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@lydia-s
This is Awesome!!Here are some I found recently:
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Hi @joy-caroline
Thank you so much for your advice!
So far I’m sticking with one POV (third person limited).
No worries! That makes perfect sense!! I find it challenging to combine already written characters but I guess I’ll just have to brainstorm some more and then do some crunching of characters:)God bless!
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@gracie-j
Thank you so much for those 5 helpful tips!! I will definitely keep those in account going forward.
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@freedomwriter76
I don’t think we have met, but it’s wonderful to meet you!!
Thank you for helping me out! I appreciate your input, it was very helpful! I think most my characters do serve a purpose but it may be a matter of combining them.
God bless!
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@joy-caroline
Hi Joy!
I’m struggling with that too. The one thing that helped me was using the Save The Cat beat sheet. Then evaluating each scene and asking myself is it necessary or not. I also condensed a couple scenes to move it along faster.
I attached an outline I would fill out for each scene to see whether the scene was working/complete/or could be combined with another fragment of a scene.
I don’t know if that was helpful or not XD
God bless!
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Here’s a character board from my WIP ‘The Inventor’s Daughter’
My protag’s name is Emilia.
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@elishavet-pidyon
Hi Elishavet,All that was soooo helpful!! Especially the LOTR example! I like how you asked different questions and how it becomes the readers turn to ask or respond to those questions. I’m definitely going to contemplate that more! I think I’m getting the hang of the whole theme thing now!
I appreciate your help!!!!!!INFJ/ChristianFiction/ IceCreamAddict/ StarGazer/ https://lamplighterletters.wixsite.com/mysite-1
@kathleenramm
Hi Kathleen,Wow! Thank you that was all so helpful!!
Okay, so I guess the ‘main theme’ would be struggling to build a new identity for herself. She has to choose who she wants to define her, whether that be living the life in high society or embracing the anew life in Christ with fellow Catholics. So family, belonging, happiness, purpose and learning to embrace her past are all sub themes that help her embrace herself and find her true family and place in society.
phew, okay now that I was able to talk it through it seems a lot more clear in my mind!! Now I know which theme to focus on more as I continue my second draft! I felt I was being pulled in a hundred directions…
Thank you, Thank you!!! I appreciate you help!
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@issawriter7
Hi Issabelle!
Thank you for your advice! Yes, That’s pretty much the theme. Finding where you truly belong and building a new identity is more what I’m aiming for.So with what you said, then I think finding family is one of her goals that branches out from the main theme. One of the few messages would be “Family doesn’t necessarily mean they have to be related to you.”
Yesss, we as human are very complex and I can help but want to make my novels as complex as possible. I just don’t want my readers to feel lost and scattered. But like you said the main theme can have a bunch of sub themes, so I feel a bit better about that.
Would you say that the messages in a story are the answers to the thematic question(s)??Thank you for sharing you WIP as an example, that helped. And that sounds like something I would DEFINITELY love to read:)
Oh, and thanks for the chocolates;)
btw I love your signature quote!! That really hits home for me!
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I’ve gone through this before too. It’s a hard decision. I did find this article, maybe it will help.
God bless,
Mary
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Hi @annabelle,
Thank you for your advice! That was very useful. So theme is more about asking a question that the reading will explore by reading the book, not stating a theme. I guess I could ask, “How do we find our place in society? Or, “Who will we let define us?”
I once read that your thematic question can slightly change through the book. The protagonist might be asking one question in the beginning and be asking a different one by the middle. Is that true? I guess that’s what a character arc is…
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Hey @elfwing,
Here are my two cents. When I write emotional scenes I try to think about where the character’s hands are and what they’re doing, as well as other facial cues. Like others have mentioned, you don’t necessarily need to show tears to show someone is sad. For example, the character scratches the bridge of their nose, avert’s their gaze to what’s in their hands or to somewhere else, they clenched what they are holding, (like a cup, or door nob, arm of a chair.) They cover their face with their hands, run their fingers through their hair, rub the back of their neck, bite their lip, twist up their face, or one of my favorites is their chin quaked or trembled.
Hope that helps in some way!:)
Have a blessed Easter!
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