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Are You Making an Impression with Your Character?
Are Your Characters Making an Impression? Traci Kenworth When we set off to write our story, often the characters we choose are flat. They have no substance, no reason for existing yet, they’re a blank canvas. Oh, we might see them as a grand creation in our minds but they’re not ready, not yet.…
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The Inciting Incident
The Inciting Incident Traci Kenworth According to Wiki Answer the inciting incident is, “The conflict that begins the action of the story and causes the protagonist to react.” I.E. Cas moves in order to confront/exorcise ghosts, he’s killed seventeen in the past but Anna Dressed in Blood is something he’s never seen before, even…
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By the Roadside…
By the Roadside (Observations on life, books and the like…) Traci Kenworth Living where I do, in Amish country, is simple, easy, and a bit breath-taking. You see some quaint things you don’t see every day in the city. I think it’s part of the charm. Yet, more and more residents are having to…
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Review: The Mockingjay
SPOILER ALERT: Let me just say that I loved this series by Suzanne Collins. The heroine, Katniss Everdeen, is likeable, spunky, someone to root for. Plus there are two boys in her life to keep you enthralled. The world is well built, downright scary to imagine and all the players fit well into it. I’ve…
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Last Update
Only had a few minutes to read this morning before Read-a-thon ended. I got to page 6 of Mockingjay. Here’s the blurb for it: Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Her family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capital. District 13 really…