Tag: positive stakes

Positive stakes in storytelling focus on hope, growth, and uplifting outcomes instead of trauma or despair. Emmaline Hoffmeister uses positive stakes in her Christian and historical fiction, creating Hallmark-style clean romance and faith-filled narratives with joyful resolution.

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06
Oct
2025
Posted in Writing

How to Write Deep Characters Without Trauma

Learn how to create layered, compelling characters without relying on trauma backstories. Explore 10 practical ways to deepen characters through values, contradictions, desires, and relationships.