tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34085505217296342732024-03-18T09:11:55.611-05:00Zen of WritingWriting and contemplation at the same timeL.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.comBlogger4998125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-63274608810344759792024-03-18T05:11:00.001-05:002024-03-18T05:11:00.137-05:00Writing - part xxx627 Writing a Novel to Entertain, Parts of Reality<p>18 March 2024, Writing - part xxx627 Writing a Novel to Entertain,
Parts of Reality</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or antagonist,
action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VF0IYMi8NCYc6cpuYcflQL4Qvj3yAl1HpP3BlAiHS8sbQeHx1mvfIPhCeu0JqMwKwNwbAGs4sYKW8QcawTdfo-NU68bqZZoUP1ob5d86pYrchz14-eIyREOpflcnRdUjb0Q0X_moLdA-iNhNBzIKgMTp48q1Dy5sojcapwLKj73VrsZYrRue4pq_NAfV/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VF0IYMi8NCYc6cpuYcflQL4Qvj3yAl1HpP3BlAiHS8sbQeHx1mvfIPhCeu0JqMwKwNwbAGs4sYKW8QcawTdfo-NU68bqZZoUP1ob5d86pYrchz14-eIyREOpflcnRdUjb0Q0X_moLdA-iNhNBzIKgMTp48q1Dy5sojcapwLKj73VrsZYrRue4pq_NAfV/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let’s keep
writing to entertain ourselves with the knowledge that what will entertain a great
reader, like we are, will entertain other readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s our only hope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let’s look
back at entertainment and writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
wrote before, writing is communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we imagine is that we simply communicate words from one person to
another, but the reality, especially in writing, is we are communicating word pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I imagine
the world structurally in my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is where my reality lies and this is where my imagination lies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until someone invents a mind viewer, you will
never know what is really going on in someone’s mind or thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the Greeks, as well as most real
philosophers would argue that even then, you will never really know a person’s
thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thoughts live in the realm of the
unreal world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at little at
the Greek worldview—that’s the worldview basis for Western civilization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the Greek
and Western worldview, the human being is made up of <i>sarx, psuche, </i>and<i>
pneuma</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things get a little
complicated from here, but in Greek thought, <i>sarx</i> is the flesh—that’s
easy, the physical body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Psuche</i>
is the mind or thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Greek
worldview a human can’t stop thinking—if they do, they are just an animal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <i>psuche</i> is the unconscious breath—there
is no thinking to take an unconscious breath, but in the Greek worldview what
makes a human different from an animal is that humans always think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They think, therefore they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there is <i>pneuma</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Pneuma</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> is the conscious
breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is freewill to the Greeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unconscious breath is automatic and
thinking—the conscious breath is accomplished through freewill, and action of
the mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this is very interesting
to me, and should be important to any thinking person—two-thirds of our being,
according to the Greeks is not found in the real world—although the conscious
and the unconscious breath are physical things, they represent very nonphysical
ideas—thoughts (reasoning) and freewill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I guess I’ll look at the unreal in the real world, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, what is
real and what is unreal?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are
familiar with classic philosophy and theology as well as Western Civilization,
you should know, but let me remind you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Greeks invented the three ways to know truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is a forth that came out of the legal system, but it’s not
effective in knowing truth as much as defining harm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the three methods to know truth
are, in order of invention, the historic method, reason or logic (philosophy),
and the scientific method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were
the bread and butter of knowledge and education until about 1900, but they have
fallen by the wayside, mostly because they are absolutely true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s define them a little.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first
place, the historical method is used to prove as well as define things that can’t
be repeated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Historical events and occurrences
cannot be repeated, they are defined by time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We could write that the historical method is used to prove and define
things that are bound by time—this would be absolutely true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks notably invented the historical
method to record history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their purpose
was to record historical events for the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, even the Greeks, with tongue in cheek, argued the Hebrews actually
started the historical method, however, their purpose was different, and so the
Greeks made the claim in history and it stuck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Hebrews
purpose was to record the revelation of their God in the fabric of their world
and history and not to record human history necessarily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one of the main reason the Greeks get
the claim of the invention of the historical method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the Greeks honored and venerated the
Hebrews for their very ancient historical writings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">What can you
do with the historical method?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the
first place, the historical method is the only method to prove history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, we write about evidence and the best
evidence is the eyewitness source in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are three levels of historical witness, primary (eyewitness),
secondary (hearsay), and tertiary (anything else).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">A primary
witness is one that directly observes something in time and place—then they
record it in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually the
recording in the past has been writing but in the modern world we have videos,
pictures, and other recordings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">A secondary
witness is one that takes the record or account of a primary witness and writes
or records it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is usually a newspaper
or other account where the secondary writes down the report of the primary
witness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an example, in the assassination
of Lincon, the written or recorded account of his wife, a primary witness would
be a primary source.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The account by a journalist
from an interview of Lincoln’s wife would be a secondary witness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the historical
method, a primary witness always trumps any secondary or tertiary witness
unless there is any direct and obvious discrepancies between the accounts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t mean simply things a person decides
not to believe, but rather falsifications based on real data.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even this is difficult to define because
primary source witness is always accorded the benefit of the doubt in the
eyewitness to an account.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
happened to have a multiple of eyewitnesses and the account of one
significantly differed from the others, you might consider dropping the one,
but this is usually a problem of modern jurisprudence and not history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll get into this, next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-23410955717125513222024-03-17T05:14:00.001-05:002024-03-17T05:14:00.142-05:00Writing - part xxx626 Writing a Novel to Entertain<p>17 March 2024, Writing - part xxx626 Writing a Novel to Entertain</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or antagonist,
action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VF0IYMi8NCYc6cpuYcflQL4Qvj3yAl1HpP3BlAiHS8sbQeHx1mvfIPhCeu0JqMwKwNwbAGs4sYKW8QcawTdfo-NU68bqZZoUP1ob5d86pYrchz14-eIyREOpflcnRdUjb0Q0X_moLdA-iNhNBzIKgMTp48q1Dy5sojcapwLKj73VrsZYrRue4pq_NAfV/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VF0IYMi8NCYc6cpuYcflQL4Qvj3yAl1HpP3BlAiHS8sbQeHx1mvfIPhCeu0JqMwKwNwbAGs4sYKW8QcawTdfo-NU68bqZZoUP1ob5d86pYrchz14-eIyREOpflcnRdUjb0Q0X_moLdA-iNhNBzIKgMTp48q1Dy5sojcapwLKj73VrsZYrRue4pq_NAfV/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let’s keep
writing to entertain ourselves with the knowledge that what will entertain a great
reader, like we are, will entertain other readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s our only hope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let’s look
back at entertainment and writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
wrote before, writing is communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we imagine is that we simply communicate words from one person to
another, but the reality, especially in writing, is we are communicating word pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I imagine
the world structurally in my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is where my reality lies and this is where my imagination lies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until someone invents a mind viewer, you will
never know what is really going on in someone’s mind or thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the Greeks, as well as most real
philosophers would argue that even then, you will never really know a person’s
thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thoughts live in the realm of the
unreal world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at little at
the Greek worldview—that’s the worldview basis for Western civilization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the Greek
and Western worldview, the human being is made up of <i>sarx, psuche, </i>and<i>
pneuma</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things get a little
complicated from here, but in Greek thought, <i>sarx</i> is the flesh—that’s
easy, the physical body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Psuche</i>
is the mind or thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Greek
worldview a human can’t stop thinking—if they do, they are just an animal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <i>psuche</i> is the unconscious breath—there
is no thinking to take an unconscious breath, but in the Greek worldview what
makes a human different from an animal is that humans always think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They think, therefore they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there is <i>pneuma</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Pneuma</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> is the conscious
breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is freewill to the Greeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unconscious breath is automatic and
thinking—the conscious breath is accomplished through freewill, and action of
the mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this is very interesting
to me, and should be important to any thinking person—two-thirds of our being,
according to the Greeks is not found in the real world—although the conscious
and the unconscious breath are physical things, they represent very nonphysical
ideas—thoughts (reasoning) and freewill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I guess I’ll look at the unreal in the real world, next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More
tomorrow.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For more information, you can visit my
author site </span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.ldalford.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ldalford.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and my individual
novel websites:</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.ancientlight.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.aegyptnovel.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.aegyptnovel.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.centurionnovel.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.centurionnovel.com</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.thesecondmission.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.thesecondmission.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.theendofhonor.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.thefoxshonor.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.</span></a><a href="http://www.thefoxshonor/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">thefoxshonor</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.com<br />
</span><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.</span></a><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">aseasonofhonor</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.com</span><span style="font-family: "Sylfaen",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-20801121019349540532024-03-16T05:14:00.001-05:002024-03-16T05:14:00.142-05:00Writing - part xxx625 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Conclusions<p>16 March 2024, Writing - part xxx625 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Conclusions</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or antagonist,
action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VF0IYMi8NCYc6cpuYcflQL4Qvj3yAl1HpP3BlAiHS8sbQeHx1mvfIPhCeu0JqMwKwNwbAGs4sYKW8QcawTdfo-NU68bqZZoUP1ob5d86pYrchz14-eIyREOpflcnRdUjb0Q0X_moLdA-iNhNBzIKgMTp48q1Dy5sojcapwLKj73VrsZYrRue4pq_NAfV/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VF0IYMi8NCYc6cpuYcflQL4Qvj3yAl1HpP3BlAiHS8sbQeHx1mvfIPhCeu0JqMwKwNwbAGs4sYKW8QcawTdfo-NU68bqZZoUP1ob5d86pYrchz14-eIyREOpflcnRdUjb0Q0X_moLdA-iNhNBzIKgMTp48q1Dy5sojcapwLKj73VrsZYrRue4pq_NAfV/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind
of, questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality
and the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem
that must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses
</i>is Leopold Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a
sympathetic relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
relationship is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic
flaw to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic
flaw is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or
detective novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the
development of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and
part of the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
protagonist is revealed, the telic flaw is presented as an impossible
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to
work on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit
tricky, and perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern
authors who are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the
entire novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that
point the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that
they knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution was impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there is more to this, and then the
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall
plot to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the
Romantic plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my
favorite, but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my
favorite), or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based
scenes (can be very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I
should address these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the
potential need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my
publisher did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me
off of both flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could write it, and it was published, but I
decided I’d work out a better way of developing the initial scene in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and
the protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I
won’t—not at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to
express is first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how
do we do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to
mask their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would
not be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place
my characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important
subjects and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for
me, the past is the important point and the basis for providing information and
giving history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure,
Sable, and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment into the
picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Marshall
raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in
front of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension is all around Seoirse and
assignment, but I haven’t really extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and
Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
smiled, “Actually, I wanted him to look a little more like a normal schoolboy
than you might be expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like
you’re playing a part, Lady Tash, Mr. Wishart is also playing a part for the
Organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
looked away and grimaced, “Very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
understand to some degree, but I don’t like it at all.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
