Can your past trauma actually make you a better writer?

If you’re a Christian writer trying to figure out how to write characters with more depth, your own experiences may have given you tools you don’t even realize you have.

In this episode, I’m sharing 3 reasons your past trauma can make you a better writer — from the empathy you bring to your characters, to your understanding of trauma, triggers, and healing.

As a trauma-informed Christian author, I’ve learned that we don’t have to give our characters our exact stories to use what we’ve experienced. We can take the emotions, understanding, and healing we’ve gained and use them to create realistic characters and powerful character arcs.

We’ll talk about:

• Why empathy is a superpower when you’re developing fictional characters • How your own experiences with little-T and big-T trauma can help you write realistic emotional scenes • Why you don’t have to wait until you’re perfectly healed to write your book • How to use your experiences without giving your character your story • Why healing isn’t linear — and your character arc shouldn’t be either • How God can redeem the difficult parts of your story and use them in your writing

If you’ve been wondering how to write a book with deeper, more relatable characters, your past doesn’t have to disqualify you from writing the story God placed on your heart. It may have equipped you to write it with more empathy, understanding, and hope.

📚 Mentioned in this episode: A Positive Adoption Story by Kathleen Guire

https://www.amazon.com/Positive-Adoption-Story-Theology-Reality-ebook/dp/B07J2V3CX4

Trauma-Informed Character Workbook -https://kgauthor.myflodesk.com/traumacharacterworkbook

Other Helpful Episodes:

How To Create Characters With Depth: 3 Character Development Tips For Fiction Writers

How To Create A Trauma-Informed Character Readers Will Root For

Your story matters. And it’s not too late to start.