Splickety Magazine 1.4 By Splickety Magazine in Splickety Magazine 20 pages, published 5/6/2013 Check out our fourth issue of Splickety Magazine, a Special My Book Therapy Contest issue. Susan May Warren, founder of My Book Therapy and best-selling author of multiple novels, headlines this issue with a story that connects to her latest novel Take a Chance on Me. We’re also featuring a story by Best-selling author Rachel Hauck and the winner of My Book Therapy’s flash fiction contest–but you’ll have to read the issue to find out who it… Hey Friends! I’m so thrilled to announce that My Book Therapy has partnered with Splickety Magazine for a fun Short Story Contest! Inside this great issue, you’ll find the winners, plus some fun articles on writing short stories (and how […]
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Fairytales: Belief, Dream and Your Protagonist
You’ve probably figured out by now I’m learning as I write these fairytale post. We’ll compile them, clean them up and offer them to you in book format one day. Anyway, I’ve been reviewing my original, “this is a fairytale” list and it’s quite shallow. We’ve covered a lot of what I initially thought to elements of fairytales but now I realize there are all kinds of fun elements. Belief Your protagonists, your hero and heroine must believe in something, someone, in values, in the goodness of humanity. In CBA novels, they should believe in, have hope in, the goodness of God. As I review novels from new writers, even from established ones, often the core belief system is missing. This ties into the “secret desire” of the heart or […]
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The villain. The antagonist. The one who causes the hero and heroine a bucket full of woes. Fairytales revolve around the one-true-ones facing the dragon, an evil presence, the overwhelming odds and winning the day. The prince in Sleeping Beauty literally slays the dragon to save his fair princess. In Snow White, the prince defeats the curse with a kiss. Or, in our case, we can say the curse was defeated by love. I’m telling you, the power and message of the Cross is all over the world, all over literature, if you dare to peer deep enough. How do we use the power of evil or the villain in our modern day novels. Several ways. If you’re writing a suspense or thriller, the answer is more profound. You, well, […]
Read the RestFairytales: Someone Needs to Be Rescued
Fairytales: Someone Needs To Be Rescued A good story is about a journey. A great story is about a journey that leads to overcoming. Finding hope. True love. Destiny. Fairytales masterfully use the elements of despair and hopelessness to drive the hero and heroine toward change. All is dark in fairytale world, usually manipulated by some supernatural, evil force, to confine goodness. To constrain voices of truth and love. To kill and destroy. Hum… won’t that preach? But we don’t want to preach in stories. We want to show. Typically, but not always, the heroine is the character in the most trouble. The one who needs to be rescued. Though on occasion, the hero can be a bit of a rapscallion and get himself in trouble. Beauty and the Beast […]
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