stood, “Now, Mr. Wishart has an automobile, and I’d like you to return to
school with him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stared, “You’re kidding, right?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not
kidding at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like you to get to
know Mr. Wishart better, and a three-hour drive from here to Monmouth should
provide that opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
Mr. Wishart will update you on your cover.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash’s
mouth opened wide, “My cover?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will provide you the
opportunity to communicate privately, and as Mr. Wishart has planned.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stood, “I’m not in favor of it, but I do accept this small disrespect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
unlocked the door with her switch, the lights all turned red, and Francis, the
butler opened the door, “Yes, Mrs. Marshall?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Show Lady
Tash and Mr. Wishart to the door please.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He bowed, “My pleasure,
Mrs. Marshall.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the end of the scene and of the initial dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Seoirse and Rose briefed on their
assignment and Mr. Marshall showing them out the door and off to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I wrote, the way to develop all dialog is through the following outline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>All human dialog follows this sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some cases, we can abbreviate steps, but those abbreviations are
usually to introductions and nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no need to introduce characters to one another at the beginning
of every dialog, but then again, in a novel, it might be very useful and
worthwhile to do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
isn’t the characters, but the readers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When we bring characters together to dialog, we need to reintroduce them,
not to each other, but to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We reintroduce the tags and the mannerisms or other small identifying
features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reintroduce the names and
the relationships to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
assure you, a character who hasn’t appeared since the second chapter will be a
complete mystery to the reader when they are brought back into the novel in the
tenth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little fact seems to illude
many writers who presume the reader has just as cogent an understanding of the
characters as they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need new description and
setting especially character and scene setting to be able to remember and place
the absent character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say
the dialog outline is basic human information, but alas, many if not most
humans in cultured societies have no clue about these most normative of human
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you write, you must
know this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This prevents perhaps the
worst disaster in writing—the fake sounding conversation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I read it all the time, and more than that, in experienced writers tell
me all the time about their inability to write normal or normal sounding dialog
or conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They usually call it
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dialog outline will
definitely get you to better and more normal sounding dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other basic rules, but I’ve covered
these before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My main point in addressing conversation or dialog here has been to show how
to <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explain the past through
dialog as opposed to flashbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
my favored way to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like to
use flashbacks, I love to get characters together for a great
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that conversation, I
can show so much more than just the background of the history or the
backstory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can show the characters and
develop them through their interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was going for more in this in terms of obstacles and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other ideas or, let’s say, other ways to
express background and previous information is with scenes without the
protagonist, plus writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The two ways to express the past in a novel is through a flashback or
through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m all in favor of
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, I just love writing and
using dialog in novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
way of showing the past or rather more like the present but other information
about the protagonist and the plot and that is to take a scene out of the
normal narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In many novels, the author wants to present information about a character
and especially about a protagonist that the reader wouldn’t otherwise
have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, normal dialog can’t
get you there or the information might be secreted from the protagonist or
other characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to handle
this is with a scene outside of the normal narrative of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t that uncommon in great
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look at William F.
Buckly’s novels and you will see cuts from the narrative to Washington or to
the Kremlin to expand the information the spies on the ground are contending
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an especially powerful
historical technique in historical novels, and allows you to gain insight as
well as provide information about what is causing certain reactions in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t have to be as deep or
in depth as all that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write close
novels that tend to touch on world events but are not world events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use scenes outside of the normal narrative
not often nor commonly, but to give information that might not be available
that I want my readers to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
noted, I don’t do it often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels
tend to be close therefore I don’t often need to expand their reach outside of
the protagonist or the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are always s pitfalls for all these techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main problem with moving a scene outside
of the normal narrative sequence is confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You must make the scene unambiguously clear in the novel and to your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to do this is with
the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing a great setting or
description for the scene will ensure you don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the transition from the scene back
to the normal narrative flow must be clear and unconfusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There was a time when confusion reigned in writing and especially in science
fiction writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It formed a great barrier in my mind and my
writing a barrier I swore I would help uphold—don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a major rule of my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can write scenes outside of the normal narrative sequence, but you must
use caution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must focus on the
writing and the clarity of the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, the entire point of placing a scene outside of the narrative
sequence is to improve the understanding of the reader not to confuse
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, you might ask why have such
a scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just as we might have a flashback (not my favorite) to explain the past or
dialog between characters to explain the past, we might have a scene outside of
the narrative where other characters can provide either history, current plans,
or information about the protagonist that would otherwise not be
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Dana-ana:
Enchantment and the Maiden, </i>I have a couple of scenes where her enemies
plot and plan against her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
circumstances of their collusion are perfect and show the reader that Dana-ana
is not wrong or off, and that all the terrible things happening to her are not
her own fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information is
important in the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, I looked at the three ways to present information from the past in a
novel: flashback, dialog, and scenes outside of the narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go on to look at why I think you should
always write in a sequential narrative and what that has to do with a Romantic
plot, indeed how to write a Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m still
writing about obstacles in the novel and especially about obstacles in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primary point of obstacles is
the development of tension and release in the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This goes directly to the primary obstacles
of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a Romantic
plot, the telic flaw (plot) resolution should appear to be impossible until it
is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These impossibilities are
the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These obstacles are
placed into the narrative at strategic points with plans, by the author, to
develop and eventually resolve these obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Many portray
the rising action of the novel as a jagged line rising up to the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay but perhaps too optimistic for a
Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, in the
Romantic plot, the reader faces obstacles that keep indicating the
impossibility of resolving the telic flaw, but the Romantic protagonist
continues to have faith and encouragement that the result will be
positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This positivity as well as the
positive notes in the writing and the scenes are what prevent a Romantic novel
from being a downer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, as I’ve
noted before, the modern novel is the revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a great protagonist, even with continual
and difficult obstacles, the revelation itself is entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist must negotiate and resolve
each of the obstacles in the scenes and move the tension and release forward,
the revelation itself is the real entertainment in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These interactions, especially with the other
characters and the tension and release in the scenes, brings forward the
positive nature of the Romantic protagonist while the telic flaw resolution
still appears impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps an example should be forthcoming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In my novel,
<i>Blue Rose: Enchantment and the Detective</i>, Azure Rose’s goal (her telic
flaw) is to regain her estate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has
zero hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t make enough money
as a supernatural detective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t
sell the treasures she gets from the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is being harassed (she thinks) by Lachlann Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is afraid to speak to the queen, her
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is being persecuted by Mrs.
Calloway, Lachlann’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of
these obstacles prevent the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In every case, Azure does eventually resolve
or work through the difficulties, but ultimately, she can’t earn enough to buy
back her estate even if the government allowed her to buy it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">These
obstacles mount through the novel, and each time one seems to be resolved or
fixed, she encounters a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
wrote the novel, I was writing the scenes sequentially, and I recommend
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I went back through the novel,
I could just add more obstacles, if I needed them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about the sequential narrative,
next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The
sequential narrative is the least confusing to a writer and a reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why I like them so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a
sequential narrative, the author simply writes the novel in a time
sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The time sequence tends to be
all the types of sequences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
other words, there isn’t any reason to write any other way, in my opinion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just write the novel and set the novel in
the sequence of time, and all is well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I go so far
as to put the general date at the top of every chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this helps the reader and the
writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the novel itself, sometimes,
I’ll put in date and time information just to prevent any funny time
errors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had that happen in
sequential novels before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think
what kind of problem that might be if the novel was not time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Notice that
obstacles are also time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a
Romantic style novel, the telic flaw resolution appears impossible until it is
inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most writers will stack
obstacles to the resolution up as well as other obstacle against the telic flaw
resolution meanwhile resolving them in some order, not usually sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could resolve them sequentially, but
usually, the best way to present the obstacles is, of course, sequentially, but
then have interlaced obstacles that are resolved in some order that might
resolve another earlier obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some
cases, these resolutions might lead to other obstacles or result in more
obstacles for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Obviously, in the end, the obstacles aren’t all cleared until the
climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the climax, a host of the
obstacles might be completed that leads to the resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a miracle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could incorporate and include a miracle if
that is the type of telic flaw, but my point is this—it isn’t a deus ex machina
(a god machine).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cavalry can’t come
rescue them in the end, unless you have set up and prepared and properly
alerted them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, the cavalry might
help resolve the telic flaw. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the end,
the proper resolution of the telic flaw should be through some degree of logic
and reasoning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Admittedly, most climaxes
should incorporate action and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means some fighting or real action, but the resolution of the telic
flaw needs to come about through a rational expression that relieves the
situation and completes the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a few of
my later novels, the resolution comes about with a trial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the trial, many of the loose ends from the
telic flaw are revealed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is always
some degree of confrontation, that’s the idealized version of a trial, but the
point is that the characters bring together the evidence and make an informed
resolution of the problem that also resolves the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just one method of an ending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a couple
of my novels, I have a confrontation with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters battle a demon using the
knowledge and understanding they developed through the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, this information aids them in the
confrontation, plus, I do bring in an angel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only an angel can defeat a demon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main
point is the resolution of the telic flaw and the climax in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means some action and some reasoning in
the resolution of the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That makes
for the most exciting ending, in my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If the
author works everything out properly, in the climax, the telic flaw resolution
comes as both a surprise and an inevitability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the end, the reader should say, I knew it, but didn’t know it at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolutions of the obstacles through the
novel give them the opinion that they knew when they really didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Now, let me
tell you this—all these above about the telic flaw resolution and the climax
are generalities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the climax
