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.
Tags: altar, climax, denouement, desires, dividends, drive, emotional, energy, Eucharist, irrevocable, journey, memory, physical, protagonist, resolution, sacrifice, spiritual, summit, supporting cast, time, transformation, transubstantiation, writing, yearning
Transformation: Making the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Just as all good stories contain aspects of redemption, and death, so too transformation forms the engine propelling the narrative.
A major character or protagonist is like the Prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament. God used Ezekiel to teach the Children of Israel how to suffer. Protagonists of our stories show readers, in much the same [...]
Tags: actions, antagonist, behavior, challenges, change, Children of Israel, death, extraordinary, failure, flaw, goal, grow, guide point, healing mantra, hero, heroine, journey evolution of character, life, major character, novel, Old Testament, ordinary, personality, pole star, Prophet Ezekiel, protagonist, psychological key, redemption, spiritual, story, transform, transition, wholeness
Civility and Order
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays
The word, hero, in Greek means, “to protect and to serve“. We often find these words on the side of police cars. Thus we think of law enforcement.
And yet, from the etymological perspective rooted in Greek, what is to be protected?
What or who needs and desires safety of survival?
What is ultimately at stake with [...]
Tags: bread, chaos, civility, DeCartes, ego, food, Greek, hero, heroine, humankind, journey, law enforcement, mundane reality, order, protect, routine, serve, spiritual, stake, story, survival, thought, threat
Archetypes and Human Needs
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Characters viewed as archetypes can be seen as facets of the protagonist’s personality come to greet her or him in the journey towards achieving a goal.
Tags: archetype, battle, change, earthly plan, goal, growth, journey, major character, personality, physical, protagonist, psyche, psychological, spiritual
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