character development – Lynn Slaughter

Comfort Television

By Lynn Slaughter | April 11, 2018 |

At least for the moment, I’ve O-D’ed on my obsessive binging on early morning political talk shows. Starting each day getting more and more anxious about the state of the world and our national politics wasn’t doing wonders for my blood pressure. So now, when I jump on my exercise bike and start pedaling, I…

Empathy: Essential for Writing… and Life

By Lynn Slaughter | February 18, 2018 |

My professional writing skills students had to pretend to be a swim club manager who was writing a “bad news” letter to a long time member. The recently widowed member was distraught over the loss (probably theft) of her diamond engagement ring while she was swimming. She wanted the club to reimburse her, even though…

Exceptions to Novel Writing Advice

By Lynn Slaughter | February 25, 2017 |

When I got to grad school, one of the first things impressed upon me was that if I wanted to write novels, I needed to pay careful attention to character development.