gracefully resolves the novel and the telic flaw, that’s a hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people don’t care much about the climax,
they get hooked on the initial scene and love the rising action with the
revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
climax means the end, and that’s sad when the reader has come to love your
protagonist and wants more about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The initial scene and the rising action are the real powerhouses of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, if you write a great initial
scene, you might sell novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
have a wonderful protagonist with a great revelation, people will love your
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you write the climax, just
make sure you resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With a great initial scene and a good rising action, you’ll sell that
novel and others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at
potential obstacles in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m not
completely sure or how I’m going to develop the telic flaw or the climax of
Aine yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m never sure until I get to
the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, with the writing,
the idea for the climax and the telic flaw resolution comes to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s like the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They develop with the novel in a similar
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it will help to show what I
mean as examples from other novels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i> the first obstacle is the drive with Rose
back to Monmouth—actually, there are a host of smaller obstacles simply
generated by the conversation between Rose, Seoirse, and Mrs. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This conversation produces a whole host of
questions and potential problems that can and will become obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the main being Rose’s animosity toward
Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of the drive, Rose
decides to make Seoirse her fake boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is both an obstacle and a mechanism for the novel to proceed in the
way I wanted it to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She decides to
allow him to take her to dinner at a place that is always filled with Monmouth
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A place where they will be
observed—this is both an obstacle and an opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The next big
obstacle becomes Rose’s work to reconcile Robyn with the other dangerous
girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides all kinds of
problems and obstacles and leads up to the crowning scene that really sets the
novel in play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I
wanted to make the initial scene, but I couldn’t figure any way to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has to wait until about chapter
three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This scene
provides the defining obstacle in the novel and propels the novel toward the
climax and the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this
scene, Sweta attacks Rose and Robyn using the force of light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn and Klava fight back, and Pheobe and
Sophie are powerless to help at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
main obstacle is that Rose’s tea party and kindness plan didn’t work at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That becomes a new obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It worked before with Robyn and the other
girls in their class, but it didn’t work with these girls and specifically with
Sveta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This event
sets up the main obstacles as well as the telic flaw of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose must figure out how to fix her approach
to the dangerous girls and especially to Sveta to meet her assignment
goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should have mentioned, the
assignment goals at the very beginning of the novel was the overall obstacle of
the novel and the telic flaw of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, goals aren’t necessarily obstacles until something stands in
the way of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this is an
important point—I need to write about this idea of goals vs. obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If you’ve
read much writing about writing, you’ll find all kinds of advice about goals
and, I think, scant information about obstacles, at least today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, authors wrote and spoke about
obstacles to the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, most writers have never heard of a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, authors wrote and spoke about
comedy and tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, it seems
these are dead terms and suddenly telic flaw resolutions (the climax) becomes
nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just go back to
fundamentals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the past,
every climax has been nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
in most complex literature, the climax has never been cut and dried, not in
adult literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In children’s works
you can find examples, but even children’s literature in the modern world, and
I mean the good stuff not the really new writing, is all nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Humans, even educated children know the world
is complex, and literature doesn’t simplify the complexity, it wallows in the
complexity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I’d like to go
back to using the proper language of writing—you know the language we used from
Aristotle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The novel
has a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the telic flaw
that must be resolved in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Resolved and not solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t
so much a goal as a resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes,
this gets complex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are obstacles
in place that the protagonist must either overcome or go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, there could be goals too, but the
problem of goals is that goals are achieved and not really overcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, we can all cheer when the
protagonist achieves a goal or overcomes an obstacle, but really, I don’t know
where the pathos is in achieving a goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, as most of us have learned in life, the achievement of a goal
is nothing compared to the work to reach it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not so much with an obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
goal is usually a positive while an obstacle is a negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I guess you
could look at both in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
the obstacle is a mountain, the achievement of the pinnacle is a celebration
and a new vista, on the other hand if the goal is the pinnacle of the mountain,
then what’s the point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do we continue or
turn back around, and that’s the main difference and point to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An obstacle is something the protagonist
overcomes on the journey while a goal is something to be achieved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m into
obstacles, and I’ll try to see if I can enumerate what I’m thinking about for
Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I
mentioned this before, but the primary obstacles I’m writing about are the
obstacles to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist of Aine is Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
problem and the telic flaw of the novel is that he doesn’t really know what he can
do with his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s lived an isolated
and secluded life because of his parents and he hasn’t realized the full extent
of his capabilities as a person or as a man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He wants a real life of excitement and interaction with others, but he
doesn’t know how to go about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition, he has his reticent special Romantic protagonist skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Eoghan is
blessed with the special skill of rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a glamour-like skill passed down through the royalty, and in the
old days, it was the skill that usually led to greatness and power in their
individuals who possessed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s
mother has it in droves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what
led to her own isolation and her own unwillingness to face the world and her
special capabilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I featured his
mother in some of my other novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was a comedic foil to my other more capable characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the girl who wouldn’t use her powers
and capabilities even to help her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She came under the special tutelage of Aife, but it didn’t do her any
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elana was too afraid of her own skills
and too isolated and private an individual to use her special skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the environment Eoghan was raised
under, and he wants more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Eoghan
realizes he has special skills, he just doesn’t know how to use them or exactly
what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a courageous young
man but he doesn’t know how to use what he has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I intend to make him an anti-Elana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, I intend for him to achieve where his mother did
not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where his mother rejected her
skills and focused them in a different and less effective way, I want Eoghan to
do the opposite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, Eoghan has
a little sister, Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want Eva to
achieve where her mother did not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
changes will be internal to the protagonist and to Eva, and the catalyst will
be Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is part of the power of a
Romantic novel, but not the most common plot type or plot development in such a
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see the
main obstacle to Eoghan’s success—I’ll look at others and perhaps more mundane
ones, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">As I noted,
Eoghan’s greatest obstacle is his family and specifically, his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other obstacles are the path he has been
set down by his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants to
be a man of action and a leader, but he has no idea how to be one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has been sent down the path of the
Scottish National Park Service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t
a bad job or even profession, but it isn’t near to his skills or abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is working with Stela indirectly to handle
the supernatural and is set up in a specific and special gig with the government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This fits some of his skills but not
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The exact
obstacle to Eoghan comes from his current work and setup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Eoghan rescues Aine, his world will
change—mostly because Aine will change his world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine wants Eoghan to be a man for her—at the
same time, she is smitten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s fallen
in love with the man, and perhaps the only man in the world who could save
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will create a symbiotic relationship
of mutual dependency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Eoghan
won’t really be dependent on Aine, Aine will be totally dependent on him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Eoghan’s
future and his resolution of his telic flaw will be dependent on Aine, but Aine
is dependent on him and not the other way around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this is very important to understand
and to use in the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">To be clear,
Aine is dependent in every way to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not only is she smitten, but her knowledge, living, entire world con
only be based on him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has almost
zero modern skills to manages the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She has no modern or even much ancient education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She knows what she knows and she has powers
she can use, but they certainly and mostly can’t help her in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is her issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">On the other
hand, Eoghan has all the modern skills necessary and could potentially bring
Aine along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question is if he
will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs her to break out of the
mold he’s stuck in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how
long or how deeply I’ll develop this plot and this lack of awareness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At some point, Eoghan must realize that he
needs Aine, and needs her in some ways greater than or at least the same as she
needs him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs her to change and to
improve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs her to become the man
he really wants to be, and that will be a mental obstacle too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Eoghan won’t
realize his real needs at first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
a development in the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is not totally happy with his work, but it suits him and he wonders
just what he is missing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what
Aine must give him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the grand
obstacle in his life that he needs to recognize and then work to fix—and only Aine
can help him succeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the main
movement of the novel to the telic flaw resolution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll
conclude this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The obvious
next step is the writing of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m ready
to write, but I’m supposed to be working on submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the most terrible quandary for the
author.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our purpose is to write, but until
I have a new publisher, my priority should be submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might say, I should balance both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are an experienced writer, you know
this is very difficult to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I have a
great writer friend who breaks his work into his publishing, his nonfiction,
and his fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It works well for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do my nonfiction work every day—that’s my
blogs on writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I work on my
nonfiction every day—that’s my ancient language and historical work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should be working on essays and technical
work as well, but that’s just too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The submissions should fit in some niche, but they are a lot of work for
me—for some disappointment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The fiction
writing unfortunately consumes me when I start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I start and I can’t stop—I just want to write until the work is
complete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I have everything
ready to start writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the
details I wanted you to see.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here’s the
basic problem, at least in my view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe
most inexperienced writers think that you can just sit down and write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you think that is true, you might or might
not write much of anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When I
started writing, I thought you just sat down and wrote—that’s what I did to limited
success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did write about eight novels,
but after about the forth, and when I began writing my more historically based
novels, I discovered the study I really needed to be doing from the
beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After writing 32 novels and a
number of other books, I found that study and writing development for a novel
is necessary, and will result in an awesome novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I’ve been showing you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I start today
with developing a protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the
outline list I showed you and developed for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The outline moves through the Romantic
protagonist steps to the basic protagonist information to the plots and telic
flaw development of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these
are attributes of the protagonist, because, as I’ve expressed, the novel is the
revelation of the protagonist—so all the attributes of the protagonist are
attributes of the telic flaw, plots, and overall elements of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">To some
degree, these elements also move to the smaller parts of the novel—the elements
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I mean by this are
