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Examples of the Discovering the Soul of Your Story principles in action
Paikea, Dorothy, and Katniss! Oh, My!
It cannot be denied that females are underrepresented as main characters in the world of mainstream stories. Can we understand and fix that? You...
Profiling Your Characters
Putting together detailed profiles of your characters can help bring them to life in your writing mind, but doing so takes time and effort—which...
Stories from Aphorisms | Fashionable Belief
Aphorisms are especially well-suited to generating story ideas, because they often contain recommended approaches or courses of action that serve as...
Finding Stories in the I Ching
The I Ching ("Book of Change"), is an original Chinese classic the origin of which may lie as far back as 3,000 BCE. Is it a source of wisdom?...
The Difference Between a Story and a Tale
Subtle differences exist between a "story" and a "tale." And although neither is inherently superior to the other, the differences do matter and can...
Finding Theme in the Inciting Incident
Considering the importance of theme to a story, it behooves you to practice finding its hiding places and identifying its species—not to coax it...