Second Pinch Point:This Second Pinch Point is often much more serious than the first one. Now both characters have much more at stake. Whether they’re ready to admit it or not, they are in love with each other. Losing each other, therefore, would be a huge blow at this point. Pinch...
“We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody dropped the girl off the bridge.” — John D. MacDonald,Darker than Amber There’s no one “right way” to open your mystery novel. But to make sure it’ll capture readers' attention, try to write an opening that a) ...
Interiority in fiction: the glue between inner and outer worlds Fiction provides a window into the lives, thoughts, and emotions of characters. One of the most powerful tools a writer has in their arsenal to achieve this is the use of interiority. Interiority, or the depiction of a character...
Storytellers using this trope probably think they are telling a compelling story that honors the female character involved. However, a gender comparison is incredibly revealing. When male characters are disempowered at the beginning of their arc, they are almost never raped. And most of these rapes...
rejecting the offer to learn magic and instead marrying a farmer and raising two children. But now with her husband dead and her kids grown, Tenar’s life has retreated to a familiar loneliness—until she joins forces with an aged Ged to help a traumatized child on another unforgettable adven...
Then – and this is the really important part –create and name charactersthat personify your archetypal profiles. Give them lives and personalities and make them as real and vivid as you possibly can. Find or take photos that bring those characters to life, blow them up and place them on ...
There are also concerns that some surrogate mothers can be psychologically traumatized by the necessity to give away “their” babies after sharing the bond established for nine months of pregnancy and giving birth (even if at the beginning the women believed that it won’t be a problem at all...
came out of logging in to write something and it being different hereagain. Yack. And since I’m old, this means I’ve now forgotten what it is I was going to write. I’m sure I could remember if I put my mind to it, but I’m kind of in a rush and so it will have to ...
Gehrig in this true story that’s still considered a cultural touchstone. Gehrig’s speech moved the nation as he reflected on his career in the wake of a devastating diagnosis of ALS that he referred to as “a bad break.” Gehrig’swife helped write the speechthat appeared in the film....
Gehrig in this true story that’s still considered a cultural touchstone. Gehrig’s speech moved the nation as he reflected on his career in the wake of a devastating diagnosis of ALS that he referred to as “a bad break.” Gehrig’swife helped write the speechthat appeared in the film....