Tag Archive | characters
TV Tropes Monday: Adaptational Sexuality as the New Black Face
Tweet of the Day: Strings of Retaliation – 6b – Mimosa ——- I’ve been trying to write a post about this subject for sometime, but for some reason I could come up with a coherent argument until I stumbled upon this trope. According to the tropes page Adaptational Sexuality occurs when the sexuality of a [...]
For the Love of Poe
Tweet of the Day: Illustrations that made Edgar Allan Poe’s stories even more horrifying ——- Long time readers of this blog know a few things about me including that I do not like horror yet I am a devoted fan of Edgar Allan Poe. How can I be a fan of Poe, the man that [...]
Space for Rent: Gaming and Expanding the Genre Audience
Tweet of the Day: On Blogging About Yourself ——– Okay, starting a post with a video, specially a video as long as this one is not exactly blogging kosher (??) but you should watch it first, (ALL OF IT! DO IIIIIIT! ) and then proceed with the rest of the post. Yes, as the title [...]
TV Tropes Monday: Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Tweet of the Day: On This Momentous Occasion ——– Characters, like narratives, should have depth. The easiest way to do so if to give the character two conflicting traits or more conflicting traits, just like a real person. The Jerk with a Heart of Gold is a trope that accomplishes this in one felt swoop. [...]
On Writing: People Watching
Tweet of the Day: Tips for Creating Thematic Resonance ——– All The World’s A Stage…. Thus begins the famous monologue by Jaques in As You Like It. And stage needs characters. Lots of characters: fighters, lovers, thinkers, dreamers and doers. The stage also needs a play and plays need writers. Enter you, stage right. Yeah…you. [...]
NaNo 2011: Ruins of Empire-Dramatis Personae
Tweet of the Day: November Blog Chain – Book Blurb ——– NaNo confession time. I gave up, sort of…. Back pain induced by stress derailed me and I haven’t updated in nearly a week. I still got time and I will finish the book, but may be NaNo wasn’t the best fit for it, format [...]
NaNo 2011: Piling on the Dialogue
Tweet of the Day: The #1 Factor to Consider When Choosing a PoV Character ——– Back pain has slowed down my NaNoing but I’m still at it. I have discovered an interesting trend, my characters can’t shut the hell up! Every scene is talk, talk, talk and talk some more. I mean like dialogue, I [...]
TV Tropes Monday: It’s Personal
Tweet of the Day: Writing Excuses 6.24: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime ——- The character is working away in his farm, garage, spaceship, wizard’s lab, whatever when all of the sudden somebody comes up to them, spits in their eye and kidnaps their 3 month old kitten. Time to lock and load because It’s [...]
Sunday Tweet: Sex, Imperialism and Romance for and by Women
The Sunday Tweet: NAinUF: Characters II – Supporting Roles Today’s tweet comes from Poleth’s Quill, who raises several interesting points on Native American characters in Urban Fantasy, specifically UF with the romance suffix added. To quote: Books closer to the urban fantasy/horror end often have white love interests, but some of the more paranormal [...]
The Clothes Make the Character
Tweet of the Day: Writing, Life and the C Word ——– They say that, “Clothes don’t make the man.” But when it comes to characters, it is a bit different. You (a.k.a. The Writer) can illustrate (“Remember kids, show, don’t tell!”) a character through their clothing. Such details as their socioeconomic class, age, era, comfort [...]