the setting elements that become creative elements then plot elements and
potentially telic flaw elements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are all parts of scenes and the scene development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yes, I need
to sit down and start writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
do, I’ll tell you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really need to
catch up on the submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No luck
yet, but the market is always saturated, and you need to find someone who loves
your writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s more difficult is the general idea of
many, even publishers, that they are out to change the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most every reader wants to be
entertained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most readable writing is
accidentally discovered because it is entertaining, no matter what the
publisher or literati think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let’s keep
writing to entertain ourselves with the knowledge that what will entertain a great
reader, like we are, will entertain other readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s our only hope. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More
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author site </span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.ldalford.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ldalford.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and my individual
novel websites:</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-50640249271994250262024-03-15T05:19:00.001-05:002024-03-15T05:19:00.153-05:00Writing - part xxx624 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>15 March 2024, Writing - part xxx624 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or antagonist,
action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VF0IYMi8NCYc6cpuYcflQL4Qvj3yAl1HpP3BlAiHS8sbQeHx1mvfIPhCeu0JqMwKwNwbAGs4sYKW8QcawTdfo-NU68bqZZoUP1ob5d86pYrchz14-eIyREOpflcnRdUjb0Q0X_moLdA-iNhNBzIKgMTp48q1Dy5sojcapwLKj73VrsZYrRue4pq_NAfV/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VF0IYMi8NCYc6cpuYcflQL4Qvj3yAl1HpP3BlAiHS8sbQeHx1mvfIPhCeu0JqMwKwNwbAGs4sYKW8QcawTdfo-NU68bqZZoUP1ob5d86pYrchz14-eIyREOpflcnRdUjb0Q0X_moLdA-iNhNBzIKgMTp48q1Dy5sojcapwLKj73VrsZYrRue4pq_NAfV/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind
of, questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality
and the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem
that must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses
</i>is Leopold Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a
sympathetic relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
relationship is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic
flaw to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic
flaw is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or
detective novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the
development of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and
part of the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
protagonist is revealed, the telic flaw is presented as an impossible
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to
work on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit
tricky, and perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern
authors who are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the
entire novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that
point the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that
they knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution was impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there is more to this, and then the
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall
plot to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the
Romantic plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my
favorite, but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my
favorite), or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based
scenes (can be very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I
should address these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the
potential need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my
publisher did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me
off of both flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could write it, and it was published, but I
decided I’d work out a better way of developing the initial scene in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and
the protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I
won’t—not at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to
express is first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how
do we do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to
mask their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would
not be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place
my characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important
subjects and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for
me, the past is the important point and the basis for providing information and
giving history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure,
Sable, and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment into the
picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Marshall
raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in
front of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension is all around Seoirse and
assignment, but I haven’t really extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and
Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
smiled, “Actually, I wanted him to look a little more like a normal schoolboy
than you might be expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like
you’re playing a part, Lady Tash, Mr. Wishart is also playing a part for the
Organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
looked away and grimaced, “Very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
understand to some degree, but I don’t like it at all.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
stood, “Now, Mr. Wishart has an automobile, and I’d like you to return to
school with him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stared, “You’re kidding, right?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not
kidding at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like you to get to
know Mr. Wishart better, and a three-hour drive from here to Monmouth should
provide that opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
Mr. Wishart will update you on your cover.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash’s
mouth opened wide, “My cover?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will provide you the
opportunity to communicate privately, and as Mr. Wishart has planned.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stood, “I’m not in favor of it, but I do accept this small disrespect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
unlocked the door with her switch, the lights all turned red, and Francis, the
butler opened the door, “Yes, Mrs. Marshall?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Show Lady
Tash and Mr. Wishart to the door please.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He bowed, “My pleasure,
Mrs. Marshall.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the end of the scene and of the initial dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Seoirse and Rose briefed on their
assignment and Mr. Marshall showing them out the door and off to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I wrote, the way to develop all dialog is through the following outline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>All human dialog follows this sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some cases, we can abbreviate steps, but those abbreviations are
usually to introductions and nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no need to introduce characters to one another at the beginning
of every dialog, but then again, in a novel, it might be very useful and
worthwhile to do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
isn’t the characters, but the readers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When we bring characters together to dialog, we need to reintroduce them,
not to each other, but to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We reintroduce the tags and the mannerisms or other small identifying
features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reintroduce the names and
the relationships to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
assure you, a character who hasn’t appeared since the second chapter will be a
complete mystery to the reader when they are brought back into the novel in the
tenth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little fact seems to illude
many writers who presume the reader has just as cogent an understanding of the
characters as they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need new description and
setting especially character and scene setting to be able to remember and place
the absent character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say
the dialog outline is basic human information, but alas, many if not most
humans in cultured societies have no clue about these most normative of human
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you write, you must
know this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This prevents perhaps the
worst disaster in writing—the fake sounding conversation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I read it all the time, and more than that, in experienced writers tell
me all the time about their inability to write normal or normal sounding dialog
or conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They usually call it
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dialog outline will
definitely get you to better and more normal sounding dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other basic rules, but I’ve covered
these before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My main point in addressing conversation or dialog here has been to show how
to <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explain the past through
dialog as opposed to flashbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
my favored way to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like to
use flashbacks, I love to get characters together for a great
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that conversation, I
can show so much more than just the background of the history or the
backstory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can show the characters and
develop them through their interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was going for more in this in terms of obstacles and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other ideas or, let’s say, other ways to
express background and previous information is with scenes without the
protagonist, plus writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The two ways to express the past in a novel is through a flashback or
through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m all in favor of
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, I just love writing and
using dialog in novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
way of showing the past or rather more like the present but other information
about the protagonist and the plot and that is to take a scene out of the
normal narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In many novels, the author wants to present information about a character
and especially about a protagonist that the reader wouldn’t otherwise
have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, normal dialog can’t
get you there or the information might be secreted from the protagonist or
other characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to handle
this is with a scene outside of the normal narrative of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t that uncommon in great
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look at William F.
Buckly’s novels and you will see cuts from the narrative to Washington or to
the Kremlin to expand the information the spies on the ground are contending
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an especially powerful
historical technique in historical novels, and allows you to gain insight as
well as provide information about what is causing certain reactions in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t have to be as deep or
in depth as all that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write close
novels that tend to touch on world events but are not world events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use scenes outside of the normal narrative
not often nor commonly, but to give information that might not be available
that I want my readers to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
noted, I don’t do it often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels
tend to be close therefore I don’t often need to expand their reach outside of
the protagonist or the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are always s pitfalls for all these techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main problem with moving a scene outside
of the normal narrative sequence is confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You must make the scene unambiguously clear in the novel and to your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to do this is with
the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing a great setting or
description for the scene will ensure you don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the transition from the scene back
to the normal narrative flow must be clear and unconfusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There was a time when confusion reigned in writing and especially in science
fiction writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It formed a great barrier in my mind and my
writing a barrier I swore I would help uphold—don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a major rule of my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can write scenes outside of the normal narrative sequence, but you must
use caution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must focus on the
writing and the clarity of the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, the entire point of placing a scene outside of the narrative
sequence is to improve the understanding of the reader not to confuse
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, you might ask why have such
a scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just as we might have a flashback (not my favorite) to explain the past or
dialog between characters to explain the past, we might have a scene outside of
the narrative where other characters can provide either history, current plans,
or information about the protagonist that would otherwise not be
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Dana-ana:
Enchantment and the Maiden, </i>I have a couple of scenes where her enemies
plot and plan against her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
circumstances of their collusion are perfect and show the reader that Dana-ana
is not wrong or off, and that all the terrible things happening to her are not
her own fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information is
important in the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, I looked at the three ways to present information from the past in a
novel: flashback, dialog, and scenes outside of the narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go on to look at why I think you should
always write in a sequential narrative and what that has to do with a Romantic
plot, indeed how to write a Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m still
writing about obstacles in the novel and especially about obstacles in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primary point of obstacles is
the development of tension and release in the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This goes directly to the primary obstacles
of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a Romantic
plot, the telic flaw (plot) resolution should appear to be impossible until it
is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These impossibilities are
the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These obstacles are
placed into the narrative at strategic points with plans, by the author, to
develop and eventually resolve these obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Many portray
the rising action of the novel as a jagged line rising up to the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay but perhaps too optimistic for a
Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, in the
Romantic plot, the reader faces obstacles that keep indicating the
impossibility of resolving the telic flaw, but the Romantic protagonist
continues to have faith and encouragement that the result will be
positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This positivity as well as the
positive notes in the writing and the scenes are what prevent a Romantic novel
from being a downer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, as I’ve
noted before, the modern novel is the revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a great protagonist, even with continual
and difficult obstacles, the revelation itself is entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist must negotiate and resolve
each of the obstacles in the scenes and move the tension and release forward,
the revelation itself is the real entertainment in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These interactions, especially with the other
characters and the tension and release in the scenes, brings forward the
positive nature of the Romantic protagonist while the telic flaw resolution
still appears impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps an example should be forthcoming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In my novel,
<i>Blue Rose: Enchantment and the Detective</i>, Azure Rose’s goal (her telic
flaw) is to regain her estate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has
zero hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t make enough money
as a supernatural detective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t
sell the treasures she gets from the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is being harassed (she thinks) by Lachlann Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is afraid to speak to the queen, her
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is being persecuted by Mrs.
