How to write about obsession in fiction

10 Things to Consider When Writing About Obsession in Fiction

Elements of obsession can build tension, add stakes, and help define a character's motives. Here, author Kiare Ladner shares 10 things to consider when writing ...

How To Write a Character Driven by an Obsession - Writer's Digest

Naomi's obsession with Rosemary drives the action in my novel, but as the narrative unfolds, I aimed to slowly reveal what Naomi actually ...

How to write obsessive characters? - Reddit

How do you make a character likable? · write your best writing tips. · Are you going to put your real name on your novel ? · What are your writing ...

Say Yes to Obsession | The Center for Fiction

Obsession is a large part of being human, and therefore a large part of writing about being human. As writers, we are taught to write toward our own obsessions, ...

How to build an obsessive character that is madly in love ... - Quora

Create a story for the character to live in, if you already know who they should be. Play on their flaws and talents. Are they just good enough ...

Best way to write obsession? - Creative Writing Message Board

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How to write about obsession in fiction - The Fussy Librarian

Author Kiare Ladner shares ten things to consider when writing about obsession in fiction.

Writing Obsessions - Books & Such Literary Management

"Writing obsessions" means writing about ideas you can't stop thinking about, asking questions of yourself and the reader along the way.

Tips for writing a story driven by a character's obsession | For Authors

Author Caitlin Barasch explains how to write a story driven by a character's obsession.

Writing With a Touch of Madness - Helping Writers Become Authors

I have an obsessive personality. I get hooked on something and it's all I can think about. Naturally, when I have an idea for a novel (one ...

Do you obsess over your characters? - Creative Writing Forums

If you write a great book then no-one will ever care if you obsess or you are an addict or (like me) you have a weird pseudo-sexual investment ...

The Roots of Obsession | The Center for Fiction

I'd write down my comments the night before, reworking the sentences until they were smooth and melodic. My obsession with language grew organically out of a ...

What Drives Obsession in Fiction? - CrimeReads

In fiction, obsession tends to provide motivation. An event causes a character to relentlessly pursue the completion of a narrative arc. The ...

Can a writer become obsessed with the worlds and characters they ...

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Is Writing an Obsession? | A Writer of History

Hmmm – sounds like obsession to me. Or is this how all writers behave? FOR MORE ON READING & WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION follow A WRITER OF ...

The Art of Obsession - The American Scholar

I do this automatically: obsess over ideas that eventually become works of fiction or non-fiction. I have an obsessive personality, and I ...

The Writing Obsession - Medium

You must be seized by your narrative. You must be grabbed by the throat. Your story must be your sole lover, your full motivator, your Holy Grail.

A Novel About Obsession - Along the Writer's Way

It's about a woman stalking a man, harassing him, I said. What motivates her to try and ruin this man and have so little faith in herself that her entire ...

The Writing Obsession - The Atlantic

Tobias Wolff's new novel Old School was such a book. It is 1960, and the unnamed narrator, a scholarship student from Seattle, is a senior at an East Coast ...

Turning Your Obsession Into A Book | The Brevity Blog

... write such a thing? And get it published ... She's writing a historical fiction novel about her current obsession, Florida Girls, A Novel.