by kingdompen | Jan 6, 2017 | Articles, Ethics
By Mark Kamibaya The character archetype system (roles that characters play in a story) is used by many authors. It was invented by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (basically Sigmund Freud version 2.0 but without all the libido). Carl Jung broadened the field that...
by kingdompen | Sep 4, 2015 | Articles, Plot, Style
By Mark Kamibaya You’ve got your fight scene all figured out. You’ve followed the five basic scene planning principles and have made sure to keep character at the forefront. Now for the hardest part: writing the fight scene. A picture is worth a thousand words (or so...
by kingdompen | Sep 3, 2015 | Articles, Plot, Style
By Mark Kamibaya More often than we would like, we read fight scenes. And more often than we would like, we read boring fight scenes. Fight scenes that don’t keep us on the edge of our seat, but make us flip pages to see when it ends. So how can we make gripping...
by kingdompen | Jul 31, 2015 | Articles, Characters
By Mark Kamibaya Note: I refer to characters and readers as masculine. However, these principles can also be applied to female characters and readers. Creating a character is often the hardest part in writing. It should be. God created every human being with an...