Calloway, Lachlann’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of
these obstacles prevent the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In every case, Azure does eventually resolve
or work through the difficulties, but ultimately, she can’t earn enough to buy
back her estate even if the government allowed her to buy it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">These
obstacles mount through the novel, and each time one seems to be resolved or
fixed, she encounters a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
wrote the novel, I was writing the scenes sequentially, and I recommend
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I went back through the novel,
I could just add more obstacles, if I needed them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about the sequential narrative,
next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The
sequential narrative is the least confusing to a writer and a reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why I like them so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a
sequential narrative, the author simply writes the novel in a time
sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The time sequence tends to be
all the types of sequences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
other words, there isn’t any reason to write any other way, in my opinion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just write the novel and set the novel in
the sequence of time, and all is well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I go so far
as to put the general date at the top of every chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this helps the reader and the
writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the novel itself, sometimes,
I’ll put in date and time information just to prevent any funny time
errors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had that happen in
sequential novels before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think
what kind of problem that might be if the novel was not time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Notice that
obstacles are also time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a
Romantic style novel, the telic flaw resolution appears impossible until it is
inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most writers will stack
obstacles to the resolution up as well as other obstacle against the telic flaw
resolution meanwhile resolving them in some order, not usually sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could resolve them sequentially, but
usually, the best way to present the obstacles is, of course, sequentially, but
then have interlaced obstacles that are resolved in some order that might
resolve another earlier obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some
cases, these resolutions might lead to other obstacles or result in more
obstacles for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Obviously, in the end, the obstacles aren’t all cleared until the
climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the climax, a host of the
obstacles might be completed that leads to the resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a miracle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could incorporate and include a miracle if
that is the type of telic flaw, but my point is this—it isn’t a deus ex machina
(a god machine).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cavalry can’t come
rescue them in the end, unless you have set up and prepared and properly
alerted them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, the cavalry might
help resolve the telic flaw. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the end,
the proper resolution of the telic flaw should be through some degree of logic
and reasoning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Admittedly, most climaxes
should incorporate action and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means some fighting or real action, but the resolution of the telic
flaw needs to come about through a rational expression that relieves the
situation and completes the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a few of
my later novels, the resolution comes about with a trial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the trial, many of the loose ends from the
telic flaw are revealed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is always
some degree of confrontation, that’s the idealized version of a trial, but the
point is that the characters bring together the evidence and make an informed
resolution of the problem that also resolves the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just one method of an ending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a couple
of my novels, I have a confrontation with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters battle a demon using the
knowledge and understanding they developed through the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, this information aids them in the
confrontation, plus, I do bring in an angel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only an angel can defeat a demon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main
point is the resolution of the telic flaw and the climax in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means some action and some reasoning in
the resolution of the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That makes
for the most exciting ending, in my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If the
author works everything out properly, in the climax, the telic flaw resolution
comes as both a surprise and an inevitability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the end, the reader should say, I knew it, but didn’t know it at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolutions of the obstacles through the
novel give them the opinion that they knew when they really didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Now, let me
tell you this—all these above about the telic flaw resolution and the climax
are generalities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the climax
gracefully resolves the novel and the telic flaw, that’s a hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people don’t care much about the climax,
they get hooked on the initial scene and love the rising action with the
revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
climax means the end, and that’s sad when the reader has come to love your
protagonist and wants more about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The initial scene and the rising action are the real powerhouses of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, if you write a great initial
scene, you might sell novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
have a wonderful protagonist with a great revelation, people will love your
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you write the climax, just
make sure you resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With a great initial scene and a good rising action, you’ll sell that
novel and others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at
potential obstacles in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m not
completely sure or how I’m going to develop the telic flaw or the climax of
Aine yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m never sure until I get to
the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, with the writing,
the idea for the climax and the telic flaw resolution comes to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s like the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They develop with the novel in a similar
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it will help to show what I
mean as examples from other novels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i> the first obstacle is the drive with Rose
back to Monmouth—actually, there are a host of smaller obstacles simply
generated by the conversation between Rose, Seoirse, and Mrs. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This conversation produces a whole host of
questions and potential problems that can and will become obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the main being Rose’s animosity toward
Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of the drive, Rose
decides to make Seoirse her fake boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is both an obstacle and a mechanism for the novel to proceed in the
way I wanted it to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She decides to
allow him to take her to dinner at a place that is always filled with Monmouth
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A place where they will be
observed—this is both an obstacle and an opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The next big
obstacle becomes Rose’s work to reconcile Robyn with the other dangerous
girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides all kinds of
problems and obstacles and leads up to the crowning scene that really sets the
novel in play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I
wanted to make the initial scene, but I couldn’t figure any way to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has to wait until about chapter
three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This scene
provides the defining obstacle in the novel and propels the novel toward the
climax and the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this
scene, Sweta attacks Rose and Robyn using the force of light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn and Klava fight back, and Pheobe and
Sophie are powerless to help at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
main obstacle is that Rose’s tea party and kindness plan didn’t work at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That becomes a new obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It worked before with Robyn and the other
girls in their class, but it didn’t work with these girls and specifically with
Sveta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This event
sets up the main obstacles as well as the telic flaw of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose must figure out how to fix her approach
to the dangerous girls and especially to Sveta to meet her assignment
goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should have mentioned, the
assignment goals at the very beginning of the novel was the overall obstacle of
the novel and the telic flaw of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, goals aren’t necessarily obstacles until something stands in
the way of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this is an
important point—I need to write about this idea of goals vs. obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If you’ve
read much writing about writing, you’ll find all kinds of advice about goals
and, I think, scant information about obstacles, at least today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, authors wrote and spoke about
obstacles to the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, most writers have never heard of a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, authors wrote and spoke about
comedy and tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, it seems
these are dead terms and suddenly telic flaw resolutions (the climax) becomes
nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just go back to
fundamentals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the past,
every climax has been nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
in most complex literature, the climax has never been cut and dried, not in
adult literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In children’s works
you can find examples, but even children’s literature in the modern world, and
I mean the good stuff not the really new writing, is all nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Humans, even educated children know the world
is complex, and literature doesn’t simplify the complexity, it wallows in the
complexity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I’d like to go
back to using the proper language of writing—you know the language we used from
Aristotle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The novel
has a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the telic flaw
that must be resolved in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Resolved and not solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t
so much a goal as a resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes,
this gets complex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are obstacles
in place that the protagonist must either overcome or go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, there could be goals too, but the
problem of goals is that goals are achieved and not really overcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, we can all cheer when the
protagonist achieves a goal or overcomes an obstacle, but really, I don’t know
where the pathos is in achieving a goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, as most of us have learned in life, the achievement of a goal
is nothing compared to the work to reach it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not so much with an obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
goal is usually a positive while an obstacle is a negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I guess you
could look at both in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
the obstacle is a mountain, the achievement of the pinnacle is a celebration
and a new vista, on the other hand if the goal is the pinnacle of the mountain,
then what’s the point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do we continue or
turn back around, and that’s the main difference and point to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An obstacle is something the protagonist
overcomes on the journey while a goal is something to be achieved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m into
obstacles, and I’ll try to see if I can enumerate what I’m thinking about for
Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I
mentioned this before, but the primary obstacles I’m writing about are the
obstacles to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist of Aine is Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
problem and the telic flaw of the novel is that he doesn’t really know what he can
do with his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s lived an isolated
and secluded life because of his parents and he hasn’t realized the full extent
of his capabilities as a person or as a man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He wants a real life of excitement and interaction with others, but he
doesn’t know how to go about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition, he has his reticent special Romantic protagonist skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Eoghan is
blessed with the special skill of rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a glamour-like skill passed down through the royalty, and in the
old days, it was the skill that usually led to greatness and power in their
individuals who possessed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s
mother has it in droves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what
led to her own isolation and her own unwillingness to face the world and her
special capabilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I featured his
mother in some of my other novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was a comedic foil to my other more capable characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the girl who wouldn’t use her powers
and capabilities even to help her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She came under the special tutelage of Aife, but it didn’t do her any
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elana was too afraid of her own skills
and too isolated and private an individual to use her special skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the environment Eoghan was raised
under, and he wants more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Eoghan
realizes he has special skills, he just doesn’t know how to use them or exactly
what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a courageous young
man but he doesn’t know how to use what he has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I intend to make him an anti-Elana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, I intend for him to achieve where his mother did
not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where his mother rejected her
skills and focused them in a different and less effective way, I want Eoghan to
do the opposite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, Eoghan has
a little sister, Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want Eva to
achieve where her mother did not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
changes will be internal to the protagonist and to Eva, and the catalyst will
be Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is part of the power of a
Romantic novel, but not the most common plot type or plot development in such a
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see the
main obstacle to Eoghan’s success—I’ll look at others and perhaps more mundane
ones, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">As I noted,
Eoghan’s greatest obstacle is his family and specifically, his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other obstacles are the path he has been
set down by his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants to
be a man of action and a leader, but he has no idea how to be one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has been sent down the path of the
Scottish National Park Service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t
a bad job or even profession, but it isn’t near to his skills or abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is working with Stela indirectly to handle
the supernatural and is set up in a specific and special gig with the government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This fits some of his skills but not
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The exact
obstacle to Eoghan comes from his current work and setup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Eoghan rescues Aine, his world will
change—mostly because Aine will change his world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine wants Eoghan to be a man for her—at the
same time, she is smitten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s fallen
in love with the man, and perhaps the only man in the world who could save
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will create a symbiotic relationship
of mutual dependency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Eoghan
won’t really be dependent on Aine, Aine will be totally dependent on him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Eoghan’s
future and his resolution of his telic flaw will be dependent on Aine, but Aine
is dependent on him and not the other way around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this is very important to understand
and to use in the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">To be clear,
Aine is dependent in every way to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not only is she smitten, but her knowledge, living, entire world con
only be based on him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has almost
zero modern skills to manages the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She has no modern or even much ancient education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She knows what she knows and she has powers
she can use, but they certainly and mostly can’t help her in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is her issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">On the other
hand, Eoghan has all the modern skills necessary and could potentially bring
Aine along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question is if he
will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs her to break out of the
mold he’s stuck in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how
long or how deeply I’ll develop this plot and this lack of awareness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At some point, Eoghan must realize that he
needs Aine, and needs her in some ways greater than or at least the same as she
needs him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs her to change and to
improve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs her to become the man
he really wants to be, and that will be a mental obstacle too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Eoghan won’t
realize his real needs at first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
a development in the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is not totally happy with his work, but it suits him and he wonders
just what he is missing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what
Aine must give him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the grand
obstacle in his life that he needs to recognize and then work to fix—and only Aine
can help him succeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the main
movement of the novel to the telic flaw resolution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll
conclude this, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-7508942492080290542024-03-14T05:18:00.001-05:002024-03-14T05:18:00.147-05:00Writing - part xxx623 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>14 March 2024, Writing - part xxx623 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind
of, questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality
and the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem
that must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses
</i>is Leopold Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a
sympathetic relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
relationship is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic
flaw to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic
flaw is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or
detective novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the
development of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and
part of the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
protagonist is revealed, the telic flaw is presented as an impossible
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to
work on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit
tricky, and perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern
authors who are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the
entire novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that
point the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that
they knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution was impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there is more to this, and then the
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall
plot to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the
Romantic plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my
favorite, but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my
favorite), or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based
scenes (can be very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I
should address these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the
potential need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my
publisher did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me
off of both flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could write it, and it was published, but I
decided I’d work out a better way of developing the initial scene in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and
the protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I
won’t—not at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to
express is first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how
do we do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to
mask their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would
not be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place
my characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important
subjects and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for
me, the past is the important point and the basis for providing information and
giving history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure,
Sable, and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment into the
picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Marshall
raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in
front of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension is all around Seoirse and
assignment, but I haven’t really extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and
Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
smiled, “Actually, I wanted him to look a little more like a normal schoolboy
than you might be expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like
you’re playing a part, Lady Tash, Mr. Wishart is also playing a part for the
Organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
looked away and grimaced, “Very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
understand to some degree, but I don’t like it at all.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
stood, “Now, Mr. Wishart has an automobile, and I’d like you to return to
school with him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stared, “You’re kidding, right?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not
kidding at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like you to get to
know Mr. Wishart better, and a three-hour drive from here to Monmouth should
provide that opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
Mr. Wishart will update you on your cover.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash’s
mouth opened wide, “My cover?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will provide you the
opportunity to communicate privately, and as Mr. Wishart has planned.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stood, “I’m not in favor of it, but I do accept this small disrespect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
unlocked the door with her switch, the lights all turned red, and Francis, the
butler opened the door, “Yes, Mrs. Marshall?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Show Lady
Tash and Mr. Wishart to the door please.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He bowed, “My pleasure,
Mrs. Marshall.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the end of the scene and of the initial dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Seoirse and Rose briefed on their
assignment and Mr. Marshall showing them out the door and off to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I wrote, the way to develop all dialog is through the following outline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>All human dialog follows this sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some cases, we can abbreviate steps, but those abbreviations are
usually to introductions and nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no need to introduce characters to one another at the beginning
of every dialog, but then again, in a novel, it might be very useful and
worthwhile to do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
isn’t the characters, but the readers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When we bring characters together to dialog, we need to reintroduce them,
not to each other, but to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We reintroduce the tags and the mannerisms or other small identifying
features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reintroduce the names and
the relationships to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
assure you, a character who hasn’t appeared since the second chapter will be a
complete mystery to the reader when they are brought back into the novel in the
tenth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little fact seems to illude
many writers who presume the reader has just as cogent an understanding of the
characters as they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need new description and
setting especially character and scene setting to be able to remember and place
the absent character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say
the dialog outline is basic human information, but alas, many if not most
humans in cultured societies have no clue about these most normative of human
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you write, you must
know this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This prevents perhaps the
worst disaster in writing—the fake sounding conversation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I read it all the time, and more than that, in experienced writers tell
me all the time about their inability to write normal or normal sounding dialog
or conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They usually call it
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dialog outline will
definitely get you to better and more normal sounding dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other basic rules, but I’ve covered
these before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My main point in addressing conversation or dialog here has been to show how
to <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explain the past through
dialog as opposed to flashbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
my favored way to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like to
use flashbacks, I love to get characters together for a great
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that conversation, I
can show so much more than just the background of the history or the
backstory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can show the characters and
develop them through their interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was going for more in this in terms of obstacles and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other ideas or, let’s say, other ways to
express background and previous information is with scenes without the
protagonist, plus writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The two ways to express the past in a novel is through a flashback or
through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m all in favor of
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, I just love writing and
using dialog in novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
way of showing the past or rather more like the present but other information
about the protagonist and the plot and that is to take a scene out of the
normal narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In many novels, the author wants to present information about a character
and especially about a protagonist that the reader wouldn’t otherwise
have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, normal dialog can’t
get you there or the information might be secreted from the protagonist or
other characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to handle
this is with a scene outside of the normal narrative of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t that uncommon in great
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look at William F.
