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The Psychology of Backstory & How to Use It in Your Writing to Hook Readers (Creative Academy Guides for Writers)
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Compelling characters are what keeps readers turning pages and buying books—from fantasies to mysteries to the great literary novel. But how to do you create characters that feel three-dimensional and real on the page? Counsellor and author Eileen Cook shares common psychological techniques to help you build your characters and take your story to the next level.
This book covers understanding your character's backstory and how it impacts their choices in your book by doing a structured counselling interview, personality structure (Myers-Briggs and emotional intelligence), and how that may lead to conflict, and dissecting the Stages of Change to see how your character moves through them .
Filled with practical tips, examples, and prompts, this is a guide you will return to over and over.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Eileen Cook (P)2022 Echo Point Books & Media, LLCLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Dr. Steve Peters explains that we all have a being within our minds that can wreak havoc on every aspect of our lives. He calls this being "the chimp," and it can work either for you or against you. The Chimp Paradox contains an incredibly powerful mind management model that can help you be happier and healthier, increase your confidence, and become a more successful person. This audiobook will help you to recognize how your mind is working, understand and manage your emotions and thoughts, and become the person you would like to be.
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The best way to describe this book is it's an Owners Manual for People.
- De Michael en 08-14-15
De: Dr. Steve Peters
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The Courage Habit
- How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life
- De: Kate Swoboda, Bari Tessler MA
- Narrado por: Kate Marcin
- Duración: 5 h y 27 m
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In The Courage Habit, certified life coach Kate Swoboda offers freedom from the outdated belief that one must be fearless in order to live courageously. Instead, she defines courage as a willingness to act on what we want in spite of our fears and offers an evidence-based program to help readers conquer their inner critic, overcome worries, increase resilience, work toward their highest aspirations, and make courage a habit every day.
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People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys
- De: Mike Bechtle
- Narrado por: Mike Bechtle
- Duración: 5 h y 32 m
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You don't have to be controlled by difficult people! Strange as it may seem, other people are not nearly as committed to our happiness as we are. In fact, sometimes it seems like they’re on a mission to make us miserable! There’s always that one person. The one who hijacks our emotions. The one who seems to thrive on drama. If we could just “fix” that person, everything would be better. But we can’t fix other people. We can only make choices about ourselves.
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Riddles With Religious Overtones
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De: Mike Bechtle
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It's Not My Fault
- The No-Excuse Plan to Put You in Charge of Your Life
- De: Henry Cloud, John Townsend
- Narrado por: Henry Cloud, John Townsend
- Duración: 6 h y 18 m
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Using eight principles, a variety of true stories and their years of experience as professional psychologists, Cloud and Townsend enlighten readers on how to make empowering choices-and how to build the life they want to live. It may seem impossible but it's true: taking personal responsibility is not only liberating, it is the best-and perhaps the only-way for a person to get what they really want out of life.
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TOP BOOK of 2009
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Finding Your Own North Star
- Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live
- De: Martha Beck
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 14 h y 46 m
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As the creator of Life Designs, Inc., Martha Beck has helped hundreds of clients find their own North Stars and figure out how to fulfill their potential and create joyful lives through her lectures, seminars, and one-on-one counseling. In this book she shares her step-by-step program that will guide you to fulfill your own potential.
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De: Martha Beck
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Commit to Win
- How to Harness the Four Elements of Commitment to Reach Your Goals
- De: Heidi Reeder PhD
- Narrado por: Heidi Reeder PhD
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
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What do you need besides motivation and willpower? In Commit to Win, Heidi Reeder, PhD, unpacks over forty years of research by psychologists and economists to show that the key to reaching any goal, whether it’s to hit the gym more often or to finally quit that dead-end job, isn’t motivation, willpower, or determination. It’s commitment. Busting the myths most of us believe about commitment, Reeder shows that it all comes down to four variables.
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Practical, but misses passion
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De: Heidi Reeder PhD
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The Science of Stuck
- Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward
- De: Britt Frank LSCSW
- Narrado por: Sasha Heinz, Britt Frank LSCSW
- Duración: 7 h y 8 m
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We all experience stuckness in our lives. We feel stuck in our relationships, career paths, body struggles, addiction issues, and more. Many of us know what we need to do to move forward—but find ourselves unable to take the leap to make it happen. And then we blame and shame ourselves, and stay in a loop of self-doubt that goes nowhere. The good news is you’re not lazy, crazy, or unmotivated. In this empowering and action-oriented guide, you’ll discover why we can’t think our way forward—and how to break through what’s holding us back.
