Themes for Novels

You wrote a novel! Yeah! Now you have to pitch your fab story to an agent and/or write the dreaded query. In addition to crafting the one-line “elevator” pitch, it is also important to convey the essence or theme of your story. A theme is the recurring...

Sex in Literature

Intercourse. Coupling. Hanky panky. Horizontal mambo. Lovemaking. Copulation. Fornication. Coitus. Carnal Knowledge. To know. Relations. That’s a small sampling of synonyms–each eliciting a different reaction by virtue of its connotation. Well…as you...

More archetypes

Archetypes are useful when writing a novel. Just don’t confuse them with hackneyed tropes. Archetypes also help readers understand something about themselves. Remember, archetypes evolved with time, rising from ideas, actions, and images experienced by all...

Female Heroes

Nothin’ better than a WOMAN hero!  Literature, movies, myths, legends, and real life are full of them! This is part 2 of the Archetype blogs. Here’s a list of 8 female hero archetypes. Remember an archetype is defined as a  consistent pattern, model or...

Hero archetypes

Archetypes! What are they? Archetypes are defined as a  consistent pattern, model or image that recurs so often in life and literature, it is deemed universal ! Steven Fox, PH.D says archetypes are, “Patterns of thought that are handed down through generations...
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