Buckly’s novels and you will see cuts from the narrative to Washington or to the
Kremlin to expand the information the spies on the ground are contending
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an especially powerful
historical technique in historical novels, and allows you to gain insight as
well as provide information about what is causing certain reactions in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t have to be as deep or in
depth as all that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write close novels
that tend to touch on world events but are not world events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use scenes outside of the normal narrative
not often nor commonly, but to give information that might not be available
that I want my readers to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
noted, I don’t do it often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels
tend to be close therefore I don’t often need to expand their reach outside of
the protagonist or the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are always s pitfalls for all these techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main problem with moving a scene outside of
the normal narrative sequence is confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You must make the scene unambiguously clear in the novel and to your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to do this is with
the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing a great setting or
description for the scene will ensure you don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the transition from the scene back
to the normal narrative flow must be clear and unconfusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There was a time when confusion reigned in writing and especially in science
fiction writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It formed a great barrier in my mind and my
writing a barrier I swore I would help uphold—don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a major rule of my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can write scenes outside of the normal narrative sequence, but you must
use caution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must focus on the
writing and the clarity of the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, the entire point of placing a scene outside of the narrative
sequence is to improve the understanding of the reader not to confuse them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, you might ask why have such a scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just as we might have a flashback (not my favorite) to explain the past or
dialog between characters to explain the past, we might have a scene outside of
the narrative where other characters can provide either history, current plans,
or information about the protagonist that would otherwise not be
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Dana-ana:
Enchantment and the Maiden, </i>I have a couple of scenes where her enemies plot
and plan against her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The circumstances
of their collusion are perfect and show the reader that Dana-ana is not wrong
or off, and that all the terrible things happening to her are not her own
fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information is important in
the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, I looked at the three ways to present information from the past in a
novel: flashback, dialog, and scenes outside of the narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go on to look at why I think you should
always write in a sequential narrative and what that has to do with a Romantic
plot, indeed how to write a Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m still writing
about obstacles in the novel and especially about obstacles in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primary point of obstacles is the
development of tension and release in the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This goes directly to the primary obstacles
of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a Romantic
plot, the telic flaw (plot) resolution should appear to be impossible until it
is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These impossibilities are
the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These obstacles are
placed into the narrative at strategic points with plans, by the author, to
develop and eventually resolve these obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Many portray
the rising action of the novel as a jagged line rising up to the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay but perhaps too optimistic for a
Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, in the
Romantic plot, the reader faces obstacles that keep indicating the
impossibility of resolving the telic flaw, but the Romantic protagonist
continues to have faith and encouragement that the result will be
positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This positivity as well as the
positive notes in the writing and the scenes are what prevent a Romantic novel
from being a downer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, as I’ve
noted before, the modern novel is the revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a great protagonist, even with continual
and difficult obstacles, the revelation itself is entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist must negotiate and resolve
each of the obstacles in the scenes and move the tension and release forward,
the revelation itself is the real entertainment in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These interactions, especially with the other
characters and the tension and release in the scenes, brings forward the
positive nature of the Romantic protagonist while the telic flaw resolution
still appears impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps an example should be forthcoming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In my novel,
<i>Blue Rose: Enchantment and the Detective</i>, Azure Rose’s goal (her telic flaw)
is to regain her estate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has zero
hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t make enough money as a
supernatural detective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t sell the
treasures she gets from the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
being harassed (she thinks) by Lachlann Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is afraid to speak to the queen, her
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is being persecuted by Mrs.
Calloway, Lachlann’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of
these obstacles prevent the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In every case, Azure does eventually resolve
or work through the difficulties, but ultimately, she can’t earn enough to buy
back her estate even if the government allowed her to buy it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">These
obstacles mount through the novel, and each time one seems to be resolved or
fixed, she encounters a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
wrote the novel, I was writing the scenes sequentially, and I recommend
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I went back through the novel,
I could just add more obstacles, if I needed them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about the sequential narrative,
next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The
sequential narrative is the least confusing to a writer and a reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why I like them so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a
sequential narrative, the author simply writes the novel in a time
sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The time sequence tends to be
all the types of sequences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
other words, there isn’t any reason to write any other way, in my opinion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just write the novel and set the novel in
the sequence of time, and all is well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I go so far
as to put the general date at the top of every chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this helps the reader and the
writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the novel itself, sometimes,
I’ll put in date and time information just to prevent any funny time
errors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had that happen in sequential
novels before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think what kind of
problem that might be if the novel was not time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Notice that
obstacles are also time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic
style novel, the telic flaw resolution appears impossible until it is
inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most writers will stack
obstacles to the resolution up as well as other obstacle against the telic flaw
resolution meanwhile resolving them in some order, not usually sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could resolve them sequentially, but
usually, the best way to present the obstacles is, of course, sequentially, but
then have interlaced obstacles that are resolved in some order that might
resolve another earlier obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
some cases, these resolutions might lead to other obstacles or result in more
obstacles for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Obviously, in the end, the obstacles aren’t all cleared until the
climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the climax, a host of the
obstacles might be completed that leads to the resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a miracle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could incorporate and include a miracle if
that is the type of telic flaw, but my point is this—it isn’t a deus ex machina
(a god machine).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cavalry can’t come
rescue them in the end, unless you have set up and prepared and properly
alerted them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, the cavalry might
help resolve the telic flaw. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the end,
the proper resolution of the telic flaw should be through some degree of logic
and reasoning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Admittedly, most climaxes
should incorporate action and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means some fighting or real action, but the resolution of the telic
flaw needs to come about through a rational expression that relieves the
situation and completes the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a few of my
later novels, the resolution comes about with a trial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the trial, many of the loose ends from the
telic flaw are revealed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is always
some degree of confrontation, that’s the idealized version of a trial, but the
point is that the characters bring together the evidence and make an informed
resolution of the problem that also resolves the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just one method of an ending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a couple
of my novels, I have a confrontation with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters battle a demon using the
knowledge and understanding they developed through the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, this information aids them in the
confrontation, plus, I do bring in an angel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only an angel can defeat a demon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main
point is the resolution of the telic flaw and the climax in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means some action and some reasoning in
the resolution of the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That makes
for the most exciting ending, in my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If the
author works everything out properly, in the climax, the telic flaw resolution comes
as both a surprise and an inevitability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the end, the reader should say, I knew it, but didn’t know it at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolutions of the obstacles
through the novel give them the opinion that they knew when they really didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Now, let me
tell you this—all these above about the telic flaw resolution and the climax
are generalities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the climax gracefully
resolves the novel and the telic flaw, that’s a hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people don’t care much about the climax,
they get hooked on the initial scene and love the rising action with the
revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
climax means the end, and that’s sad when the reader has come to love your
protagonist and wants more about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The initial scene and the rising action are the real powerhouses of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, if you write a great initial
scene, you might sell novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
have a wonderful protagonist with a great revelation, people will love your
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you write the climax, just
make sure you resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With a great initial scene and a good rising action, you’ll sell that
novel and others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at
potential obstacles in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m not completely
sure or how I’m going to develop the telic flaw or the climax of Aine yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m never sure until I get to the
climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, with the writing, the
idea for the climax and the telic flaw resolution comes to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s like the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They develop with the novel in a similar
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it will help to show what I
mean as examples from other novels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i> the first obstacle is the drive with Rose
back to Monmouth—actually, there are a host of smaller obstacles simply
generated by the conversation between Rose, Seoirse, and Mrs. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This conversation produces a whole host of
questions and potential problems that can and will become obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the main being Rose’s animosity toward
Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of the drive, Rose
decides to make Seoirse her fake boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is both an obstacle and a mechanism for the novel to proceed in the
way I wanted it to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She decides to
allow him to take her to dinner at a place that is always filled with Monmouth
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A place where they will be
observed—this is both an obstacle and an opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The next big
obstacle becomes Rose’s work to reconcile Robyn with the other dangerous
girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides all kinds of problems
and obstacles and leads up to the crowning scene that really sets the novel in
play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I wanted to make
the initial scene, but I couldn’t figure any way to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has to wait until about chapter
three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This scene
provides the defining obstacle in the novel and propels the novel toward the
climax and the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this
scene, Sweta attacks Rose and Robyn using the force of light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn and Klava fight back, and Pheobe and
Sophie are powerless to help at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
main obstacle is that Rose’s tea party and kindness plan didn’t work at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That becomes a new obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It worked before with Robyn and the other
girls in their class, but it didn’t work with these girls and specifically with
Sveta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This event
sets up the main obstacles as well as the telic flaw of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose must figure out how to fix her approach
to the dangerous girls and especially to Sveta to meet her assignment
goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should have mentioned, the
assignment goals at the very beginning of the novel was the overall obstacle of
the novel and the telic flaw of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, goals aren’t necessarily obstacles until something stands in
