Tag: journey
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Of Perseverance, Remaining Open, and Characters that Embody Our Change…
Perseverance in completing that first draft it the first act of embarking on the journey of evolution we undergo each time we craft a story. Thus we focus our energies and concentration on towards typing each word so that we might complete each sentence, craft every paragraph, shape each scene. At this time, we, the…
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Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel or story requires the writer to look within. More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears and hidden joys lurk. It is here when connecting with our those aspects of life that frighten us we uncover the yearnings and…
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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…
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The Holidays and Traveling Slowly…
Words for opening of the next scene came to me as I lay in bed. Fearful that i might lose them, I turned on the lamp beside my bed and wrote them by hand.
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Fodder for Our Writing…
I attended a Christmas brunch this past weekend. It was wonderful. These kinds of events challenge me. With so many in attendance, over 100, the threat of emotional overwhelm looms large.
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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…