The Novel Approach – Originality
I’ve talked about archetypes and how to avoid clichés in the dark romantic parts of the fiction world. As writers we struggle with one huge concept that’s incredibly important: originality. We soon come to...
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The Novel Approach – Archetypes
I’ve been playing with castles and knights in shining armor. Why? Archetypes. Archetypes are characters, situations, or patterns that seem universal. Examples of this would be the knight in shining armor, the dark, scarred...
The Novel Approach – It All Means Something
As some of you may have gathered from my last post, I’ve been struggling with some writer’s block. I’ve been employing different tactics to get back into the writing groove. Recently I’ve been trying...
The Novel Approach – Overcoming the Wall
There comes a time in every novel’s life where it doesn’t want to be written. It feels like I run into The Wall every few weeks. I try to write a chapter a week,...
The Novel Approach – Where Am I?
Recently, after getting some feedback on my first few chapters, I’ve realized that in that burst of frenzied writing that a new idea will often give me, I had forgotten to include a vital...
The Novel Approach – The Beginning
Hey there. I’m Megan, and I’ll be talking about the different aspects of novels once a week with you guys. I only see logic in my first article covering beginnings. For me, one of...
