HeyJaredThe Liberated Writer
I write about unlocking and preserving inner liberation for storytellers.
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My favorite character pairings (opens the original)
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Since my mind has been absorbed almost entirely by character dynamics lately, I figured sharing some of my thoughts might keep me from losing my mind makes a lot of sense.There are 45 basic character dynamics among the nine types of the Enneagram, and while I’ll be covering each of them in my book Write Iconic Relationships (back the Kickstarter here), I’ll be honest with y’all: I don’t love them all the same.I have
Developing Iconic Character Dynamics (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Liberated Writer! I wanted to share my chat with Jim from Draft2Digital’s podcast for anyone who missed yesterday’s live. We talked Enneagram and characters. If you need a refresher on what the Enneagram even is, or you’re curious how writing with dynamics in mind is different from writing individual characters, check it out. I keep all my articles free to read as a service to the publishing community. Each one generally take me 2-4 hours to write a
Picking the right antagonist (opens the original)
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How I prepare and run my Kickstarters, pt 2. (opens the original)
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Earlier this week, I launched a Kickstarter campaign for my book Write Iconic Relationships. You can check out how that campaign is doing here. While I’m in already in the fever dream of a Kickstarter, I thought I’d share how I 1) decide to run one then 2) prep for it on the back end. You can see my decision-making process in part 1: In this post, I’ll show you how I organize my marketing schedule, my budget, and my fulfillme
Taking you on a tour... (opens the original)
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My Kickstarter for Write Iconic Relationships launches tomorrow and runs through September 10th. I’m offering all kinds of discounts to my offerings through it, and it’s the first place where my follow-up book to Write Iconic Characters, Write Iconic Relationships, will be available to buy. These Kickstarters have a lot of info packed into them, so folks find it helpful to have a little tour of the main points. That’s what you get in this video. Questions? Ask away in th
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