get to decide what they like and what they don’t like. You get to create where they’re from and how they think and why.

In real life, granny may be an assassin. The pastor may be a hypocrite. Junior might be a serial killing machine.

In real life, people of all colors, all types, all preferences, all backgrounds make individual choices.

Do I follow the mob? Do I stay home? Do I watch tv? Do I go out with my friends? Do I date this person or this person?

If our characters were REAL people, the “woke cancel culture” that keeps attacking the next target they find that offends THEM wouldn’t go after them saying, “You can’t make these decisions because you’re defined by your sexuality/color/culture Or whatever.” Now, might they disagree with their personal preferences and choices? Yes. But we should be entitled to our personal opinions and freedoms. (That’s just my opinion.)

Stereotypes in writing aren’t inherently bad. They are real. If you do your research well, YOU WILL FIND STEREOTYPES. That’s why they exist in the first place.

For instance, my family is a stereotypical family. We watch movies WE LIKE. We don’t watch movies and tv we don’t like. My father in law loves bluegrass. That’s stereotypical where he’s from, but THAT’S OKAY. He’s allowed to like bluegrass and if someone got inspiration to write a character after him, if they wrote about his love for bluegrass is that wrong?

The problem is people are constantly searching for ways to be offended. The problem is NOT creative writers that want to write diverse characters. The problem is not writers that are curious about lifestyles and cultures they weren’t raised in.

Characters used to be fun and a blank slate and you could study anyone and find really amazing stuff to write about.

Now writers feel trepid and avoid writing certain things because they don’t want to be attacked by the mob that “who knows what they’ll be offended by next week?”

In a truly free creative space, NOTHING is off limits.

One of the key things is, don’t become one of these “cancel everything that offends you” people.

And if someone writes something you don’t like or agree with, YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE IT OR AGREE WITH IT. IT’S OKAY. 🤣

But we can agree to disagree and still get along peacefully without trying to attack people for trying to be creative and write.

Instead work on honing your skill as a writer. Be so good that people can’t ignore you.

But that’s just my opinion and you’re welcome to disagree with it if you like 🤙

Please feel free to leave a comment on what you agree and disagree with in this post.

How are you going to write your next interesting character in the midst of a cancel culture?

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Powerful Words that give the feeling of Sacred

5 Powerful Words that feel “Sacred” + Writing Prompts

December 22, 2020December 25, 2020 ~ Jeremy ~ Leave a comment

5 Powerful Words that feel Sacred + Writing Prompts

When it comes to writing copy and stories word choices matter. Choosing certain words help bring certain feeling, tone, and voice.

See if these powerful words will help you give the feel of “sacred” to your sentences.

Unveiled

After centuries of the mask being hidden behind the walls of the tomb, its secret was unveiled.

Hidden

The benefits of this superfood have been hidden in the wilds of the unreachable amazon jungle until now.

Confidential

“This briefing is strictly confidential. Any information leaked out of this room could be catastrophic for this firm and your jobs.”

Locked

That door is kept locked forever for a reason. No one has ever attempted to unlock it and it will remain that way for all eternity.

Concealed

“Her whereabouts have been concealed from the general public to hopefully save her life at this time.”

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Write powerful words to help your reader feel a certain way towards characters, situations, and events.

Use the powerful word in a natural way that comes across organic and smoothly. Do not force it. Just let it flow in the best way possible.

Power words are good for pivotal dialogue moments. They are good to consider for fiction as well as non-fiction. You can use them, but choose the right moments for them.

Use power words to take your reader’s attention.

Draw their eyes and attention to where you want it the most.

Wake the reader up from zoning out while they are reading your piece.

Use power words strategically to get them from idea to idea.

Use “sacred” power words that are easy to understand but pack a punch compared to other boring words that don’t give the reader much feeling.

Write powerful words to keep your sentences interesting to your reader.

Don’t lose them by not drawing their attention back from losing focus.

When doing freelance writing projects use power words to write better-converting headlines and subject lines.

In blogging, use power words in the titles and subheadings.

In emails, use them in headlines and subject lines.

Don’t overdo it. Don’t try to force too many into any one sentence unless it calls for it.

Hopefully, this fast short post helps you think through some of your own writing and where you can incorporate simple power words in a meaningful, natural, and effective way.

