Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel or story requires the writer to look within.
More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears and hidden joys lurk.
It is here when connecting with our those aspects of life that frighten us we uncover the yearnings and desires that motivate and drive our protagonists and supporting cast.
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.


