DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN
- a character who is physically strong
- a character who is mentally strong
- a character who is emotionally strong
ABSOLUTELY MEANS
- a character who makes her own choices, even if they’re mistakes
- a character whose point of view is explored at least briefly
- a character who is the hero of her own story whether she knows it or not
And that’s just a strong character, really.
in short: they are portrayed as an actual person, not an object/plot device
I write things then I post them on here.
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I Am From
I am a daughter and I adore my mother.
I am a sister and I love my brother.
I am a friend with many mates.
I am a student with good grades.
I am a baker and my bread is delicious.
I am almost twenty-seven and it’s ridiculous,
For I am five at heart,
Despite being thirty in mind.I am a lover and TV is my boyfriend.
I am a watcher of movies and people.
I am a music hoarder and a song singer.
I am a book reader and a food eater.
I am a geography nerd and a writer.
I am a million pieces which form a whole.I am from the Midwest plains,
But my heart is in the mountains,
And the forests, and the oceans.
I am from the deserts of Arabia,
And the English Isle of Mann,
Even the elegant French country.
I am from stubborn women,
With insatiable curiosity.
I am from love and kindness,
From logic and politeness.I am from open hearts and open minds.
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“My biggest fear is that eventually you will see me the way I see myself.” — Anonymous (via bunnen)(via see-you-later-innovator)
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“ At a workshop not too many years ago a newer writer began to condemn a best selling novel, pointing out all its flaws and jagged edges. I listened for a long time, nodding.
“All those things are true,” I said. And gave him the C.C. Finlay quote. “But until you learn what the good parts were that excited the reader, you’re always going to be bitterly upset about what is wrong with that bestseller. Learn to spot what worked in that book, and you’ll be able to move forward. And you’ll be a lot less upset all the time as well.”
”—Tobias Buckell on “The fate of today’s book bloggers”
The C.C. Finlay quote: “A novel doesn’t excite readers because you took all the bad stuff out of it, it excites them because of all the good stuff that’s in it, regardless of the bad.”
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YES, THIS. LET”S TALK ABOUT TWILIGHT!
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“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to inflame the minds of his audience.” — Henry David Thoreau (via bluesandbarebones)(via ladydayva)
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Why is Park Korean? by Rainbow Rowell I think, in a way, that writing a novel is like dreaming. Your brain starts digging things up that you’d thought you’d forgotten. You try to answer questions you didn’t even know were still lying there. You realize how long you’ve been holding on to big emotions like hurt feelings and confusion, and also specific details – like a window that always got stuck, or the way someone’s hair curled at their collar.
All of these things become colors on your palette, there for you even if you’re not consciously reaching for them …
A thoughtful, fascinating post from author Rainbow Rowell on a question she’s been getting from many readers: Why is Park, one of the main characters in her novel Eleanor & Park, Korean?
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6 Ways to End Your Story
With NaNoWriMo now in its final week, I thought it would be a good time to talk about endings. Here are six common ending types:
- Resolved: All conflicts and story threads are tied up and concluded neatly. It’s satisfying for readers, and ususally denotes a singular book or the last in a series.
- Unresolved: Conflicts are left open, storylines left unfinished. Readers don’t know what happens to all of the characters. It leaves the reader to create or ponder their own endings. It often denotes that there will be more books to follow.
- Implied: The ending is not made clear and is left to interpretation by the reader. While some readers will enjoy the puzzle, others may be left confused.
- Twist: The ending is completely unexpected and turns the whole story on its head, often revealing that an assumed truth throughout the story was actually false.
- Tie-Back: The ending ties right back to the beginning; using the same dialogue, description, setting or idea. It creates a feeling of balance and completeness.
- Crystal Ball: The ending explains what happens to the characters in the future; a significant time-frame after the ending of the story itself.
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