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What is the Setting of Your Story? Everything You Want to Know About Writing an Amazing Setting

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 ~ Jeremy ~ Leave a comment

What is the Setting of Your Story? Everything You Want to Know About Writing an Amazing Setting.

What is the setting? What makes a great setting? What type of setting draws the reader in? How do I describe my setting without boring my reader to death?

These are some great questions to start with when you are thinking about your setting.

So let’s dive in.

What is the setting?

“A setting (or backdrop) is the time and geographic location within a narrative, either nonfiction or fiction. It is a literary element. The setting initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story. The setting can be referred to as story world[1] or milieu to include a context (especially society) beyond the immediate surroundings of the story. Elements of setting may include culture, historical period, geography, and hour. Along with the plot, character, theme, and style, setting is considered one of the fundamental components of fiction.” – Source

Thanks Wikipedia! That was thoughtful!

When you are thinking about your setting, another way to think about it is you’re thinking about world building.

Was your character born and raised in this world? Did they get transported here? If they did get transported where did they come from originally?

The setting of your story and the setting your character is in during the story can change. If your story is one where people can transport in and out of worlds then that fact is a part of the story setting, (A universe where characters can transport in and out of other worlds.)

But at any certain moment of your story your setting could be mushroom land, or it might be fairy land. So you have to think about two different kinds of settings in this scenario. Think about the overarching setting of the universe your characters are in and then the subsetting could be the world or part of the world your character finds themselves at any given moment.

This is similarly true with stories that don’t world jump. Your story could be a pirate ship and following their journey. Some subsetting would be time at sea, whereas another subsetting would be going assure. And even further subsetting would be the setting of stormy seas compared to sunny day, nice breeze settings.

It’s important to understand how this makes the reader feel. If the character is going through a really tough time at sea with cold weather and stormy seas this will give the story a much different feel than if the character were relaxing on a sunny beach somewhere.

When choosing your setting for any particular moment, be sure to understand what your reader will see in the their mind and how this affects their feelings.

What time is it?

Did you mean time or time period? Great question.

A key part of our setting is the time period. This gives a BIG BROAD brush stroke on how the reader will feel about the story and the type of imagery they see.

If it’s 2020, they might think of Covid 19! Everything is canceled! Trump Vs. Biden! If it’s 1887 you might have to do some history research and blatantly tell them a bit more about what is going on in the world and what people are wearing. You might have to tell them where the economy is at. If it’s 2457, you’ll definitely have to make some stuff up and tell them about how people no longer have bodies, they all live in tubes! (Ewww, imagining everyone living in tubes gives a very eerie feeling.)

Understanding what time of the day it is also important. If it’s late it could be dark. If it’s early the sun could be rising. If they are in a different galaxy, does it ever get dark or light? And What’s the regular temperature? This is all important to the setting and how it makes the reader feel.

What is the place?

We already covered a bit of the place, but here’s a list just to be a bit more helpful and specific:

Places can have permanent change or momentary change. The stormy sea is momentary. The building blowing up is permanent. (They could build a new one, but it’ll never be exactly the same.)
Places give restrictions. A place has boundaries. Are they in a prison or a spaceship? Are they on a planet but can’t get below the surface? Are they underwater but can’t get to the air?
Places play a big role in mood. A dark gloomy mountain is much more ominous than a happy sunny beach. You can toy with these ideas by making a happy sunny beach turn into a murder scene or having a happy reuniting of two lost characters on the base of a gloomy dark mountain. You can use the setting to give a helpful feeling you want or you can use it to through the reader into curious suspense. (Is this a good or bad scene?! What a nail biter!)

Research your place and time.

DO NOT make stuff up if you are doing some type of historical fiction. You can make up the characters and the story, but the scene and the time have parameters that make sense to a reader and unless you tell them they are in an alternate universe they won’t buy what you’re selling if you can’t do decent research.

Of course if you are inventing everything then you don’t have to do a ton of research, but I find that most readers like a little truth in their fiction. They like to learn something cool about their reality even if they are trying to briefly escape it.

If you write about a scuba instructor that crashes on an island and has to survive 45 days. I find that most readers want you to throw in some fun true facts about scuba diving and how this instructor uses their specific skill set to survive.

Do your research and write something thoughtful.

