First, sharpen your knives, next ready your line. Wait. That’s fishing. Have I got your attention? Good, I succeeded. You continued to read to find out where I was going with this. That is the purpose of a good hook—to capture your reader’s attention. I know, you get all of this already, but how do… Continue reading Writing a Good Hook
Tag: advice
Erikson’s Generativity versus Stagnation
Okay. So I'm a day late with this. But, I got it done. Anyways, here's the next piece on applying Erikson's theory to character development. We are on to firm footing in adulthood. This is the second to last stage in Erikson’s Psychosocial Developmental Theory. In middle adulthood, roughly ages 35-60, people hit a stage… Continue reading Erikson’s Generativity versus Stagnation
Erikson’s Autonomy versus Shame
Erikson’s next stage of development is autonomy versus shame. Maybe you don’t want to use the whole trust issue thing. It is a conflict that gets played often in stories. Well, your answer could be in this stage. Coming after the infant trust versus mistrust, autonomy versus shame is all about the toddlers. Remember the… Continue reading Erikson’s Autonomy versus Shame
Erikson’s Trust versus Mistrust
This week I want to take a closer look at Erikson’s first stage of psychosocial development. Trust versus mistrust. Per Erikson, this stage forms the basis for all our psychosocial development as human beings. We need to learn to trust that the world and most people in it are safe and good. As infants, we… Continue reading Erikson’s Trust versus Mistrust
Erickson and Writing
Write what you know. Advice authors have received for who knows how long. But, what is that? Those three sentences got me thinking about that. Then, a couple discussions online about flat characters, difficult dialogue, or struggles with character interactions, got me to connect a few dots. Why am I not using more of my… Continue reading Erickson and Writing
Part author, part artist, all dreamer 