Tag: hopes
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Protected: Of Daughters, Fears and Hope …
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Protected: Of Hopes, Dreams and Wishes and The Challenge of Being My Mother’s Daughter …
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Protected: Of Daughters, Mothering, and The Willingness to Turn Inward…
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Of Turning Points, Disclosures and Amplifying Conflict…
Revelations in a novel not only reveal character, but also ideally raise the stakes, up the ante, so-to-speak, which ultimately intensifies conflict. The opening revelation and/or those of the first chapters of a novel establish the chaos that has befallen your protagonist, i.e. display the problem she or he is facing. Disclosures during the middle…
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Dear John, A Daughter’s Wish and Moments of Awakening…
My daughter recently stated that she hopes that my husband and I live to a ripe old age and that we die together, much like Noah and Allie in the movie based on The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks. My daughter had just finished reading Spark’s novel, now a movie, Dear John. That’s the great thing…