Some helpful tips for research:

Internet research is helpful
Find 3D tours to go to places you are writing about
Read blogs from people that have actually been there
Pick 3 books from your local library (most local libraries are free)
Find social communities on FB, reddit, twitter, where people actually talk about the places and times you are writing into your story
Use Google street view

Research the idioms.

Idioms are basically sayings.

A good example is Jesus’ words about if a person has a good eye or a bad eye. (I’m paraphrasing) He says that a person full of light will have a good eye, but a person with a bad eye will be full of darkness.

Can you guess what that means?

Without knowing the History and culture of the time, this would be very hard to guess exactly what that means.

But to the people of the time it was just a saying they were used to everyday, and that’s why Jesus said it to them. It was a simple teaching. Back then, 2000 years ago in Israel, if you told someone they had a good eye, that meant they were a generous person. If they had a bad eye it meant they were a greedy person.

So the lesson would be that good generous people used their eyes to look at people and look for ways to give to them, whereas people full of darkness or bad would look at their neighbors greedily and think how can I take from them.

This was a simple idiom or phrase from 2000 years ago. Let’s look at another example:

They just “kicked the bucket.” Now you may have heard this saying before in the 21st century and it simply means the person has passed away or died, but if someone read that and translated it 2000 years from now, they may be very confused.

They might think the character involved literally used their foot and kicked a bucket.

You can use phrases like this in your dialogue.

What’s the dialogue?

Dialogue is actually very important to the setting. As I made the point above depending on what place and time you are in the idioms and common everyday phrases might be different and you have to be the one to decide how different they will be and how you will translate them for the reader.

Reading Shakespeare, you may need an interpreter. Reading Jane Austin there is a good bit of timely phrases as well.

Use the time and place to match your dialogue and really give your reader an experience of stepping into the setting you are trying to create for them.

If you nail the time and place but the dialogue of the characters doesn’t match you’ll have really missed some brownie points on the setting score scale.

Give small injections of the setting.

Don’t do giant paragraph drops of setting on the first pages or paragraphs of your story. We have to learn when and how to inject settings.

Bad example: “The castle was a stone castle. It was 400 feet tall. It had vines growing up. It was dark and cloudy. It started to rain. Tracey walked up to the castle.”

Good example: “Tracey stepped up to the castle. She could see her breath for the first time. Without warning thunder struck and it caused her to jump. The first couple rain drops hit her shoulders. They felt like icy fingers that wouldn’t let go. She looked up the castle wall, her eyes following the vines that had grown innumerable over time. She didn’t want to go in, but she had nowhere else to go. She reached out for the handle of the door.”

Okay, so it’s not an amazing example and needs lots of editing, but I think it gives the point. We have to inject the setting into our story as the plot moves forward. We don’t have to stop the plot to get the reader to imagine our setting and we shouldn’t. We should also be revealing more about the character through the setting and time. These things should be happening all the time to keep the readers interested in continuing the story.

Do you want to know what happens next to Tracey as she touches the door handle?

If yes, then it’s as simple as that and we’ve done our job as a writer. If no, then we have more work to do in getting this scene ready to entertain a reader!

Take notes.

This should be a normal part of any writer’s life. As we research we should also be writing and recording our findings. ESPECIALLY things we want to throw directly into the story.

If I’m writing about New Zealand and I’m surfing through Google view and I find the perfect market place for a scene I have in mind I need to stop and start writing.

These notes don’t have to be perfect. In fact, I recommend they don’t be. But we need to continue to practice how to describe what we see in words. If I find the perfect place for my scene, I need to stop and write out what it looks like.

I then need to picture my character in it. What are they doing? Do they stand far back from vendors and just look? Do they go up and touch and handle items? Do they talk to vendors and make small talk?

These are important to revealing the character through the settings we put them in. and it all ties together.

Final thoughts:

The setting is the time and place where we find your characters. This is both the overarching setting of the story and the individual subsettings we see them in over time in the story.

Remember to not only think about the time period, but the time of the day for any given scene. (Especially if they time travel 🙂 )

Do your research. Don’t be lazy with research. Not every writer will like research, but some will love it. Look into the place, time, and language for any given potential story plot.

