Who Am I: What Do I Really Want?
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
According to Jungian theory, the shadow aspect of one’s personality contains any, and everything that falls out of alignment, stands apart, from the ego ideal.
The writer must examine the central character’s values, those held by her or his family, mother, father and culture, to gain a sense of how the Shadow archetype might manifest [...]
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Shadow, Self, and The Other
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
“A vast majority of our [violent] crimes [that take place within the United States] occur within the home. Chances are the greatest threat to [your] life comes from family. My novels explore what it means to be family, how each [family] member defines family, and what happens when someone decides to re-write the script.”
–Lisa Unger [...]
Tags: betrayal, crime, crime in the United States, dark side of family, deeply held feelings, domestic disputes, families, human psyche, identity, illusion, law, law and order, law enforcement, Lisa Unger, literary thrillers, old feelings, police officer, self, self-delusion, Shadow, suspense, tense feelings, the other, trust, violent crimes
So You Want to Write a Story: Time, and the Time Period of Your Story?
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
The setting of a novel includes not simply where the story takes place, location, but also the time and the time period wherein the change of events occurs.
Time and time period, like setting are important dimensions to a story. In many stories they act as additional characters.
Tags: character, identity, narrative line, novel, personality, plot, protagonist, research, setting, story, texture, time, time period, writing
Imagination and Life
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Who is your imagination and what makes it tick?
Every artists owes it to her or himself to contemplate her or his imagination, what energizes it, what it craves, what stifles it.
Tags: artist, dreams, exercise, family, friends, hopes, identity, imagination, literary artist, responsibility, spa, wishes, words, yearly physical
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