Summary: It tells the story of a discriminated-against teenage witch who must find his father or suffer a terrible death. The themes include the nuances of “good”; social alienation and discrimination; betrayal and personal integrity. I was recommended this Netflix...
Photo by Tirachard Kumtanom on Pexels.com We all want to immerse our readers into our story as much as possible. To this end we need to 'carry' them through the experience with as little actual word usage as possible. An overly complicated or wordy sentence or...
Whether you spend time intricately plotting and creating your story line or let the story flow unbidden, one facet of all stories that must be created and created well are its characters. Your protagonist, antagonist and all the supporting characters have a ‘job’ to...
Today's re-blog feature is from Julie Eshbaugh on her blog Pub (lishing) Crawl... I love the title! http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2012/05/17/revealing-character-through-details/ It is part of the art of story writing to describe our characters in such a way our...
Veridical - definition: truthful : veracious : genuine When creating characters we must remember to ensure that each character acts and responds true to their given personality. Character profiles are a good way of 'getting to know' our characters. Here are a few...
Nadir - definition: 1) the lowest point; 2) the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and directly under the observer. I could relate star gazing experiences or the fantastic moments I have witnessed the aurora borealis here in Alberta but...
Desultory - definition : 1) marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose. 2) not connected with the main subject; 3) disappointing in progress, performance, or quality. Well this is certainly a word we can all relate to. In a perfect world we would be...