Of Blogs, The Umbilical Cord, and the Internet…,
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays
Connecting with the godhead, that part of the divine that lives within all, the Imago Dei, coalesces the disparate parts of the soul, mind and brokenness of heart and spirit.
Writing or revising and editing this part of a story or novel can and often dispenses healing to the writer whose words later transmit this to the reader.
The writer undergoes a trial or test of sorts each time she or he sets out to craft a work.
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Of Avataric Moments, Desire, and Change
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Symbols link yearning and desire with the change and transformation required for the central character to achieve her or his goal.
To the extent that you can attach a physical object to the goal your central character fights to attain, the more you solidify, in the mind of the reader, the experience of your protagonist working [...]
Tags: avatar, central character, change, desire, destination, earth, epiphany, goal, heaven, internal experience, peace, picture, reader, redemption, story, symbol
Symbols: Talismans of Endeavors, Memory and Emotion
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Large amounts of exposition leave readers weary and if not carefully positioned breaks the dream spell ideally evoked at the outset of a novel.
Mining your fiction enriches your protagonist’s journey for the reader. They also serve as markers serving as point of identification that allow readers to touch upon the protagonist’s struggle.
Tags: character, dream spell, emotion, endeavors, fiction, hopes and wishes, internal exprience, journey, marker, memory, novel, point of identifcation, protagonist, reader, struggle, symbol, talisman, thought
The Heroine/Hero and Their Function in Story
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
The heroine or hero provides the reader with perspective and focus on the story, point of view.
She or he also serves as the point of identification allowing the reader to invest her or his feelings towards care and concern for not simply the major character but also remaining with the story to see its outcome.
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