While you are doing research be sure to take time to start writing down descriptions of places and times and how your character would interact with them and why. If you know why your character would make small talk with a random vendor in New Zealand, then you know how to get your reader to see why without always telling them why. (Or vice versa, the character might do something and your reader doesn’t know why, but is curious. This gives you the opportunity to keep them hooked for a moment while you figure out how to tell them.)

Once you have all your ingredients from your research, learn to inject them into places over time in the story. Always be moving the story along and adding extra to the plot by placing the character into the settings and showing how they would interact with it. As you show how they interact with their setting your reader will get to know them on a personal level and they will love your writing style for being able to get to know characters without you literally having to tell them about their personalities.

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One Sure-Fire Way to Stand Out as a Copywriter

December 20, 2020December 25, 2020 ~ Jeremy ~ Leave a comment

1 Sure-Fire Way to Stand Out as a Copywriter

If you’re reading this, you are either a copywriter, Freelance Writer, or you’re curious about starting a career as a copywriter.

For whatever reason you are here, you are here to find out how to best stand out from other copywriters in a busy marketing space.

And I’m going to tell you.

Tonight my family did a yearly traditional thing.

We went to a baseball field in town and watched the town fireworks for the Fourth of July.

A lot of families did. We weren’t the only ones.

You must know. This is my wife’s family and we’ve been married about five years.

Five years may sound like a long time but I still learn new stuff about them all the time.

For instance, they come from Amish heritage. For those of you who don’t know Amish, they have large families and mostly stay in the same communities for generations.

Almost every family reunion I meet more and more of my wife’s cousins. There has to be like 300 of them.

All that to say, there are many occasions where I’m learning new things about them and meeting new people.

Anyways we go to this baseball field in town with lawn chairs to sit and watch the town fireworks.

When we get there, there aren’t a lot of other people yet, but everyone is sitting OUTSIDE the baseball field.

Naturally I assume WE will also sit outside the fenced off area of the baseball field.

But all three families get out of their cars and walk up along the fence and take their camping chairs right up into the center of the field and plop down with all their blankets, snacks, chairs, and everything.

Now me being the introvert that I am, I start to feel a weeeee bit self conscious.

I barely gather the strength to look behind me to see all the people potentially staring, thinking bad thoughts about us because we had the audacity to sit IN THE MIDDLE of the field that everyone else was politely sitting outside of.

I turned to my wife and whispered, “Hey, are we allowed to be in here. Why are we the ONLY ONES in here?”

She laughed, “Jeremy, it’s fine. We’ve been doing this for years. Sometimes others come in too. I don’t know why they don’t come in. They could if they wanted to.”

“They could if they wanted to.”

I wanted to repeat what she said there because it doesn’t apply to just watching fireworks on the Fourth of July in an Amish decent town in the Midwest. It also applies to standing out as a copywriter.

You see, 99% of people that try to write copy aren’t going to do well and the reason is simple.

They aren’t going to stand out.

The sad thing is, they could if they wanted to and it’s very simple to do so.

Well if it’s so simple then how Jeremy?

Be yourself. (So cliché.)

Tis true. It is quite cliché, but nonetheless EXTREMELY TRUE. (That’s probably why it’s a cliché. Clichés are usually true, which is why they get repeated so much and thus become cliché.)

But don’t be so quick to throw out the baby cliché with the copy bathwater.

Let’s think about it.

99% of copywriters are going to tell potential clients that they have amazing reviews.
They are going to tell them that they have a money-back guarantee.
They are going to tell them that they only have “until midnight tonight!” to sign up to work with them to create scarcity.

These are tactics that work, but EVERY copywriter knows this.

You will probably say these things too and stats show that you should, but if everyone is saying all the right things with the right tactics then what makes your offer any better? What makes YOU stand out?

It’s like the foundation of sales and copywriting. It’s like the chicken and rice in chicken and rice.

It’s what you add to the simple chicken and rice dish that makes it stand out, that makes it unique and different.

You could have chicken and rice with “Old Bay” seasoning, or you could have it with salsa, or you could have it with BBQ sauce.

There are actually a lot of ways to do it, but each way taste different therefore you want to try it different ways.

The only thing you have is your unique style and voice, and I don’t mean the one you’re going to use on their copy. I mean the one you’re going to let them see in your copy.

What do you mean my copy, Jeremy?

