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Looking for a quick way to punch up your narrative? Need to kick off a scene with a bang? Want to kill a whole lot of characters real fast? Violence. I’m talking about violence. 
So you've started your story, you have your characters, you know how you want it to end... you just don't know how to tie it all together. Think about your creative process. We’ve analyzed the fiction but now let’s consider the function. Do all things exist in balance? Good and evil. Light and dark. Chaos and order. Are these the binary opposites we’ve been led to believe? Or is there always more to the story? Narratively speaking, apples are a study in opposites. All at once, they represent love and longing, betrayal and beginnings, wisdom and innocence, guilt and guile. Translating between languages can often be a complicated task, more art than science. How easy is it for us to be tempted by the things that we want to be true? There was a time when people feared the land of Faerie and the Fair Folk who dwelt there. Mischievous at best and murderous at worst, even a good fae (fairy) was more likely to harm you or your family than share their mystical gifts, of which they had many. One of the most common pieces of advice given to new writers is to “show not tell.” It’s a gentle reminder that there is more to a story than simply dialogue and narration. |
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