Of Idiosyncracies, Formidable Personalities and Specifics
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Describing an experience or person as bad or terrible will not suffice in fiction writing.
Writing that the foster parents in a novel are mean or horrible does not flesh out the unique idiosyncrasies of their formidable personalities.
Let us turn to the context of the orphan in a less than ideal foster home.
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Showing Up…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Should the protagonist not appear, in court when summoned, the judge renders a default in favor of the opposing character, whether they be defendant or plaintiff.
The character has failed to present and/or make her or his case for a story. And so has the author.
All forward motion of plot ceases. No story exists, that is [...]
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Preparing for the Journey
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
“At heart, despite its infinite variety, the hero’s story is always a journey.”
–Christopher Vogler, “The Writer’s Journey:Â Mythic Structure for Writers”
It helps to have a map, itinerary, or even hotel reservations when setting out on a journey. The writer works with symbols that settle reader in for the journey.
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So You Want to Write a Story: Where the Action Is
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Once you have established the general place and time of a novel there remains the specifics of where the majority of action takes place.
Eager to supply a healthy amount of action and avoid writing a stagnant and boring read, young writers often craft a story that holds a infinitesimal number of places where the major [...]
Tags: action, backdrop, character, craft, dialogue, drive, epiphany, future, motivation, novel, past, personality, present, protagonist, setting, signs, symbols, time, transcendence, transformation, writing
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