Autumn Bardot's Blog, page 15
August 14, 2020
Vanquish the Vague Villain
Add depth and complexity to your villain. Give them some endearing traits.
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HOW TO ADD NUANCE AND LAYERS TO YOUR VILLAIN
1. Give the villain an endearing nickname.
2. Make the villain intelligent, clever, and analytical. A thinker.
3. Make villain a good father/mother/pet owner/ etc
4. Have the villain be a kind lover.
5. Make the villain’s love interest be genuinely good.
6. Have the villain be reliable…mostly.
7. Make the villain spiritual.
8. Make the villain’s doing bad things about business. He’s just doing his job.
9. Give the villain hardships. Even better, trauma.
10. Make the villain be understanding or sympathetic.
11. Give the villain a tough childhood.
12. Make the villain’s quest be about returning home.
13. Give the villain the traits of a Homeric hero. The traits are: having/maintaining their honor; physical prowess; having minions; caring about the wellbeing of those minions, and being the best at something.
14. Make Good Person try to kill the villain first.
Mix & Match!
August 10, 2020
10 Traits Every Writer Needs
Writing and authoring is hard work! These 10 traits will help you on your path to success! Which ones do you need to work on?
10 Traits Every Writer Needs
1. Shows commitment: Make a schedule for writing and stick to it. Don’t make excuses.
2. Learn to wear many hats: Be prepared to learn many new skills.
3. Go the extra mile: Make your blogs and stories as awesome as you can.
4. Be a decision maker: Break BIG THINGS into little manageable bits.
5. Have passion and a sense of purpose: From the first word to the final revision, be passionate about your story.
6. Get organized: It’s a necessary evil that will pay off time-saving dividends in the end.
7. Be dependable: Create self-imposed achievable deadlines.
8. Practice effective communication: Think before posting/commenting. Be mindful of your tone.
9. Conscientiousness: If you’re going to do something, it’s worth doing right.
10. Have a positive attitude: Discouragement, frustration, plot setbacks, character conundrums, and agent rejections are part of the process. If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate. WRITE. KEEP WRITING! KEEP TRYING!
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As a teacher of writing and literature, I approach writing—-fiction and non-fiction—from both an academic and real-life perspective.
Autumn Bardot writes about fearless women and dangerous passions.
She has taught literature, writing, and the magic of words for more than sixteen years. Autumn was the guest author on Stoya’s Book Club, has an article on writing erotica in BooksbyWomen.org, and has been featured on several podcasts. She is currently writing her next novel and working on her YouTube channel.
Autumn has a passion for history and a special affinity for the unsung courageous females that history neglects…or misunderstands. Autumn lives in Southern California with her husband and ever-growing family. She wishes she was one-tenth as brave as the women she writes about.
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AUTUMN’S BOOKS
The Impaler’s Wife ~ historical fiction
Dragon Lady ~ historical fiction
The Emperor’s Assassin ~ historical fiction
Legends of Lust, Erotic Myths From Around The World ~ historical/mythical erotica
Confessions of a Sheba Queen ~ historical erotica
August 9, 2020
Vanquish the Vague Villain
Add depth and complexity to your villain. Give them some endearing traits.
August 6, 2020
Scene Checklist
Every scene serves a purpose. Make sure yours is great. How many elements are in your scene?
Check the description box for a list of all the elements.
August 5, 2020
Writing Whines
Writers have A LOT to whine about! Here are my 24 favorite. What’s your favorite writing whine?
August 4, 2020
Mealtime Symbolism
Oh, the drama of the family meal! It’s full of delicious yumminess and tasty with character, conflict, and emotion.
Discover all the ways to dish out a mealtime scene packed with story flavor!
August 3, 2020
The 9 Circles of Writing Hell
With a hat tip to Dante’s Inferno, I discuss the 9 circles of writing hell. Each circle comes with it’s own unique torture. Which circle are you trapped in?
Have a few hellish laughs about all the things writers go through to reach their dream.
August 2, 2020
How to Use Symbolic Body Parts in a Novel
The body is very symbolic. Each part has its own age-old symbolism.
Discover how to amplify character, conflict, and emotion.
Click BODY SYMBOLISM to learn all the different ways to use every inch of your characters.
August 1, 2020
How I Manage My Creative Time
Writing time is precious. I work full-time and have a large family, so I don’t want to squander a millisecond of my creative brain.
Click here to discover how I learned to MAXIMIZE MY CREATIVE TIME. Hint, I have 3 brains. LOL.
July 31, 2020
How I Handle Book Reviews
To read or not to read. That is the book review question.
After eight years, I’ve finally found a a way to deal with reviews. It’s not what you think.
Click BOOK REVIEWS to learn which reviews I read and which I don’t.
