Transformation: Making the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Just as all good stories contain aspects of redemption, and death, so too transformation forms the engine propelling the narrative.
A major character or protagonist is like the Prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament. God used Ezekiel to teach the Children of Israel how to suffer. Protagonists of our stories show readers, in much the same [...]
Tags: actions, antagonist, behavior, challenges, change, Children of Israel, death, extraordinary, failure, flaw, goal, grow, guide point, healing mantra, hero, heroine, journey evolution of character, life, major character, novel, Old Testament, ordinary, personality, pole star, Prophet Ezekiel, protagonist, psychological key, redemption, spiritual, story, transform, transition, wholeness
Loving Our Characters
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
American Buddhist nun, Pema Chödrön, writes in “Comfortable with Uncertainty” that, “…When we start to meditate or work with any kind of spiritual discipline, we often think that somehow we’re going to improve [ourselves], which is a subtle kind of aggression against who we are…Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become [...]
Tags: acceptance, actions, behavior, Buddhist, characters, Comfortable wi, craft, fiction, frustration, love, nun, obstacles, Pema Chodron, personality, protagonist, skill, spiritual practice, struggle, thoughts, writing
Around and Around We Go
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Revisiting scenes in the cycle of character actions and interactions allows for the reader to notice through the eyes of the major characters.
It also presents symbols and signs held within the context of the settings that indicate not only more about the specific settings and what they have to say regarding character, but also what [...]
Tags: actions, backdrop, canvas, changes, character, inner, novel, outer, personality, scenes, setting, story
Our Characters’ Fears
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Identifying our character’s fears is like uncovering the groundswell of what drives her or him to act and speak as she or he does in order to accomplish their larger goals. On another level it’s like discovering why we feel compelled to write.
Tags: actions, character, desires, dialogue, fears, fiction, writing
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