by Brandon Miller | Aug 25, 2017 | Articles, Characters, Plot, Theme
What do character, theme, and tension have in common? They are all results of genuine internal conflict in a story. What is internal conflict? As opposed to external conflict which involves characters battling antagonists, internal conflict ensues when a character...
by Daeus | Aug 23, 2017 | Poetry
I, apprentice of storytelling Seeking to hold the wind in a cage Broken by trials unending The world will not fit on my page I, windkeeper, am searching for answers How can I spread wide the truth? Wisdom directs me to singers and dancers And old men regretting their...
by kingdompen | Aug 21, 2017 | Articles, Plot
Your character wants something. But someone else in his world, perhaps a friend or a random stranger, wants the opposite. These incompatible goals define them as the protagonist and antagonist. They both can’t succeed, so when their desires clash, behold! You have the...
by Emily Kopf | Aug 18, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
The war is over, and the Prince has pardoned everyone who rebelled. But what will happen to those who continue to harm the innocent? When the small town of Nerthach receives news of the pardon, the residents have mixed feelings. Haydn, a former rebel, spurns the...
by kingdompen | Aug 16, 2017 | Poetry
By Natalie Griffin That glorious day I felt a stir, One in my heart that I’d never heard. It was the Word Coming to intervene in my lost, broken life, To be a light in my darkness and a relief to my strife. Although it’s fair to say in my eight-year-old circumstance,...
