by kingdompen | Feb 24, 2017 | Articles, Characters
Name a Disney film. Name both of the hero’s parents. Not easy, right? Usually at least one of the parents is dead. Although Disney has other reasons for doing this, the main one is to develop sympathy in the audience for the hero. Sometimes it works. But it also comes...
by kingdompen | Feb 22, 2017 | Poetry
By Adora Istrate She wandered through her life With her nose in a book, Every event, every game, For those blessed pages forsook. She jumped in every puddle, Felt for every wardrobe’s back, Dreamed of her secret identity And armies come to attack. All the adventure in...
by kingdompen | Jan 16, 2017 | Articles, Platform & Career, Style
“You will never get a second chance to make a first impression.” No one knows who first voiced that statement, but the logic of it has endured. A bad impression may be mended over time, and a good impression may turn out false. But you only have one chance to make...
by kingdompen | Jan 4, 2017 | Poetry
By Kate Flournoy As You see, Lord, let me see. Teach my eyes Your sight. Teach my heart to comprehend Your sorrow through the night. Teach my eyes to see the tears Of shame and agony; And have compassion on the fears Of other beings like me. Let me see their broken...
by kingdompen | Oct 19, 2016 | Articles, Characters
As writers, we are sometimes accused of gloating or chuckling evilly to ourselves in dark castles over the sorrow we cause readers when we kill favorite characters. I won’t confirm or deny that, but I will say that writers who reap tears from readers will feel the...