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Mental health is a physical process
- De Meagen G. en 04-18-22
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Hero on a Mission
- A Path to a Meaningful Life
- De: Donald Miller
- Narrado por: Donald Miller
- Duración: 5 h y 20 m
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There are four characters in every story: the victim, the villain, the hero, and the guide. These four characters live inside us. If we play the victim, we’re doomed to fail. If we play the villain, we will not create genuine bonds. But if we play the hero or guide, our lives will flourish. The hard part is being self-aware enough to know which character we are playing. In this book, Donald will use his own experiences to help you recognize if the character you are currently surfacing is helping you experience a life of meaning.
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Modern & Practical Spin on Viktor Frankl’s Work
- De BenjaminClark en 04-11-22
De: Donald Miller
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Thanks for the Feedback
- The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
- De: Sheila Heen, Douglas Stone
- Narrado por: Sheila Heen, Douglas Stone
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The coauthors of the New York Times best-selling Difficult Conversations take on the toughest topic of all: How we see ourselves. Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen have spent the past 15 years working with corporations, nonprofits, governments, and families to determine what helps us learn and what gets in our way. In Thanks for the Feedback, they explain why receiving feedback is so crucial yet so challenging. They blend the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical, hard-headed advice.
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Poor narration ruins yet another good read
- De WordNerd en 08-25-14
De: Sheila Heen, y otros
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Unlocking Greatness
- The Unexpected Journey from the Life You Have to the Life You Want
- De: Charlie Harary, Mark Dagostino
- Narrado por: Charlie Harary
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
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More often than not, our own mental obstacles are holding us back from the joy, fulfillment, and meaning that we all crave, but by retooling our perspectives, we gain the ability to see the path toward the life we truly desire. Charlie Harary, business executive, professor, speaker, and radio host, combines the wisdom of science, spirituality, and personal growth in practical and understandable terms so you can take the life you have and make it the life you want.
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A great reminder of what's important
- De Amazon Customer en 07-25-21
De: Charlie Harary, y otros
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21 Days to Resilience
- How to Transcend the Daily Grind, Deal with the Tough Stuff, and Discover Your Strongest Self
- De: Zelana Montminy
- Narrado por: Heather Henderson
- Duración: 4 h y 12 m
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In 21 Days to Resilience, Dr. Zelana Montminy gives you a practical, concrete toolkit to develop your capacity to recover quickly. Each day of her powerful program, Dr. Montmimy introduces a key concept necessary to improve resiliency and enhance well-being - such as courage, focus, positivity, self-care, and social support - then provides three quick skills to accomplish. Throughout the book she teaches you lifelong skills you can continue to practice and return to as needed to keep your resiliency muscles strong.
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Helpful insight
- De Schase en 07-08-18
De: Zelana Montminy
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- A Guide to Knowing If Your Relationship Can - and Should - Be Saved
- De: Lundy Bancroft, JAC Patrissi
- Narrado por: Stephen R. Thorne
- Duración: 13 h y 51 m
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In this supportive and straightforward guide, Lundy Bancroft, the author of Why Does He Do That?, and communication specialist JAC Patrissi offer a way for women to practically take stock of their relationships and move forward, with or without their partners.
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Paradigm Shift
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Never Go Back
- 10 Things You'll Never Do Again
- De: Dr. Henry Cloud
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
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In Never Go Back, best-selling author Dr. Henry Cloud shares 10 doorways to success - and once we walk through these new pathways, we never go back again. His proven method - based on grace, not guilt - outlines 10 common life patterns that sabotage success and lays out clear, concrete steps you can take to overcome them. You'll see your relationships flourish, your personal life enhanced, and your faith strengthened.
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Excellent life changing book-horrible narrator
- De Texanterp en 07-17-14
De: Dr. Henry Cloud
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- Andrea Bøe Abrahamsen
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Insightful and new perspective
I have read listen to a lot of books about writing characters, and this book stands out for covering topics like emotional intelligence and phases of charge from counsellors perspective. Very useful and interesting.
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the emotional intelligence breakdown
I loved everything about this book. It was everything I was looking for to help me build believable characters.
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