Where do you find clients? Upwork? Your own website? Do you have an email list? Do you blog? Do you use social media? Do you leave guest posts on other people’s blogs?

No matter where you are going to find clients you need to find a way to let them get to know you a little bit and make your writing that they find entertaining in ways that only you can.

They need to be able to see you as an individual, not just another writer offering them a money-back guarantee.

You may think this is difficult, but it is actually the easiest thing if you just know what you’re doing.

I do it in my posts all the time.

Let me throw some ideas at you that you can add to your copy today that’ll instantly make you stand out from the herd.

Copywriting ideas to make you stand out:

– Include a personal life story (like the one I told you.)

What happens to you on a daily basis is personal and you have the right to tell no one about it. But if you decide to share a story it’ll be much easier for a potential client to remember you compared to other copywriting prospects that don’t share anything personal.

– Don’t forget that there is a human emotional element.

Don’t forget that when you’re looking for prospective “clients” that “client” is such an impersonal way to say “another human that owns a business and wants help.”

To stand out use this to your advantage to get more jobs with people and use this to help your clients get more sales and customers as well.

Use your client’s personality, stories, and branding to give their copy a personality that will stand out better then their competition.

Conclusion

To make yourself and your clients stand out from the rest of the marketing crowd inject personality into your own copywriting and into the projects you do for your clients.

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5 Powerful Words that Feel “Secret” + Writing Prompts

December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 ~ Jeremy ~ Leave a comment

5 Powerful Words that feel Secret + Writing Prompts

Exclusive

“Their group is extremely exclusive. I tried to sit at their table once. Without saying a word they actually all stopped talking and got up and walked away and sat at another table. I was mortified. I just got up and left the cafeteria.”

Myth

“Everyone said it was just a myth but I don’t know anymore.”

“I know what you mean. I mean can you explain that?”

“No. No, I can’t. And I don’t even want to try to. Let’s just get out of here.”

Smuggled

We smuggled 300 Christian women and children out of the country that week. The government imprisoned 5,000. It was a devastating time for everyone.

Hush

“Listen. I already told you everything I can. So why don’t you just hush up about it?!”

“Why are you being so forceful and rude?”

“Because we are on a train and I don’t know who will hear you.”

Hidden

“The pathway is hidden from all the unworthy and only one individual will know how to find the way. It has been kept secret for generations, but now that someone has come looking for it I have a feeling it is announcing its secret to the one who knows the way!”

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Use these power words to help your reader feel secretive towards characters or situations.

Use the powerful word in a natural way that comes across as organic and smooth. Don’t force it. Just let it flow.

Power words are good for pivotal dialogue moments. They are good to consider for fiction as well as non-fiction.

Use power words to take your reader’s attention.

Draw their eyes and attention to where you want it the most.

Wake the reader up from zoning out while they are reading your piece.

Use power words strategically to get them from one idea to the next.

Use secret power words that are easy to understand but that pack a punch compared to other boring words.

Write powerful words to keep your sentences interesting to your reader.

Don’t lose them by not drawing their attention back from losing focus.

When doing freelance writing projects use power words to write better-converting headlines and subject lines.

In blogging use power words in the titles and subheadings.

In emails use them in headlines and subject lines.

Don’t overdo it. Don’t try to force too many into any one sentence unless it calls for it.

Hopefully, this fast short post helps you think through some of your own writing and where you can incorporate secretive power words in a meaningful, natural, and effective way.

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How to Beat Writer’s Block as a Copywriter

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 ~ Jeremy ~ Leave a comment

How to Beat Writer’s Block as a Copywriter

Do professional copywriters suffer from writer’s block?

Do Starbucks’ Caramel Frappuccino’s taste delicious in July?

That’s a resounding yes! (I may or may not be writing this sitting outside at a Starbucks sipping something delicious in July…)

I personally think that 99% of people that decide to go into a writing career will face writer’s block almost daily.

So what do the professional copywriters do to beat writer’s block?

Some say they need to sit down and write whatever pops into their to get their ideas free.

Example: “the blue sky is very blue and that cloud looks like a bunny with a silver tooth. Dinner was delicious.”

In my case, I don’t think this type of practice is going to free me up as a copywriter to start writing converting copy.

Take a walk.

I’m not going to say that this doesn’t help.

Getting the blood pumping especially when you’re stuck on something as a freelance writer can be very helpful to clear your mind.

