Tag: redemption
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Of Avataric Moments, Desire, and Change
Symbols link yearning and desire with the change and transformation required for the central character to achieve her or his goal. To the extent that you can attach a physical object to the goal your central character fights to attain, the more you solidify, in the mind of the reader, the experience of your protagonist…
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Transformation: Making the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
Just as all good stories contain aspects of redemption, and death, so too transformation forms the engine propelling the narrative. A major character or protagonist is like the Prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament. God used Ezekiel to teach the Children of Israel how to suffer. Protagonists of our stories show readers, in much the…
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Mentor and Story
Mentors are the wisdom-carriers in stories. They infect the protagonist or major character with knowledge and information needed to complete their quest. Mentors encourage the heroine or hero to believe, and have faith in her or his ability to meet the challenge standing before them. On a psycho-spiritual level mentors represent the Imago Dei, the…
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Radio Show | The Soul of a Man: Maurice Gray, Jr. and Brian Ganges
Authors Maurice Gray Jr. and Brian Ganges will join me in discussing their works, “Long Term” (Maurice Gray Jr.) and “Manning Up With God” (Brian Ganges) in the anthology, The Soul of a Man, published by Peace in the Storm Press and due for release in June 2009. Maurice is the author of: To Whom…