Tag: drama
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Preparing for the Journey
“At heart, despite its infinite variety, the hero’s story is always a journey.” —Christopher Vogler, “The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers” It helps to have a map, itinerary, or even hotel reservations when setting out on a journey. The writer works with symbols that settle reader in for the journey.
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Fuel for Change
“Summoned or not, the god will come.” –motto on the door of Carl Jung’s home. Archetypes help writers clarify a character’s function and role in the way of plot development and the evolution of personality regarding the protagonist. Stories are about growth and change. And archetypes carry energies.
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Questions
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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So You Want to Write a Novel: Obstacles
Every good story needs an interesting and compelling character, centered in a riveting set of events that force her or him to reveal their best, and worst qualities. What do we call these set of events that push and prod the major character to show her or his mettle, their tenacious and persevering personality? Obstacles.
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Making Soup
Screenwriter, and Creative Writing teacher of Morningside Writers, Kendall Williams, likens crafting stories and novels to setting about to make soup. We discussed the two processes in our a today’s special segment of Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters, Savory Writing: Character and Plot. Two essential ingredients to a savory and aromatic story or novel…
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Angel or Demon: Dan Brown and “The Lost Symbol” of His Writing
Dan Brown’s first new novel since The DaVinci Code was announced yesterday. Inevitably, it involves a global cult and a race against time to unlock a secret formula. Details of the plot are likely to remain fiercely guarded until much nearer the publication date of September 15, but intrigue centres on whether Brown’s vast and…