It has been proven time and time again that getting regular exercise really helps you think and problem solve, so no argument on that one.

I think taking a walk could help but I don’t know that it is going to magically give you conversion copy ideas that copywriters need on the job.

Customer research.

100% yes.

Customer research will always help a copywriter get through writer’s block.

Write about the customer’s problem that the product solves.

Any time you are trying to find something to write about as a copywriter working for yourself or a client writing about the customer’s problem you can almost never go wrong.

The more research you do and the more problems you uncover that you can talk about that are relevant to what they are struggling through the better the copy will be.

Cover extensively your customer’s problems as a copywriter and you will not run out of stuff to write about and your copywriting will convert better.

Look into your market.

A dive into your market and what’s going on there will help you not just write copy, but write more converting copy.

Give your email list a survey.

Having your list fill out a survey will give you plenty of words to say about the project you are trying to get through.

Ask your client questions about their product.

Ask your client how they got started and why?

Is there an interesting story involved?

Give your client a survey.

Coming up with a client survey will not only give you great material to work with, but it will also make you look much more thorough and professional than your competitors.

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Word Choice | The Mindset to Make Wise Word Choices

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 ~ Jeremy ~ Leave a comment

Word Choice | The Mindset to Make Wise Word Choices

As writers, we must grasp the importance and value of word choices. I don’t care if you’re an author, freelance writer, copywriter, magazine article writer, college student, high school student, teacher, or someone writing a Christmas card.

We write words for a purpose. We want the words we write to have an impact.

We want an emotional reaction, someone to act, a good grade, to please our client or agent. More often than not word choices highly affect the outcomes of our wording endeavors.

Choosing the right words is crucial for success.

Sometimes you sit down and write your heart out and then you go back to reread. You cringe over the wording. What happened?!

Your voice sounds like a highschooler in 1999…

At the same time, you find that some of your sentences are clunky and have words that don’t flow well.

Where is the happy place between our word choices being underwhelming or over-the-top?

Hopefully these tips and tricks will help you find your perfect writer’s voice.

1Make better word choices by understanding storytelling.

No matter what type of writing or public speaking you’re in, knowing how to be an amazing storyteller is the key to success in most fields.

When you understand the bones of your story, choosing the right words is just adding the meat to the bones.

If the bones of your story are bad then it won’t matter what words you choose. You could make the best word choices for the entire story and in the end, it would be for nothing because your story still wouldn’t make any sense or draw in a crowd.

2Expand your vocabulary.

In order to make better word choices, you have to grow the number of words you have access to.

Most people would say “read more.” And this is definitely true, but in reality, it’s easier to figure out better word choices nowadays.

Just Google it. Use a thesaurus online.

You could say, “Thank you for inviting us into your beautiful home. It was very pretty and you both treated us well.”

Or you could say something like, “Thank you for inviting us into your charming home. It was adorable and you both treated us with such care during our stay with you. We hope to do it again soon!”

I just Googled, synonyms for beautiful, pretty, lovely, and well to find those alternate word choices, that I liked better.

The example could still be tweaked a little, but being able to look up synonyms for overused words is very handy and will save you a good chunk of time compared to just vaguely “reading more.”

3Use words that are less vague.

There literally are better word choices in the sense that what we are trying to say could be better communicated by words that are closer to the meaning of what we want to say.

“The doctor told the patient they had Werewolf Syndrome, also called Hypertrichosis, or Ambras Syndrome.”

Or you could say, “The doctor diagnosed the patient with Hypertrichosis, also known as Ambras syndrome or Werewolf Syndrome.”

Both sentences work, but to say “diagnosed,” instead of “the patient had” gives the sentence more feeling toward being in the actual scene.

4It’s a part of your writer’s voice.

I’m going to make this very obvious. We may not realize it at first, but the phrases and word choices we make in our daily writing actually shape our writer’s voice for the reader.

Have you ever written a project and then reread it to yourself out loud?

How does it sound?

Does it sound different than you thought it would?

Or does it sound like you?

Some writers choose completely simple words all the time and use certain phrases often. Some writers choose more paramount words, while others choose ambiguous words.

