By Jodi ClarkIf you’ve ever sat in a theatre or read a book and yawned every time the villain appeared on the scene,...

Jun 25, 2021 | Articles, Characters
By Jodi ClarkIf you’ve ever sat in a theatre or read a book and yawned every time the villain appeared on the scene,...
Jun 21, 2021 | Articles, Characters, Theme
By Chelsea HindleEvery reader has that villain they like just a bit too much.From Zuko, and Loki, to Frankenstein’s...
Jun 18, 2021 | Articles, Characters, Theme
By Sandrina de KlerkYou may love them, you may hate them. Fallen heroes. Perhaps you love reading them, but...
Jul 25, 2016 | Articles, Characters, Theme
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s the courage that counts.” While this...
Jul 18, 2016 | Articles, Characters, Plot
By Josiah DeGraafThe transition from childhood to adulthood is an important transition that everyone has to make....
Jul 11, 2016 | Articles, Characters, Plot
By Hope AnnThere is a theme which abounds across a number of genres. One in which young men are torn from their farms...
Jun 1, 2016 | Articles, Characters
By Josiah DeGraafCharacter archetypes. Most of us know common examples of...
Apr 27, 2016 | Articles, Characters, Theme
By Josiah DeGraafSo, if you’ve been following my articles for a while, you may have noticed that I talk a lot about...
Mar 7, 2016 | Articles, Characters
By Josiah DeGraafFour years ago, I was beginning a rewrite of A Darkened Light, which was my second full-length novel...
Feb 22, 2016 | Articles, Characters, Ethics, Plot, Romance
Stories follow a familiar pattern because it works. When it comes to character...
Feb 10, 2016 | Articles, Characters, Theme
Why does love in so many books or movies get relegated to the narrow confines of romance? Yes, romance is...
Jul 31, 2015 | Articles, Characters
By Mark KamibayaNote: I refer to characters and readers as masculine. However, these principles can also be applied to...