Tag: map
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Protected: Of Death, Mortality and The Steam of Compassion…
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Protected: Of Grinding Pepper, Banalities, and Seeking That Which We Yet Understand…
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Uncertainty, Destination, and the Need to Know…
We are ruled by uncertainty. The need to know shapes our motives, what we ask for, desire, fear and seek to claim. And so it is in writing that we encounter a somewhat safe haven. The writer has a general idea of the destination of her or his story if not, how it shall end.…
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Of Mars in Cancer, Courts of Change, and Travels…
Every story is like a court case wherein we, the author, like an attorney, tries a case of our protagonist. Who is on trial? Is your protagonist the defendant or the plaintiff seeking judgment and damages for a wrong committed upon her or him? If she or his had been wronged then what was 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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Premise
What’s the premise of your novel? Do you need one? Why would you not? Premise is the combination of character and situation. What if Person A is forced to confront Situation F?