Personally, I mostly use simple words. I find it to be a better way to get more points across. I don’t usually use words like, “paramount and ambiguous.” Those words are nice, but they may mean someone might get lost in the translation instead of just easily understanding what I’m literally trying to communicate to them.

But then again, I don’t always choose the “simplest” words. I could have said, “what I’m trying to say to them.” These are very simple word choices. But just as a personal preference I like to use words like “literally” and “communicate.” I use words like these in my everyday life, so it feels like I’m talking to someone nearly as closely as I would if we were getting a cup of coffee together and I was sharing something with them in person.

By making choices like these, this is how you will find your writer’s voice and it is an enjoyable process.

5Wordiness or no wordiness?

It really depends on what you’re writing. As a blogger, I can actually use “wordiness” to make my writer’s voice stand out.

There are also times where I use less “wordiness” to make a point. So I use this aspect to make my writer’s voice unique by choosing when to be wordy and when not to be wordy.

You too can use this to your advantage as a writer. There is no one way in most types of writing. (If it is extremely academic, you probably want to be less wordy for the most part. Pointless phrases might get you B’s instead of extra chuckles from your professor.)

But as a copywriter or an author, the amount of “wordy” you are can help or hurt your writing.

An author can be too wordy at the wrong times and bore their reader. Or they could not use enough words and leave the reader confused.

An author can also use “wordiness” to show that characters have different personalities and patterns of speech.

Jamie said, “I don’t like the way you’ve dressed today.

Whereas Kate might say, “Boy, you sure do dress funny.”

Both are communicating the same idea, but their word choices and “wordiness” are different because they are different people.

Don’t make the mistake of making your character sound just like the narrator (unless they are the narrator, of course.)

Final thoughts.

Focus on understanding the overarching story or message you are trying to give to your reader and word choices will make more sense to you.

Don’t be afraid to type in “synonyms for…” into your search engine or smartphone.

Choose words that are less vague. Some words have a better meaning for the feeling that you’re trying to give the sentence.

The words, phrases, and “wordiness” you choose have a profound effect on your writer’s voice. Understand this and choose according to how you want your reader to perceive you.

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How to Create Injustice for the Setting of a Story

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 ~ Jeremy ~ Leave a comment

How to Create Injustice for the Setting of a Story

If you want to give your reader the feeling of major injustice in the setting of a story, you have to create injustice on a small and large scale.

The two ways we can think about this is if we want our injustice to start out hidden and it is uncovered over time. Or we can make the injustice very obvious and the society could be riddled with it at the start.

Either way, if it is a part of our setting that means at some point the reader will get the sense that injustice runs rampant and it’s more than our main character can handle on their own. It’s an obstacle that our characters have no choice but to face, whether they like it or not.

Use these tips to try to give yourself more ideas for the type of injustices you want to portray in your story setting.

Kidnaps

A world where kidnappings are rampant is a fearful one.

Do your main characters have children that are kidnapped? Or are they the kidnapped children?

Orphaned

In this setting, the world is full of orphans.

None of them know why they don’t know who their parents are or why they are gone.

One day a child appears that remembers their parents and how they all went missing.

Sex trafficking

Sex trafficking is horrific and so unjust for the victims.

Does your character know personally some who has been sex trafficked?

Have they been a victim themself?

Are they a person that knows the major players in the trade and puts themself and their loved ones at risk to go after them?

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Rape

Rape in any character’s story is awful and should be handled with care.

What happens to your main characters and why does rape affect their lives, were they the victim or someone they know?

Do they live in a culture where rape is often or do they live in a culture where it happens in secret and to expose it could be dangerous for them?

Adulterous

Does your main character commit adultery? Are they cheated on instead?

Does this lead to divorce?

Does it lead to the reconciliation of the marriage?

How does it affect the children?

Do they live in court because of the divorce? Do they find a way to live cordially with one another even though this heinous act of betrayal is between them?

To keep your reader wondering what will happen next, create unjust scenarios for your fictional characters.

By creating settings like these your reader will naturally be interested to see what happens next and how it turns out for those involved.

Be realistic about the consequences that could naturally flow from settings like these.

Use these events and settings to add depth and intrigue to the story.

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My Story I’m Writing is Too Similar to Another! What Do I Do?!

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My Story I’m Writing is Too Similar to Another! What Do I Do?!

Is there a feeling worse than when you’re in the middle of writing your story, and you see something eerily similar to what you’re writing?

