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Of Romance, Truth, and Purging the Hidden Pools of Consciousness…

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Many things can happen during the approach towards the heart of a story, or novel, both for the protagonist, and the writer.

The blossoming flower of romance provides a mainstay in many stories that tug and keep open the hearts and minds of readers, wherein new possibilities enter for them to ponder both in the narrative line of the story, or novel, that perhaps offers a mirror into their own lives.

We come to books, and read not only to know that we are not alone, but also to solidify, validate and unconsciously prepare ourselves for the one constant in all of human living–change.

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Of Borderlands, Willingness and Shifts in Consciousness…

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Leaving the world as it is, and entering the border between the world as it was, and presently exists in the newly leveraged chaos of change requires courage and faith. It also asks for willingness to acknowledge that one has entered the unknown.

Like our protagonists, each time we venture to write a new story or novel we exit the comfort zone of what we have accomplished, and depart once more into that land of yearning and desire.

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Yearning for Change

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The Trickster archetype wants change. The character who carries this role operates like a court jester. Seen as a fool whose words were spoken in jest, the court jester of medieval times addressed taboo and controversial issues, topics about which common citizens, lacking freedom of speech would and could not dare speak.

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Questions

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Every novel seeks to answer a question. The question could arise from the premise, What if______meets_____, to which the plot of your story delivers the answer in showing what ensues when X meets Y. On another level your novel could raise a question that plumbs the depths of human personality and consciousness. Why is it

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The Insight of a Coach

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Asking questions is part of Elizabeth Stark‘s job as a writing coach. A primary question she addresses for her clients is, “What’s the experience of reading this work?” The experience of reading a work cannot be easily, if at all, accessed by the writer or author of the work. And if so, the writer must

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Memories

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Our reading culture is taken memoirs, the implication being that memories hold value. And yet how much can we trust our recollections.

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Loss

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At a loss for what to write? Examine your own losses. Seek out what’s hidden within you. Ever had a drought of faith? What about the death of a loved one, a lover, someone you thought you loved, but realized you didn’t even like?

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