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Noble Cause! How to create a Heart-throb Hero!

By on January 15, 2008 in Protagonists: The Basics, What is the Noble Cause?

Every book has to have one, a great hero who leaps off the page and into our hearts! Think of your favorites: Braveheart, or maybe Robin Hood? Maybe it’s simpler: Hugh Grant in Notting Hill. Whoever your favorite heroes are, they all have the same elements that make them heroic. For the next four weeks in Book Therapy, we’ll be talking about our HERO – and the 4 elements that make up a Heart-Throb Hero! So, what are the elements of a winning hero? The first one is…our hero must have a Noble Cause. I know, I know – everyone who attends my writing workshops knows that I’m a big Noble Cause kind of girl, that I sing the same song. But listen, every hero has something to fight for! […]

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Noble Theme Devotional

By on January 14, 2008 in Nurturing the Soul

This weeks verse, as we talk about the hero’s journey, is Psalm 45. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. God has instilled in us a noble theme or noble cause. It may be to protect those we love, earn a nice living, be missionaries in foreign lands or ministry to the poor and needy. We should all look for ways to minister to one another. After all, Jesus commands us in John 15 to love one another. However, we also have a Noble theme, purpose, before the Lord. He’s given us access to Him through His son, Jesus. We are not longer veiled ones, kept outside the inner room, but we […]

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Play the Premise Game!

By on January 11, 2008 in Crafting a Strong Premise, Story Crafting, Uncategorized

Yay, I love games! Especially WORD games. (Monopoly and Risk, not so much) We’re going to take everything we learned this week, and all the practice we did, and play a game! Remember on Tuesday I posted three premises for you to guess: She just wants to prove that she can be a Pulitzer-prize winning writer. He wants to be at the top executive at his ad agency. But when two high achievers are thrown together to achieve their own goals, they just might discover that falling in love is the greatest prize of all. Answer: How to lose a Guy in 10 days She gave up on her future, believing her true love dead, and agreed to marry a king. But when her fiancé returns, ready to fight for […]

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House Calls: Premise

By on January 10, 2008 in Crafting a Strong Premise, House Calls, Story Crafting

Let’s get dirty… I have three brave souls willing to go under the Doc’s knife today to benefit us all – I feel like we’re on Greys, sitting in the observation gallery as McDreamy carves into a brain… Except, well, I’m not McDreamy. I’m more of the new woman Cardiothroasic surgeon…except everyone hates her, and I really don’t want to be hated…. So, bad example. Let’s just look at the premises… Premise 1: It’s the roaring twenties and Evie Kimball bucks a life of wealth and privilege for big dreams and true love. Naively believing she can have it all, Evie leaves her true love waiting in the wings and sets off for the bright lights of Broadway. As the Great Depression envelopes New York, Evie returns home ready to […]

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