Of Dilemmas, Alice in Wonderland, and Shifts in Consciousness…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays
There comes a time in every story or novel when the main character stands in the midst of her or his dilemma like Alice does in Wonderland.
The protagonist ponders, How do present circumstances differ from my immediate past?
This place, like that of Alice in her wondrous, and yet frightening Wonderland sits between the time of order in the life of the main character, then shaken by chaos and the present time of having begun the journey towards adapting to the change required by the moment of upheaval and the need to survive.
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Of Borderlands, Willingness and Shifts in Consciousness…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Leaving the world as it is, and entering the border between the world as it was, and presently exists in the newly leveraged chaos of change requires courage and faith. It also asks for willingness to acknowledge that one has entered the unknown.
Like our protagonists, each time we venture to write a new story or novel we exit the comfort zone of what we have accomplished, and depart once more into that land of yearning and desire.
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The Journey and Its Calling…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Each story or novel presents the main character with not only an upset in daily activities, but also a quest.
That quest presents itself not unlike a summons to court.
The protagonist, in arriving at court, must plead her or his case. And yet the judge, the bailiff, the jurors, even the attorneys for both the plaintiff [...]
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Setting the Stage
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
What is your protagonist doing, and or saying when the curtain lifts on the set of that first page of your story, or novel?
Their actions and dialogue relay not only much about who they are while interacting in the world with others, but also their identity within the universe of their own personalities.
They also where [...]
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