Lessons How to Change a Heart 2 Aug 202130 Dec 2021 Christmas Hearts) Character development is a central consideration of every tale. Most stories are not just about what things happened, but about how those events changed a character forever. Consider…
Lessons Well, That Was Exhausting 19 Jul 202130 Dec 2021 Wearing Down) In the most recent chapter of Covalent I have one of my main characters, Aylme, brought to her absolute limit as she has rushes her unconscious comrades from…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 9 2 Jul 202130 Dec 2021 I haven't quite finished with Oscar's struggle against the waves, and after that I'm going to throw in a few more challenges before Harry gives his confession. I don't just…
Lessons Depart to Return Again 26 Apr 202130 Dec 2021 A Gap Between) There is an unspoken rule in storytelling that if two characters meet together for a scene and depart at the end, then the next scene won't begin…
Lessons Taking a Look Back: Part Two 1 Mar 202126 Dec 2021 Here we are with just more section left in The Favored Son: Alternate! This Thursday I'll post the conclusion, then be ready to move on to something new. A week…
Lessons The Shape of Change 4 Jan 202123 Dec 2021 The Underlying Sameness) The 2003 film Shattered Glass portrays the rise and fall of real-life journalist Stephen Glass and it employs a very interesting character arc for him. What is…
Lessons Do You Like Me? 10 Aug 202014 Dec 2021 Strict or Lax) One decade ago I served a mission for my church, and there were a lot of rules that we missionaries were expected to abide by. Our days…
Lessons You Never Really Knew Me 3 Aug 202014 Dec 2021 Characters Exposed) Stories have the unique ability to show us things about their characters that we could never know about another person in real life. At their most intimate, they…
Lessons Will You Remember Me? 29 Jun 202013 Dec 2021 Taking Names) I have always found it interesting which character names I am able to remember, and which ones I am not. For example, I struggle to remember the name…
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