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Elimina el sexo de la relación, y verás que hay personas que no tienen nada más que ofrecer.

How To Write A Healthy Relationship

Writing healthy love is hard! Finding a balance between engaging conflict and fulfilling romance is not an easy task, but it is worthwhile. NaNoWriMo Programs Fellow, Riya Cyriac, offers insight, advice, and examples on how to write healthy relationships.

Throughout my time as a reader and a writer, I’ve encountered an abundance of romances that range from swoon worthy to absolutely disastrous. This is not discounting either end of the spectrum: they have their place. However, there seems to be a noticeable lack of representation for healthy, fulfilling relationships in literature. This is particularly evident in Young Adult literature, where the portrayal of healthy relationships is particularly essential. If you are interested in writing a healthy relationship and filling that void, here are some observations, suggestions, and tips to do that

Obsession and Anger are not Expressions of Healthy Love

As a young adult, I often read books that romanticized obsession and anger. If the love interest punched someone who shows interest in their partner, that is not an indication of passion or love. On the contrary, it should be a glaring red flag. If a character relentlessly pursues their love interest despite resistance, it is not love. It is an obsession, and a clear sign that the character views the other as their property. It’s tempting to use these actions as expressions of passion because it is easy and bold. 

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Writing Tips

Maintaining Motivation to Write

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➼ if you’re bored writing a part & want to move on to another scene… imagine how bored your readers must be

➝ keep it interesting and meaningful ; write every scene like it will be your favorite

➼ if you’re stuck on a scene — skip it

➝ use placeholders and come back to it when motivation strikes

➝ personally, I do something like: {ENTER: battle scene} and then I’ll list details, lines, or dialogue I want to include so I don’t lose my ideas

➼ if you’re stuck on where to go with a scene — delete the last line and reroute

➝ keep your last line saved somewhere or in brackets — never actually delete anything, but this can help broaden your perspective and encourage creativity

➼ if you’re stuck on a character name — use placeholders

➝ I love to research my names intensely; I’ll spend way too long researching that I’ll forget what I wanted to start writing ; plus once I get attached to a name I am reluctant to change it, even if I think of a better one

➝ so I’ll temporarily replace the name with something like: [A] or [Villain] or [King]

➼ if you don’t have motivation to write an entire excerpt, write a sentence for each of the five senses in the scene

➝ touch, sight, hearing, taste, smell

➝ having these details can help immerse yourself back into the scene when you’re ready to write it

Saw this on Twitter. What 3 potions would you drink?

I would take brown, white, and yellow!

Music is one of the other key elements from Coca Cola to create its own brand. The stories around the music are families together, joy, love, Christmas time, dreams, Santa Claus, and all of the other key values that we already talked about. The same values, the same stories will be presented in every aspect of advertisement, marketing promotions, ads, brochures and commercials. Coca Cola stays Focused Focused and Focused. In this sense, the company creates its own brand and differentiate from the other competitors. Stay focused, focused, and focused is a key element of branding, according to Marty Neumeier.

2011. 

Madonna - Material Girl (Official Video) [HD].... Bueno el personaje principal se mueve entre dos personalidades que reflejan sus características, porque se mueve entre dos culturas: la americana y la mexicana, por el carácter latino del personaje.

Entonces fisicamente el personaje principal se mira como Maddona con toda su belleza y su personalidad atractiva, y en su mexicanidad tiene indicios de “La Dona”.

Entonces estos seres que algún día caen en las peripecias de la vida juntos, tendrán que sortear esas personalidades.

Donde quedara finalmente el corazón de la mujer?... Esa es la pregunta!

Se ira por lo material o si misma? en cuyo caso termina sola porque se las juega sola aprovechando su belleza; o bien, con alguien mas, que no le satisface, pero le cumple la expectativa financiera. Jugada clásica ya conocida.

O se ira por la concepción de gremio, de familia, de juntos, por lo cual baja sus expectativas y sus egos para crear fortuna entre dos, consensada, hablada y donde los dos ganan con sus propios acuerdos. 

Es una jugada clásica con una mirada clásica? 

O una jugada sensacional, fuera de serie, con tambien una jugada fuera de serie?

 Porque tambien el personaje principal masculino, tiene sus cartas debajo de la mano, y solo espera ver cual es la jugada de su contraparte a la que quiere y adora, pero no deja ver su secreto, que esta relacionado en mucho con las aspiraciones de la contraparte femenina.

Por el otro lado, el personaje masculino viene de una cultura del esfuerzo, y sembrar una familia basada en el poder del dinero por belleza, no le suena algo interesante. En todo lo que aqui sucede existe algo que la protagonista no podía decir: Ella lo quería y lo quería empujar para adelante, y esa era su manera de querer, empujando a ser lo mejor de si mismo. 

Entonces el personaje masculino no canta mal las rancheras. El no se deja apabullar y tiene sus autoestimas en el lugar correcto. 

Como podría contener a una muchacha con un ego y una autoestima muy alta, y hacerlos funcionar juntos dentro de una relación de amor y respeto?

 Se habia ella pasado las lineas, cuando su propósito era empujar al hombre que quería?

Esas son las interrogantes de la historia

THE WRITER'S WORKBOOK - free

Hello hello, it's me!

Today I'm here to tell you about each feature of "The Writer's Workbook", which you can download for free.

Note: this workbook has two variations, so you can print it or use it digitally as a PDF.

I designed this workbook in an intuitive way so that the plot progresses as you go further in the exercises. It is divided in six big categories: Idea & Plot, Character Development, World Building, Writing, Journal, and Resources.

Note: feel free to skip exercises or to complete them in any other order than the one suggested by me!

IDEA & PLOT

This section is meant to help you develop your idea before you even know who your characters are.

In this part, you will choose the central conflict, write down keywords about your idea, and draw a mind map. Then, you'll proceed to find your voice through different exercises, to then find each key point of the plot, from exposition to resolution.

It's also in this part that you are going to come up with plot twists and the ending of the book.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

Here, as the name says, you will completely develop all your characters, from the protagonist to the side characters. You will also have the opportunity to develop their relationships through mind maps and brainstorming processes.

WORLDBUILDING

Just like the other categories, worldbuilding is a fundamental step when plotting a novel.

In this workbook, you'll be asked to draw or generate a map of your world so that you always have it near you whenever you need it. There are also some prompts to fill out about it, and locations to create and explore.

In this part, you can also make a timeline for all the main events in your world.

WRITING

Now that most of your story is planned, it's time to think about writing it!

This section is perfect to come up with the best title for your book, brainstorming and develop the opening scene, and fully developing each key point using the snowflake method.

There's also a place to write down all the scenes and chapters you want to include in your book and check it off as you write it.

JOURNAL

This part is for you to reflect on your writing goals, on your ideas, and to see your progress. It's important to check this often and make sure you always have your goals in mind!

RESOURCES

Here you will find some useful resources from writing communities to courses and softwares to help you in this process and, hopefully, make it easier!

THE WRITER'S WORKBOOK

If you don't have it already grab it now here! It's completely free and I'm sure it will help you develop your new idea <3