the way of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this is an
important point—I need to write about this idea of goals vs. obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If you’ve
read much writing about writing, you’ll find all kinds of advice about goals
and, I think, scant information about obstacles, at least today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, authors wrote and spoke about
obstacles to the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, most writers have never heard of a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, authors wrote and spoke about comedy
and tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, it seems these are
dead terms and suddenly telic flaw resolutions (the climax) becomes
nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just go back to
fundamentals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the past,
every climax has been nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
in most complex literature, the climax has never been cut and dried, not in
adult literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In children’s works
you can find examples, but even children’s literature in the modern world, and
I mean the good stuff not the really new writing, is all nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Humans, even educated children know the world
is complex, and literature doesn’t simplify the complexity, it wallows in the
complexity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I’d like to go
back to using the proper language of writing—you know the language we used from
Aristotle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The novel
has a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the telic flaw that
must be resolved in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Resolved
and not solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t so much a goal
as a resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this gets
complex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are obstacles in place
that the protagonist must either overcome or go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, there could be goals too, but the
problem of goals is that goals are achieved and not really overcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, we can all cheer when the
protagonist achieves a goal or overcomes an obstacle, but really, I don’t know where
the pathos is in achieving a goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, as most of us have learned in life, the achievement of a goal is nothing
compared to the work to reach it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so
much with an obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A goal is usually
a positive while an obstacle is a negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I guess you
could look at both in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
the obstacle is a mountain, the achievement of the pinnacle is a celebration
and a new vista, on the other hand if the goal is the pinnacle of the mountain,
then what’s the point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do we continue or
turn back around, and that’s the main difference and point to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An obstacle is something the protagonist overcomes
on the journey while a goal is something to be achieved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m into
obstacles, and I’ll try to see if I can enumerate what I’m thinking about for
Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I
mentioned this before, but the primary obstacles I’m writing about are the
obstacles to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist of Aine is Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
problem and the telic flaw of the novel is that he doesn’t really know what he can
do with his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s lived an isolated
and secluded life because of his parents and he hasn’t realized the full extent
of his capabilities as a person or as a man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He wants a real life of excitement and interaction with others, but he
doesn’t know how to go about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition, he has his reticent special Romantic protagonist skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Eoghan is
blessed with the special skill of rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a glamour-like skill passed down through the royalty, and in the
old days, it was the skill that usually led to greatness and power in their
individuals who possessed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s
mother has it in droves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what
led to her own isolation and her own unwillingness to face the world and her
special capabilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I featured his
mother in some of my other novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was a comedic foil to my other more capable characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the girl who wouldn’t use her powers
and capabilities even to help her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She came under the special tutelage of Aife, but it didn’t do her any
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elana was too afraid of her own
skills and too isolated and private an individual to use her special skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the environment Eoghan was raised
under, and he wants more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Eoghan
realizes he has special skills, he just doesn’t know how to use them or exactly
what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a courageous young
man but he doesn’t know how to use what he has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I intend to make him an anti-Elana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, I intend for him to achieve where his mother did
not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where his mother rejected her
skills and focused them in a different and less effective way, I want Eoghan to
do the opposite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, Eoghan has
a little sister, Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want Eva to
achieve where her mother did not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
changes will be internal to the protagonist and to Eva, and the catalyst will
be Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is part of the power of a
Romantic novel, but not the most common plot type or plot development in such a
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see the
main obstacle to Eoghan’s success—I’ll look at others and perhaps more mundane
ones, next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More
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author site </span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.ldalford.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ldalford.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and my individual
novel websites:</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-18683778781511665622024-03-13T09:20:00.001-05:002024-03-13T09:20:00.156-05:00Writing - part xxx622 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>13 March 2024, Writing - part xxx622 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind
of, questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality
and the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem
that must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses
</i>is Leopold Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a
sympathetic relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
relationship is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic
flaw to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic
flaw is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or
detective novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the
development of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and
part of the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
protagonist is revealed, the telic flaw is presented as an impossible
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to
work on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit
tricky, and perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern
authors who are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the
entire novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that
point the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that
they knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution was impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there is more to this, and then the
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall
plot to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the
Romantic plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my
favorite, but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my
favorite), or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based
scenes (can be very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I
should address these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the
potential need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my
publisher did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me
off of both flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could write it, and it was published, but I
decided I’d work out a better way of developing the initial scene in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and
the protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I
won’t—not at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to
express is first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how
do we do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to
mask their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would
not be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place
my characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important
subjects and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for
me, the past is the important point and the basis for providing information and
giving history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure,
Sable, and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment into the
picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Marshall
raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in
front of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension is all around Seoirse and
assignment, but I haven’t really extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and
Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
smiled, “Actually, I wanted him to look a little more like a normal schoolboy
than you might be expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like
you’re playing a part, Lady Tash, Mr. Wishart is also playing a part for the
Organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
looked away and grimaced, “Very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
understand to some degree, but I don’t like it at all.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
stood, “Now, Mr. Wishart has an automobile, and I’d like you to return to
school with him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stared, “You’re kidding, right?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not
kidding at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like you to get to
know Mr. Wishart better, and a three-hour drive from here to Monmouth should
provide that opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
Mr. Wishart will update you on your cover.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash’s
mouth opened wide, “My cover?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will provide you the
opportunity to communicate privately, and as Mr. Wishart has planned.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stood, “I’m not in favor of it, but I do accept this small disrespect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
unlocked the door with her switch, the lights all turned red, and Francis, the
butler opened the door, “Yes, Mrs. Marshall?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Show Lady
Tash and Mr. Wishart to the door please.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He bowed, “My pleasure,
Mrs. Marshall.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the end of the scene and of the initial dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Seoirse and Rose briefed on their
assignment and Mr. Marshall showing them out the door and off to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I wrote, the way to develop all dialog is through the following outline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>All human dialog follows this sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some cases, we can abbreviate steps, but those abbreviations are
usually to introductions and nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no need to introduce characters to one another at the beginning
of every dialog, but then again, in a novel, it might be very useful and
worthwhile to do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
isn’t the characters, but the readers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When we bring characters together to dialog, we need to reintroduce them,
not to each other, but to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We reintroduce the tags and the mannerisms or other small identifying
features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reintroduce the names and
the relationships to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
assure you, a character who hasn’t appeared since the second chapter will be a
complete mystery to the reader when they are brought back into the novel in the
tenth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little fact seems to illude
many writers who presume the reader has just as cogent an understanding of the
characters as they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need new description and
setting especially character and scene setting to be able to remember and place
the absent character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say
the dialog outline is basic human information, but alas, many if not most
humans in cultured societies have no clue about these most normative of human
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you write, you must
know this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This prevents perhaps the
worst disaster in writing—the fake sounding conversation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I read it all the time, and more than that, in experienced writers tell
me all the time about their inability to write normal or normal sounding dialog
or conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They usually call it
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dialog outline will
definitely get you to better and more normal sounding dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other basic rules, but I’ve covered
these before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My main point in addressing conversation or dialog here has been to show how
to <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explain the past through
dialog as opposed to flashbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
my favored way to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like to
use flashbacks, I love to get characters together for a great
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that conversation, I
can show so much more than just the background of the history or the
backstory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can show the characters and
develop them through their interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was going for more in this in terms of obstacles and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other ideas or, let’s say, other ways to
express background and previous information is with scenes without the
protagonist, plus writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The two ways to express the past in a novel is through a flashback or
through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m all in favor of
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, I just love writing and
using dialog in novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
way of showing the past or rather more like the present but other information
about the protagonist and the plot and that is to take a scene out of the
normal narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In many novels, the author wants to present information about a character
and especially about a protagonist that the reader wouldn’t otherwise
have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, normal dialog can’t
get you there or the information might be secreted from the protagonist or
other characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to handle
this is with a scene outside of the normal narrative of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t that uncommon in great
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look at William F.
