The Naked Hero from the Naked Hero Goddesses*

December brings festivities, celebration, and the eve of reflection as the new year approaches. The Naked Hero is getting a jump start on reflection by taking you through the Phases of a Writer’s Life.

Character Development is at the core of every story. This month The Naked Hero has put together a set of questions and exercises to help you dig a little

Happy July from The Naked Hero!

We hope you're having a fun and productive summer. This month, based on our site's mini-poll, DIALOGUE is the name of the game. Your Naked Note on Dialogue is in the form a a PDF which can be downloaded. We hope you find it helpful!

We've also added a new feature to The Naked Hero. It's our Writer's Workshop Wednesday. Summoning the creative muse is tough sometimes, so we're doing our part. Each Wednesday, we'll have a writing prompt or topic. We encourage you to take the challenge, post to your own site, and link back to us! We're still figuring out the Mr. Linky do-dad, so if it's up, feel free to use Mr. Linky so we can see everyone who's participating. We'd LOVE to make this a really big deal and inspire creativity across the universe!

We writers have heard it over and over – and we readers love to see it over and over again.

CHARACTER CONFLICT!

Let’s face it, as writers and readers, we love to love the character who has to grow and overcome something. It’s what keeps us reading and going back for more.

It all boils down to CONFLICT.

Every month, The Naked Hero puts up a micro poll about what Naked Hero readers wanted to see featured for the monthly mini workshop. Showing vs. Telling won by a landslide in May! Naked Notes #3 is a PDF slide show for you and it’s all about Showing vs. Telling. The final assignment asks you to write a scene from your WIP and submit it to us.

Why does your hero need to accomplish his goals by the end of the book? Or, What’s His MOTIVATION!!

There are two different types of motivation