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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Homework for Video 9: Theme & Story Structure in the forum Writing Assignments 9 years, 2 months ago
@audrey-caylin Alright; finally getting around to giving you feedback on this. xD And yes, a “climax of a climax” is an actual thing. xD Different writers call it different things, though. Weiland calls it the ‘climactic moment.’
Anyways, onto thoughts on the story. It sounds like Method #2 that’s being utilized since the protagonist is aware of…[Read more]
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Josiah DeGraaf started the topic Homework for Video 13: Theme & Antagonist in the forum Writing Assignments 9 years, 2 months ago
Develop at least three different antagonists who will challenge the protagonist on his initial Experiment in Living. It’s fine if one of these antagonists is your story’s villain. We’ll just be developing that character on in the next lesson. Figure out what positions each of them represent. Finally, decide for each antagonist if they’re going t…[Read more]
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Josiah DeGraaf started the topic Homework for Video 13: Theme & Antagonist in the forum Writing Assignments 9 years, 2 months ago
Develop at least three different antagonists who will challenge the protagonist on his initial Experiment in Living. Figure out what positions each of them represent. Finally, decide for each antagonist if they’re going to serve the role of a foil, an influence, or a testing ground.
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Josiah DeGraaf started the topic Homework for Video 13: Theme & Antagonist in the forum Writing Assignments 9 years, 2 months ago
Develop at least three different antagonists who will challenge the protagonist on his initial Experiment in Living. Figure out what positions each of them represent. Finally, decide for each antagonist if they’re going to serve the role of a foil, an influence, or a testing ground.
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Josiah DeGraaf started the topic Discussion for Video Thirteen: Theme & Antagonists in the forum Discussion Questions 9 years, 2 months ago
Think of two different antagonists in literature who work really well as antagonists and who are also NOT the story’s villain. Then figure out how these villains are connected to the story’s overall theme and then post your results here!
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Josiah DeGraaf started the topic Discussion for Video Thirteen: Theme & Antagonists in the forum Discussion Questions 9 years, 2 months ago
Think of two different antagonists in literature who work really well as antagonists and who are also ​NOT ​the story’s villain. Then figure out how these villains are connected to the story’s overall theme and then post your results here!
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Theme Mastery Q&A in the forum Theme Mastery 9 years, 2 months ago
@Aratrea okey dokey. I will not be able to make it. Guys, *wags finger sternly* You be sure and ask him plenty of questions ‘kay?
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Theme Mastery Q&A in the forum Theme Mastery 9 years, 2 months ago
Thanks for the input everyone! It looks like the best option is going to be February 24th from 3-4 PM EST, so we’re going to be scheduling the Q&A for that. I’ll be sending out an email the day before with a webinar link, and will also make sure to post a link in this thread! Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible there. 🙂
And to…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Calling all KeePers— the Realm of Pen needs you! in the forum General Writing Discussions 9 years, 2 months ago
*chokes* Well that was unexpected. @Emma-Flournoy
And I love that @R-J-Wordsmith. 😀
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic ARCHIVED – Homework for Video 10: Theme & Scene Structure in the forum Writing Assignments 9 years, 2 months ago
Okay! I think I finally got some stuff organized here. 😀
1. Harold enters a treacherous swamp to save Denholm, who does not seem to grasp the gravity of the situation.
Mkay, so I finally got Harold’s EIL somewhat figured out.
E.I.L.: that the world is worth being a part of because man, deep down, is basically good. (Note: Harold is a c…[Read more] -
Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Love Triangles— what the Classical Authors knew that we don't. in the forum General Writing Discussions 9 years, 2 months ago
That’s awesome @Vanna! Perfect use of foil characters and thematic contrasts. *thumbs up* Sounds like you absolutely nailed a good (skillful rather 😉 ) love triangle.
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Rachelle's "Hello" in the forum Start HERE 9 years, 2 months ago
@rachelle If you can do one hour per day, I think that’s an awesome pace to keep up consistently! A large part of how much time you should spend depends on other activities; if you’re able to spend more time on your writing, that will of course help out a lot, but sometimes it’s difficult to even find even that much time. I have the same goal of…[Read more]
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Calling all KeePers— the Realm of Pen needs you! in the forum General Writing Discussions 9 years, 2 months ago
New topic.
Potatoes.@Ethryndal @GracieGirl @Hope @Emma-Flournoy @Winter-Rose @The-Bean @Rolena-Hatfield @R-J-Wordsmith
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Calling all KeePers— the Realm of Pen needs you! in the forum General Writing Discussions 9 years, 2 months ago
New topic.
Potatoes.@Ethryndal @GracieGirl @Hope @Emma-Flournoy @Winter-Rose @The-Bean @Rolena-Hatfield
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Calling all KeePers— the Realm of Pen needs you! in the forum General Writing Discussions 9 years, 2 months ago
Each door was painted with a different name in careful golden letters, and each name just as carefully crossed out.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Theme Mastery Q&A in the forum Theme Mastery 9 years, 2 months ago
@Aratrea Monday, Feb. 27th at 7-8 pm EST is the only one that’ll work for me. This sounds super exciting and I’d love to do it, but if I’m out-voted don’t worry about leaving me out of the rotation. 😉
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Homework for Videos 6-8: Developing Character Arcs in the forum Writing Assignments 9 years, 2 months ago
@ethryndal Looks good then. Two recommendations. The first would be to make sure that she’s being shown her resolution paradigm that God gives people worth all throughout the character arc even though she won’t accept it till the end, just to make sure it doesn’t come from out of left-field but flows naturally from the story. The second would be…[Read more]
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Theme Mastery Q&A in the forum Theme Mastery 9 years, 2 months ago
@audrey-caylin Shoot. I forgot you couldn’t time-travel like me. February 24th and 25th will have to do then. 😉
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Theme Mastery Q&A in the forum Theme Mastery 9 years, 2 months ago
@audrey-caylin Shoot. I forgot you couldn’t time-travel like me. February 24th and 25th will have to do then.
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Josiah DeGraaf started the topic Theme Mastery Q&A in the forum Theme Mastery 9 years, 2 months ago
Hey all,
First of all, I just want to say how awesome it has been to be interacting with you all over the forum over the past month or so. 😀 It’s been great to hear how helpful the lessons have been to you and I’ve enjoyed working with you all on our story’s themes. And on top of that, all your feedback in the Google surveys has been super…[Read more]
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