In this article, learn ten secrets about how to write a story, and more importantly, how to write a story that's good.
This article explores South African author K Sello Duiker's The Quiet Violence of Dreams (2001) as a narration of personal and national trauma. This narration of trauma, as a disruption of the past in the present, provides insight to an imagination of recursive temporality. Through the ...
So, anxiety has no effect on the number of stress dreams you have each night. The same cannot be said for those who have experienced trauma. Traumatic experiences have a strong link to trauma-related stress dreams. Therapists Specializing in Stress Get matched with a therapist Why Am I Having...
Shen often writes grittily about characters suffering the effects of trauma. In Playing With Fire, both leads arc dramatically via their relationships with each other—one overcoming the shame of terrible scarring from a house fire and the other consumed with guilt for irresponsibly hurting a ...
Write about your dreams or gut hunches.Get familiar with your inner voice. Try the “curtain breath” exercise.Inhale to widen perception; exhale to soften tension. Use frankincense or clary sage oil on your forehead.These clear the mental fog. ...
“The next time I sleep, I want to remember why I am dreaming,” tell yourself. Recite the word out loud. Dream journal Keeping a dream log, also known as a dream diary, is a common way to begin lucid dreaming. When you write down your dreams, you push yourself to remember what ha...
Throughout the text, Adeline describes her cruel family and the trauma she was confronted with at school, trying to satisfy her heartless father with educational achievements. Together we relive the childhood life of Adeline through her words and hear, what it feels like to be a rejected and ...
Infuse objects, dreams, colors, weather, animals, etc. with symbolic significance to create magical undertones. Remember, the point of all this is not to force your magic on the reader, but to present it in such a way that they are filled with wonder and discovery. ...
In villain-writing, there are many clichéd phrases to avoid. For example: 'We meet again, Mr. X...' 'Say goodbye to your [life/dreams/pet poodle/] Say hello to [my little friend/my obedient entourage] 'Did you really think you would [defeat me/find the documents/die without listeni...
Oftentimes, we’re so consumed with making it through the day that we don’t allow ourselves to process big changes and information. And what we don’t process in our waking state can manifest in our dream state. Trauma can cause stress dreams If you are struggling with symptoms of post-...