Tag: psyche
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Of Rooks, Guardians of the Threshold and Boundaries…
The chess piece or character known as The Rook, which is also called The Castle or as I like to say, The Tower can move as many spaces along a row or column on the chessboard. The Rooks (each player has 2) combined with The Queen, form the major chess pieces. In this way they…
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Of Long Weekends, Discipline and Time for Dreaming…
This past weekend was a holiday weekend. I relish long weekends. They give me more time with my husband and children. The greatest challenge of any writer is finding enough time. Time to write and time with family and friends. The true writer writes. She or he doesn’t talk or dream about writing. They develop…
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Archetypes and Human Needs
Characters viewed as archetypes can be seen as facets of the protagonist’s personality come to greet her or him in the journey towards achieving a goal.
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The Aquarium of the Writing Group
Creative writing teacher Kendall Williams sees Morningside Writers’ Group as an aquarium where participants can embrace their vulnerabilities. Anyone who has ever tended and aquarium, particularly salt water aquariums, knows how delicate their atmosphere and the tedium required in maintaining a safe balance of salt to water along with other factors to ensure longevity of…