Tag: struggle
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Of Crises, Experience and Goals…
Surviving a crisis bestows special knowledge garnered and held by few. It also grants admittance into various orders of wisdom yielded by experience. Every novel or story a writer crafts tells the life of a certain crisis, and chronicles a central character’s survival of that crisis. The process of writing that novel flows out of…
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Symbols: Talismans of Endeavors, Memory and Emotion
Large amounts of exposition leave readers weary and if not carefully positioned breaks the dream spell ideally evoked at the outset of a novel. Mining your fiction enriches your protagonist’s journey for the reader. They also serve as markers serving as point of identification that allow readers to touch upon the protagonist’s struggle.
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Loving Our Characters
American Buddhist nun, Pema Chödrön, writes in “Comfortable with Uncertainty” that, “…When we start to meditate or work with any kind of spiritual discipline, we often think that somehow we’re going to improve [ourselves], which is a subtle kind of aggression against who we are…Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become…
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Radio Show | A Literary Interview Gone Awry: The End of Christian America
Don’t let the title frighten you. Today’s broadcast was everything but horrible. William Cooper, author or There’s Always a Reason, and Tyrell DeVon Floyd mesmerized me with their quick wit, sincere humor and substantive and unconditional honesty. What started out as a discussion of their contributions to the anthology, The Soul of a Man (June…