Lessons We’ve All Been There 25 Jan 202125 Dec 2021 Delicious Awkwardness) There is a scene in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix where Harry and Cho Chang are at a café in the wizarding town of Hogsmeade.…
Short Stories The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Ten 21 Jan 202127 Dec 2021 "How are Beesk and Inol behaving?" Reis asked as he and Tharol chopped firewood behind the main hall. "Jittery." "Hmm...think they're plotting something?" "No...I hadn't really considered that. The Night…
Lessons Missing Shots 18 Jan 202124 Dec 2021 The Original Plot) I mentioned at the end of my last post that I was dramatically altering the final act of The Favored Son. The original version of it just…
Short Stories The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Nine 14 Jan 202127 Dec 2021 It wasn't until later that evening that it truly hit Tharol what he had done. He had assisted in treason. He had improved on the plan that Beesk and Inol…
Lessons That’s So Cliché 11 Jan 202123 Dec 2021 Let's Make a Bad Guy) Most stories have a villain, which is a character who embodies the opposition to the protagonist. The protagonist must overcome this opposition, which means the…
Short Stories The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Eight 7 Jan 202127 Dec 2021 "You want to poison Reis?!" Tharol asked in shock. "Well not lethally," Beesk said quickly. "Just enough to make him sick that night. We'll get some Tinstin next time we…
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…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 20 1 Jan 202123 Dec 2021 DECEMBER STATS Days Writing: 25 New Words: 4003 New Chapters: 1 Total Word-count: 66,847 Total Chapters: 18 Coming into December I knew that it is usually a difficult month for…
Short Stories The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Seven 31 Dec 202027 Dec 2021 There wasn't much for Tharol to gain from ruminating on Master Palthio's words, but he couldn't help himself from turning them over and over in his mind. What had his…
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