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Quick Skills: The Final Battle Breakdown and Flow Chart!

By on March 27, 2012 in Backstory, Encourage Me!, From the Inside...Out, How do I create the Inner Journey?, How do I end my story? (The Final Battle & Happily Ever After), How do I write Tension?, How do I write the Character Change Journey?, Protagonists: The Basics, Quick Skills, The Hero's Journey Simplified, What is the Dark Moment/Secret and how do I use it?, What is the Epiphany?

How do you create a triumphant ending?  We touched on the why yesterday in “conversations” but today I wanted to put tools to the theory. Just as a reminder:  the point of the Final Battle is to convince the reader (and the character) that true character change has taken place by putting it to the test.  You are waging an “internal battle” using external elements. I like to use the movie The Patriot because it is an actual battle, but it also clearly illustrates the internal/external final battle of a story.  The idea is: armed with the TRUTH, which has caused their epiphany, your character will face their last challenge, that thing they couldn’t do at the beginning of the story that they can no do (or are willing to face) […]

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Conversations with an aspiring author: Building the Triumphant Ending!

By on March 26, 2012 in Encourage Me!, From the Inside...Out, How do I create a Storyquestion and Stakes for my story?, How do I create the Inner Journey?, How do I end my story? (The Final Battle & Happily Ever After), How do I write the Character Change Journey?, How to create a Spiritual Thread, Story Crafting, Susan May Warren, The Hero's Journey Simplified, Truth or Dare: Conversations with an aspiring novelist

“You might be able to write a book in a month, but I’m only on chapter five. I have four kids, you know.”  Sally wasn’t wearing makeup today, her blond hair tied back in a ponytail. She looked like she’d lost some weight, her blue eyes a bit tired.  “I spent all weekend spring cleaning my house.  I haven’t touched my book in a week. My ending is so far out of site, I’ve forgotten what I’m writing about.” “It’s all right, Sally,” I said and nudged my uneaten bran muffin over to her. “You’ve just forgotten what you’re aiming for. See, if you set out on a journey without a destination, you might get lost or even…discouraged.” She tore off a chunk of the muffin.  “So, you’re saying that […]

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Spring into Action, Part Four: The Fruit is There!

By on March 25, 2012 in Life Coaching, Reba Hoffman

I know what you’re thinking. You plant the seeds. You water the seeds. You plant the seeds. You water the seeds and nothing is happening. Every day you go out and look, only to find row after row of, well, dirt. Hardly worth your time, right? Um, wrong. The fruit is there, right under the surface, just waiting for the right moment to burst through the soil. It’s all about the timing. Babies stay safely tucked inside the mother’s womb until they are ready to thrive in the world. Once he’s ready, you couldn’t stop him if you tried. He’s coming out that that’s all there is to it. You have those wonderful seeds of success inside your garden. I know they’re there because you planted them at the beginning […]

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Featured Fiction! Shades of Truth by Sandra Orchard

By on March 24, 2012 in Featured Book, Featured Fiction, Featured Fiction Fridays

MISSION: HIDDEN IDENTITY Big city detective Ethan Reed is working deep undercover at a Christian youth detention center. The kind of place he spent some harrowing time in as a kid. Ethan’s mission: ferret out who’s recruiting resident teens for a drug ring. He expects help from the lovely, devoted director of Hope Manor. But Kim Corbett won’t tell Ethan anything— even when she’s threatened and attacked. When Ethan discovers what Kim is protecting, his guarded heart opens just a bit wider. Enough to make this the most dangerous assignment of his career. Book 2 in series, Undercover Cops:
 Fighting for justice puts their lives—and hearts—on the line. Excerpt: Kim’s expression hardened. “I was thinking about the damage that rumors of a hit and run by a former resident would […]

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