Category Archives: Creating Protagonists

I’m Important Too! (the care and feeding of Secondary Characters!)

The use of Secondary Characters:
 
I’m important too!! 
 
So, I’m sitting here at my husband’s office, mulling over today’s blog, and the front desk guy (a friend named Jim) asks me, of course, what I’m writing about: 
 
Me:  The Use of Secondary Characters in a book.
Him:  Or misuse.  (he’s an avid reader).
Me:  (because [...]

The Final Battle: Finishing the Inner Journey for your Hero

We’ve been talking the past two weeks about the Black Moment, and the importance of it in our hero’s and heroine’s journey.  Just to reiterate, without the Black Moment, there is no point to the journey of our character, no moment of change.  It’s in the Black Moment that they discover why they’ve gone on [...]

Set me Free!

The Truth Journey (or Inner Journey, or Spiritual Journey) for your character Part 3

Okay, I’m just going to say it, and I’m using my Mom tone.  The Black Moment is the POINT of your story.  Because without the Black Moment, there is no epiphany and no character change, and if you are writing a romance, [...]

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