#WritingAdviceWednesday – Kiss and Tell
Continue readingWhat kind of art project would help you get to the Heart of the Story?
Continue readingThe Mating Season is a good old fashioned Power of Love story in the best sense of the word.
Continue readingPettigrew’s pure honest example teaches Daisy and her boyfriend Sam the meaning of real love.
Continue readingI am not particularly a fan of The Bachelor but I was struck by this article on the current season. It’s such an apt description of the Power of Love character. These Character Types are the ultimate seducers.
Continue readingCortney Cox’s character is is poorly defined, cartoonish and utterly inauthentic. She acts like a thirty-year old Judd Apatow guy trapped in a one-note joke about being desperate but clumsy in the attempt to get laid.
Continue readingAnyone looking to develop a compelling male Power of Love character would do well to take a look at Tim Gunn in action on Project Runway.
Continue readingThese characters see their own value reflected in the eyes of their love object. Their philosophy might be stated: “You’re nothing without me. (And I feel I am nothing without you.)”
Continue reading“Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.” Samuel Butler (English novelist, essayist and critic). Truer words were never spoken. A character’s fear is the greatest burden he or she carries. It is the constant “static” the character cannot escape.
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