What do you do?

People tend to say, “it’s okay. No story is really original.” And “it’s about how you write it and what you bring that’s new to the table.” But that doesn’t really cover the fact that we’ve put so much work into it and now it feels like it might have been a waste of time.

I had this happen to me recently. I was in the middle of a story that’s been rattling around in my head for years. Was finally putting some real work into it. I loved the challenges and twists I had imagined.

And then one day a major movie came out: “Endgame.”

I was so disappointed because this movie was huge and one of the major things I loved about my story was in this movie that now THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE was watching. 😱

(Okay, maybe just earth beings…)

Without a moment’s notice I felt like anyone who read my book would be like, “this is just a copy of endgame.”

And I’d be like, “No! I started writing this before that movie came out! I swear!.” And they’d walk away not believing me.

Oh the torment I suffered in those moments.

And all that to say, I know how it feels.

But it’s okay.

Take a deep breath. Let it out. Remain calm.

Hopefully these tips will help you.

You can now stop doubting your creativity.

What just happened? My idea just came out and I thought it was unique. Now everyone will just think I’m a rip off.

But let’s turn this doubting psychology on its head.

An idea just like yours had uniquely come into the world and the world loved it.

Do you get what I’m saying?

You know the saying, “great minds think alike.”

Your mind and this other creator’s mind came up with the same great idea.

So now you don’t have to constantly struggle with doubting your own ideas.

You have been given a great mind for creating things.

Now “the early bird does get the worm.” So for next time, don’t doubt your ideas. And when they come, move quickly and strike first.

Get your story out there and into the world and just see what happens.

Don’t doubt the creativity you’ve been given.

Keep creating anyway.

One of the best ways to turn critics away is to keep on creating and ignore them. Many successful people do this every day.

“Those that are loud are not always smart.”

Smart people keep creating and are kind to others. Dumb people are mean spirited and don’t create much. They mostly look to destroy which in turn ends up destroying their own happiness. It’s a really sad cycle.

Don’t be like them. Ignore them. Try to help some. But definitely keep creating.

If people loved one story, they’ll love stories like it.

Most often, a good idea is just a good idea.

Some people may say “rip off!” But for the thousands that will just enjoy the story for what it is, you’re better off to ignore the time wasting nay-sayers and finish the darn thing.

Why do so many people continue to consume vampire and werewolf stories? “It’s so unoriginal.” They say.

Because they were great monster ideas that can be used over and over again and people still find it entertaining and interesting.

So if anything, if your idea is succeeding somewhere else you can almost bet that yours will do well with a large audience too.

Now you can make the idea better.

Since it came out and you saw it and others saw it. You can actually survey people.

What did you think about that movie?

Did you like it when they did that one thing?

Did it come across cheesy when they did this?

What would make it better?

Questions like that can be really telling. Since you’re still in the middle of your story you have time to tweak things a little to make your version even better and more crowd pleasing.

People that have succeeded on a grand scale have stories that are eerily similar to theirs.

J. K. Rowling and The Good Witch for one.

Any Dracula story.

The Mummy.

Many successful stories we have today are just remakes of older stories.

All the Cinderellas.

Star Trek.

Star Wars.

Ocean’s Eleven.

Wicked and The Wizard of Oz.

It goes to show, just because ours is similar doesn’t mean it’ll flop. If anything it means it might do better than we think.

It’s actually an advantage when trying to publish.

Did you know one of the headlines for Jurassic Park?

It said something like, “It’s the Jaws of the dinosaurs!”

This type of headline will make any Jaws fans want to see it.

So if you can say something like, “Fans of the Narnia series will love this.” It proves there’s a market for your story. Agents will be more interested in checking it out.

People actively look for books, movies, and TV shows that are similar to what they’ve seen and loved.

Think about your own media consumption.

Ever been looking for a new show on Netflix in the “because you watched this” category? 😏

Exactly.

Final Thoughts:

If something came out that is similar to your story and it did well, just be confident that you had a great idea as well.

Now take time to ask people about it and what could make it even more entertaining. Tweak your story so that it still has the major great ideas but is told in a better way.

Know and feel confident in the fact that there is already a market out there that is not primed and looking for your story because it is similar to something they’ve already enjoyed and love.

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