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Novelist, Deanna Raybourn discusses Lady Julia Grey, the heroine of her novels, "Silent in Grave," "Silent in the Sanctuary," and "Silent on the Moor".
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Much like the gods and goddesses of Hinduism and Yoruban spirituality reflect the forces of the human mind and heart, archetypes display aspects and dimensions of character and personality.
They show the various degrees of evolution of the human soul from birth to death.
The story of the heroine or hero's journey is that of the protagonist [...:]

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"Summoned or not, the god will come."
–motto on the door of Carl Jung's home.
Archetypes help writers clarify a character's function and role in the way of plot development and the evolution of personality regarding the protagonist. Stories are about growth and change. And archetypes carry energies.
When viewed as archetypes, the supporting cast of a story [...:]

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Characters viewed as archetypes can be seen as facets of the protagonist's personality come to greet her or him in the journey towards achieving a goal.
Operating as archetypes, the characters present aspects of the protagonist's psyche, dimensions of her or his mind and soul.
Engagement with the supporting cast then becomes a spiritual battle fought on [...:]

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All stories consist of a few common elements. These elements constitute all stories, fairy tales, dreams, movies, and myths. These elements also form what Christopher Vogler describes in The Writer's Journey–Mythic Structure for Writers, as The Hero's Journey.
The Hero's Journey becomes not only a universal myth for human kind, but also offers a blueprint for [...:]

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Author, Laura Brodie, discusses her debut novel,  The Widow's Season. Laura is also the author of  Breaking Out: VMI and the Coming of VMI.
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–Green my life and remove my sorrows.
The picture is stunning. But it was the words underneath that caught my attention.The relationship between global warming and fiction writing may not present as clear.
Yet one need only think of their surroundings or perhaps the setting of a novel or one's own life to grasp the reason why [...:]

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Conflict arises from a character seeking to achieve a goal and encountering an obstacle along the way.
Another way of looking at this is CHARACTER + GOAL = CONFLICT.
It is most helpful, when writing a story, if you can define the character's goal in physical terms.
But what if your protagonist desires love?
Then you need to find [...:]

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A writer has three questions she or he must answer before or when beginning a story.
Who is my protagonist? What does she or he want? And what is getting in her or his way?
Each of these aspects delivers an important component of story. Together they create a force that propels plot.
A story shows what [...:]

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I recently attended a book clubs summit where, for a weekend, participants gathered to meet and greet writers from around the country.
Authors signed books and thanked readers for support of our work and artistry between giving individual talks, and participating in panel discussions with other writers.

Many of the reader participants belonged to book clubs in [...:]

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