Tag: writing
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Of Idiosyncracies, Formidable Personalities and Specifics
Describing an experience or person as bad or terrible will not suffice in fiction writing. Writing that the foster parents in a novel are mean or horrible does not flesh out the unique idiosyncrasies of their formidable personalities. Let us turn to the context of the orphan in a less than ideal foster home.
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Showing Up…
Should the protagonist not appear, in court when summoned, the judge renders a default in favor of the opposing character, whether they be defendant or plaintiff. The character has failed to present and/or make her or his case for a story. And so has the author. All forward motion of plot ceases. No story exists,…
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Who Am I: What Do I Really Want?
According to Jungian theory, the shadow aspect of one’s personality contains any, and everything that falls out of alignment, stands apart, from the ego ideal. The writer must examine the central character’s values, those held by her or his family, mother, father and culture, to gain a sense of how the Shadow archetype might manifest…
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Sunday writing…
I see why so many people never finish books. It takes perseverance to write, and to keep at it. Today was Sunday and I wanted to take my youngest out. I try to spend an afternoon once a week with each of my children. With 3 children that can be tough, particularly when all three…
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NaNoWriMo…
I’m back. I haven’t written on this blog for over 8 weeks. It’s obviously easier for me to write about the craft of writing, than of my own exploits in writing. Why is that?
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Radio Show | Deanna Raybourn and ‘Lady Julia Grey’
Novelist, Deanna Raybourn discusses Lady Julia Grey, the heroine of her novels, “Silent in Grave,” “Silent in the Sanctuary,” and “Silent on the Moor“. So tune in.
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Conflict and Desire
Conflict arises from a character seeking to achieve a goal and encountering an obstacle along the way. Another way of looking at this is CHARACTER + GOAL = CONFLICT. It is most helpful, when writing a story, if you can define the character’s goal in physical terms. But what if your protagonist desires love?