Tag: renewal
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Of Spirals, Parking Garages, and Points of Entry and Identification…
The road that led your protagonist away at the opening of your novel or story brings her or him home again during the final stage, but at a new level of awareness. And since time has moved forward, while the central character has been gone, we could entitle the journey, Back to the Future and…
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Of Spirals, Parking Garages, and Points of Entry and Identification…
The road that took the protagonist away, during the final stage of the novel, brings her or him home again, but at a new level of awareness. And since time has moved forward, while the central character has been gone, we could entitle the journey, Back to the Future and Home Again. The central character…
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Of Peeling Onions, Surrender and Writing from The Zone…
The stage of renewal in a story offers a second opportunity for rebirth. Unlike the crisis, the scenes of renewal focus on the inner life of the major character. Through the action of deciding and choosing to share the good news of her or his triumph in both word and deed, the protagonist now heads…
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Of Swords, Inner Demons and the Waters of Renewal…
The area of a novel that follows climax brings renewal. Yet writing this part of the story gets tricky. Rolling towards the finish line authors can easily lose control of the narrative. We must remain upon the horse of our story. Climax has delivered a delayed and second crisis a second form of transformation, what…