Tag: grace
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Of Mothers, Sons and Actions that Leave Us Eternally Changed…
Grace…., a photo by Acoustic Soul on Flickr. It always happens this way. A shooting takes place in our nation. A person and/or others are killed while going about their day. Voices cry out, those of the bereaved family members and others in shock and anger. Stories of the incident make a virulent trek across…
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Of Arrows, Psyche, and Moments of Empathy, Grace and Redemption…
The outset of the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche, shows Eros leaning over the sleeping mortal, Psyche, and fervently prepared to strike Psyche with one of his arrows and create a wound that will command her to fall in love with a beast. Eros’s mother, Aphrodite sent him on this mission out of her…
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Protected: Of Intimacy, Revelation and Redemption…
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Of Revelations, Redemption and Grace…
The greatest revelation in a novel often comes, quite understandably, during the end. The context in which this occurs involves releasing underlying knowledge, all of which provides the stage upon where the ultimate truth of everyone’s motives comes forth. Protagonists that draw on our senses and emotions not only face tough dilemmas and challenges they…
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The Muse, Mystery and Grace…
“It isn’t easy. Nobody has ever done it consistently. Those who try hardest, scare it off into the woods. Those who turn their backs and saunter along, whistling softly between their teeth, hear it treading quietly behind them, lured by a carefully acquired disdain. We are speaking, of course, of The Muse.” –Ray Bradbury, Zen…
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Of Towers, Castles and the Battles Writers Wage…
The Rook, Tower or Castle in the game of chess speaks to boundaries. Towers and Castles of the medieval era served not simply as homes, but also places of protection, that place to which rulers, those of their court, and the soldiers guarding them retreated and from which they waged battle. The Tower provided a…
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Of Swords, Inner Demons and the Waters of Renewal…
The area of a novel that follows climax brings renewal. Yet writing this part of the story gets tricky. Rolling towards the finish line authors can easily lose control of the narrative. We must remain upon the horse of our story. Climax has delivered a delayed and second crisis a second form of transformation, what…