This is the third and final part of Cora's Enneagram. I hope you've enjoyed this deep dive into how I create my characters. I'm very thankful to Abbie Emmons for these questions. They helped transform my writing. If you missed it, please watch Part 1 or Part 2 of...

These questions are not directly posed by the Enneagram but by the writing advice of Abbie Emmons. The purpose of these questions is to fully flesh out the character so that they feel real. If you missed it, please watch Part 1 to learn what I did at the start of...

When I was developing my main character, Cora, for The Feeler, I started with an Enneagram type. What is an Enneagram? It’s a method of classifying human personalities into 9 types. I used the ideas from my main character’s Enneagram type to spark personality ideas....

Below is a conversation I cut from a draft of my manuscript. This deleted scene is really backstory. It gives you an idea about the events that shaped Cora, Sophia, Aunt Ferna, and even Oliver. Aunt Ferna has taken Cora out to a restaurant for her birthday dinner....

Brian Farris is a thirty-two-year-old man of average height and an athletic build, with blue-gray eyes and jet-black hair. He is Harold Albright’s nephew. While learning the family business, Brian becomes close to his uncle and his dad. Unfortunately, unlike his uncle...