Mentor and Story
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Mentors are the wisdom-carriers in stories. They infect the protagonist or major character with knowledge and information needed to complete their quest.
Mentors encourage the heroine or hero to believe, and have faith in her or his ability to meet the challenge standing before them. On a psycho-spiritual level mentors represent the Imago Dei, the god-image [...]
Tags: acceptance, Brittany Murphy, challenge, Dakota Fanning, Daniel LaRusso, discipline, Divne, Dumbledore, encourage, fatherless, fears, flaws, fun, fundamentals, Harry Potter, Imago Dei, information, knowledge, love, mentor, motherless, Mr. Miyagi, nanny, nurturiing, orphan, parent, Pat Morita, protagonist, psycho-spiritual, quest, Ralph Macchio, Ray Schleine, redemption, respect, sagacity, soul, story, The Karate Kid, Uptown Girls, wax off, wax on, wisdom
Archetypes and Story
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Much like the gods and goddesses of Hinduism and Yoruban spirituality reflect the forces of the human mind and heart, archetypes display aspects and dimensions of character and personality.
They show the various degrees of evolution of the human soul from birth to death.
Tags: archetypes, birth, body, character, characters, death, goal, goddesses, gods, heart, Hindu, humanity, humankind, knowledge, love, masks, meaning, mind, myth, personality, protagonist, purpose, questions, self, soul, spirit, story, unconscious, wisdom, Yoruban
Calamity, Crime and Suspense
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
My interview with Lisa Unger renewed within me the desire to just write, and see what happens. During my interview of her on Saturday, September 26, 2009, she talked about how her novels hold, “…a strong thread of domestic danger.”
Lisa then discussed a concept: “We don’t truly know the people we love an trust,” that [...]
Tags: calamity, convention, crime, domestic danger, hero, heroine, human heart, Interview, Lisa Unger, love, suspense, trust
The Writer/Mother
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
“I’m a better writer and certainly a better person because I am a mother,” says author, Lisa Unger. “My best times for writing and creativity are between 5 am to noon. Afternoons are devoted to my daughter when she returns home from school.”
The role of mother and writer is a taxing one for those of [...]
Tags: adoration, author, balance, commitment, creativity, daughter, fan base, Fragile, Internet, Lisa Unger, literary thrillers, love, mother, publishing industry, readers, striving to improve, working mothers, writer, writing
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