Author: Anjuelle Floyd
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The Gifts of Writing Fast…
While some are daunted by the daily word count asked of us (1600) during NaNoWriMo, the positive aspect of this entire venture is to simply write. … Such a high word count due to the compression of time (one month) leaves little time to think, which for me, is where the inner critic slips in
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Of Idiosyncracies, Formidable Personalities and Specifics
Describing an experience or person as bad or terrible will not suffice in fiction writing. Writing that the foster parents in a novel are mean or horrible does not flesh out the unique idiosyncrasies of their formidable personalities. Let us turn to the context of the orphan in a less than ideal foster home.
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Of Crevices, Cracks and Teflon…
Symbols deepen what we, as readers, come to know and experience with a character. But what makes us feel with and for her, or him [the protagonist]–cry with them, scream for them, die with them? What ultimately moves and transforms us, the reader, along with the central character of a story, or novel? Certainly obstacles…
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Of Talismans, Symbols and Goals
Every good story possesses not only a character, who through the author’s lucid and vibrant descriptions, draws us to root for her or him, but who also reflects aspect of ourselves with whom we have yet to make peace, or accept. The protagonists of these stories also face a formidable opponent, a living, and breathing…
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Guest Blog | Anjuelle Floyd
Check out Part II of My Interview, The Inspiration to Write, Author Anjuelle Floyd, at ChickLitGurrl. __________________________________________________ Please note: www.anjuellefloyd.com will be on hiatus during December 2009 for site maintenance and upgrade. We will return Monday, January 4, 2010. Until then visit me at anjuelle floyd–the writing life
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Showing Up…
Should the protagonist not appear, in court when summoned, the judge renders a default in favor of the opposing character, whether they be defendant or plaintiff. The character has failed to present and/or make her or his case for a story. And so has the author. All forward motion of plot ceases. No story exists,…