Tag: crisis
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Of Romance, Truth, and Purging the Hidden Pools of Consciousness…
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…
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Of Clarity and Understanding, Guide and Map, Epiphany and Plot…
Reaching that point where the protagonist has made the change, we, as writers feel differently. We see the world of our novel from another level. Ideally we come to hold those dimensions of personality regarding our central character(s) come in greater clarity and understanding. And yet this is also a place where we can get…
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Of Dilemmas, Alice in Wonderland, and Shifts in Consciousness…
There comes a time in every story or novel when the main character stands in the midst of her or his dilemma like Alice does in Wonderland. The protagonist ponders, How do present circumstances differ from my immediate past? This place, like that of Alice in her wondrous, and yet frightening Wonderland sits between the…