Buckly’s novels and you will see cuts from the narrative to Washington or to the
Kremlin to expand the information the spies on the ground are contending
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an especially powerful
historical technique in historical novels, and allows you to gain insight as
well as provide information about what is causing certain reactions in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t have to be as deep or in
depth as all that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write close novels
that tend to touch on world events but are not world events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use scenes outside of the normal narrative
not often nor commonly, but to give information that might not be available
that I want my readers to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
noted, I don’t do it often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels
tend to be close therefore I don’t often need to expand their reach outside of
the protagonist or the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are always s pitfalls for all these techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main problem with moving a scene outside of
the normal narrative sequence is confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You must make the scene unambiguously clear in the novel and to your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to do this is with
the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing a great setting or
description for the scene will ensure you don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the transition from the scene back
to the normal narrative flow must be clear and unconfusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There was a time when confusion reigned in writing and especially in science
fiction writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It formed a great barrier in my mind and my
writing a barrier I swore I would help uphold—don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a major rule of my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can write scenes outside of the normal narrative sequence, but you must
use caution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must focus on the
writing and the clarity of the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, the entire point of placing a scene outside of the narrative
sequence is to improve the understanding of the reader not to confuse them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, you might ask why have such a scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just as we might have a flashback (not my favorite) to explain the past or
dialog between characters to explain the past, we might have a scene outside of
the narrative where other characters can provide either history, current plans,
or information about the protagonist that would otherwise not be
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Dana-ana:
Enchantment and the Maiden, </i>I have a couple of scenes where her enemies plot
and plan against her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The circumstances
of their collusion are perfect and show the reader that Dana-ana is not wrong
or off, and that all the terrible things happening to her are not her own
fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information is important in
the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, I looked at the three ways to present information from the past in a
novel: flashback, dialog, and scenes outside of the narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go on to look at why I think you should
always write in a sequential narrative and what that has to do with a Romantic
plot, indeed how to write a Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m still writing
about obstacles in the novel and especially about obstacles in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primary point of obstacles is the
development of tension and release in the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This goes directly to the primary obstacles
of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a Romantic
plot, the telic flaw (plot) resolution should appear to be impossible until it
is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These impossibilities are
the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These obstacles are
placed into the narrative at strategic points with plans, by the author, to
develop and eventually resolve these obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Many portray
the rising action of the novel as a jagged line rising up to the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay but perhaps too optimistic for a
Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, in the
Romantic plot, the reader faces obstacles that keep indicating the
impossibility of resolving the telic flaw, but the Romantic protagonist
continues to have faith and encouragement that the result will be
positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This positivity as well as the
positive notes in the writing and the scenes are what prevent a Romantic novel
from being a downer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, as I’ve
noted before, the modern novel is the revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a great protagonist, even with continual
and difficult obstacles, the revelation itself is entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist must negotiate and resolve
each of the obstacles in the scenes and move the tension and release forward,
the revelation itself is the real entertainment in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These interactions, especially with the other
characters and the tension and release in the scenes, brings forward the
positive nature of the Romantic protagonist while the telic flaw resolution
still appears impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps an example should be forthcoming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In my novel,
<i>Blue Rose: Enchantment and the Detective</i>, Azure Rose’s goal (her telic flaw)
is to regain her estate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has zero
hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t make enough money as a
supernatural detective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t sell the
treasures she gets from the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
being harassed (she thinks) by Lachlann Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is afraid to speak to the queen, her
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is being persecuted by Mrs.
Calloway, Lachlann’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of
these obstacles prevent the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In every case, Azure does eventually resolve
or work through the difficulties, but ultimately, she can’t earn enough to buy
back her estate even if the government allowed her to buy it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">These
obstacles mount through the novel, and each time one seems to be resolved or
fixed, she encounters a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
wrote the novel, I was writing the scenes sequentially, and I recommend
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I went back through the novel,
I could just add more obstacles, if I needed them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about the sequential narrative,
next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The
sequential narrative is the least confusing to a writer and a reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why I like them so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a
sequential narrative, the author simply writes the novel in a time
sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The time sequence tends to be
all the types of sequences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
other words, there isn’t any reason to write any other way, in my opinion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just write the novel and set the novel in
the sequence of time, and all is well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I go so far
as to put the general date at the top of every chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this helps the reader and the
writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the novel itself, sometimes,
I’ll put in date and time information just to prevent any funny time
errors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had that happen in sequential
novels before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think what kind of
problem that might be if the novel was not time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Notice that
obstacles are also time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic
style novel, the telic flaw resolution appears impossible until it is
inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most writers will stack
obstacles to the resolution up as well as other obstacle against the telic flaw
resolution meanwhile resolving them in some order, not usually sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could resolve them sequentially, but
usually, the best way to present the obstacles is, of course, sequentially, but
then have interlaced obstacles that are resolved in some order that might
resolve another earlier obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
some cases, these resolutions might lead to other obstacles or result in more
obstacles for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Obviously, in the end, the obstacles aren’t all cleared until the
climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the climax, a host of the
obstacles might be completed that leads to the resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a miracle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could incorporate and include a miracle if
that is the type of telic flaw, but my point is this—it isn’t a deus ex machina
(a god machine).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cavalry can’t come
rescue them in the end, unless you have set up and prepared and properly
alerted them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, the cavalry might
help resolve the telic flaw. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the end,
the proper resolution of the telic flaw should be through some degree of logic
and reasoning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Admittedly, most climaxes
should incorporate action and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means some fighting or real action, but the resolution of the telic
flaw needs to come about through a rational expression that relieves the
situation and completes the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a few of my
later novels, the resolution comes about with a trial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the trial, many of the loose ends from the
telic flaw are revealed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is always
some degree of confrontation, that’s the idealized version of a trial, but the
point is that the characters bring together the evidence and make an informed
resolution of the problem that also resolves the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just one method of an ending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a couple
of my novels, I have a confrontation with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters battle a demon using the
knowledge and understanding they developed through the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, this information aids them in the
confrontation, plus, I do bring in an angel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only an angel can defeat a demon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main
point is the resolution of the telic flaw and the climax in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means some action and some reasoning in
the resolution of the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That makes
for the most exciting ending, in my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If the
author works everything out properly, in the climax, the telic flaw resolution comes
as both a surprise and an inevitability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the end, the reader should say, I knew it, but didn’t know it at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolutions of the obstacles
through the novel give them the opinion that they knew when they really didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Now, let me
tell you this—all these above about the telic flaw resolution and the climax
are generalities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the climax gracefully
resolves the novel and the telic flaw, that’s a hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people don’t care much about the climax,
they get hooked on the initial scene and love the rising action with the
revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
climax means the end, and that’s sad when the reader has come to love your
protagonist and wants more about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The initial scene and the rising action are the real powerhouses of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, if you write a great initial
scene, you might sell novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
have a wonderful protagonist with a great revelation, people will love your
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you write the climax, just
make sure you resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With a great initial scene and a good rising action, you’ll sell that
novel and others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at
potential obstacles in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m not completely
sure or how I’m going to develop the telic flaw or the climax of Aine yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m never sure until I get to the
climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, with the writing, the
idea for the climax and the telic flaw resolution comes to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s like the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They develop with the novel in a similar
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it will help to show what I
mean as examples from other novels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i> the first obstacle is the drive with Rose
back to Monmouth—actually, there are a host of smaller obstacles simply
generated by the conversation between Rose, Seoirse, and Mrs. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This conversation produces a whole host of
questions and potential problems that can and will become obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the main being Rose’s animosity toward
Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of the drive, Rose
decides to make Seoirse her fake boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is both an obstacle and a mechanism for the novel to proceed in the
way I wanted it to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She decides to
allow him to take her to dinner at a place that is always filled with Monmouth
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A place where they will be
observed—this is both an obstacle and an opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The next big
obstacle becomes Rose’s work to reconcile Robyn with the other dangerous
girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides all kinds of problems
and obstacles and leads up to the crowning scene that really sets the novel in
play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I wanted to make
the initial scene, but I couldn’t figure any way to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has to wait until about chapter
three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This scene
provides the defining obstacle in the novel and propels the novel toward the
climax and the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this
scene, Sweta attacks Rose and Robyn using the force of light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn and Klava fight back, and Pheobe and
Sophie are powerless to help at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
main obstacle is that Rose’s tea party and kindness plan didn’t work at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That becomes a new obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It worked before with Robyn and the other
girls in their class, but it didn’t work with these girls and specifically with
Sveta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This event
sets up the main obstacles as well as the telic flaw of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose must figure out how to fix her approach
to the dangerous girls and especially to Sveta to meet her assignment
goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should have mentioned, the
assignment goals at the very beginning of the novel was the overall obstacle of
the novel and the telic flaw of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, goals aren’t necessarily obstacles until something stands in
the way of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this is an
important point—I need to write about this idea of goals vs. obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If you’ve
read much writing about writing, you’ll find all kinds of advice about goals
and, I think, scant information about obstacles, at least today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, authors wrote and spoke about
obstacles to the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, most writers have never heard of a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, authors wrote and spoke about comedy
and tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, it seems these are
dead terms and suddenly telic flaw resolutions (the climax) becomes
nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just go back to
fundamentals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the past,
every climax has been nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
in most complex literature, the climax has never been cut and dried, not in
adult literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In children’s works
you can find examples, but even children’s literature in the modern world, and
I mean the good stuff not the really new writing, is all nuanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Humans, even educated children know the world
is complex, and literature doesn’t simplify the complexity, it wallows in the
complexity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I’d like to go
back to using the proper language of writing—you know the language we used from
Aristotle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The novel
has a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the telic flaw that
must be resolved in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Resolved
and not solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t so much a goal
as a resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this gets
complex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are obstacles in place
that the protagonist must either overcome or go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, there could be goals too, but the
problem of goals is that goals are achieved and not really overcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, we can all cheer when the
protagonist achieves a goal or overcomes an obstacle, but really, I don’t know where
the pathos is in achieving a goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, as most of us have learned in life, the achievement of a goal is nothing
compared to the work to reach it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so
much with an obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A goal is usually
a positive while an obstacle is a negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I guess you
could look at both in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
the obstacle is a mountain, the achievement of the pinnacle is a celebration
and a new vista, on the other hand if the goal is the pinnacle of the mountain,
then what’s the point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do we continue or
turn back around, and that’s the main difference and point to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An obstacle is something the protagonist overcomes
on the journey while a goal is something to be achieved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m into
obstacles, and I’ll try to see if I can enumerate what I’m thinking about for
Aine, next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
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logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-78341182001735378582024-03-12T05:20:00.001-05:002024-03-12T05:20:00.167-05:00Writing - part xxx621 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>12 March 2024, Writing - part xxx621 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind
of, questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality
and the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem
that must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses
</i>is Leopold Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a
sympathetic relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
relationship is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic
flaw to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic
flaw is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or
detective novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the
development of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and
part of the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
protagonist is revealed, the telic flaw is presented as an impossible
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to
work on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit
tricky, and perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern
authors who are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the
entire novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that
point the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that
they knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution was impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there is more to this, and then the
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall
plot to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the
Romantic plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my
favorite, but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my
favorite), or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based
scenes (can be very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I
should address these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the
potential need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my
publisher did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me
off of both flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could write it, and it was published, but I
decided I’d work out a better way of developing the initial scene in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and
the protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I
won’t—not at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to
express is first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how
do we do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to
mask their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would
not be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place
my characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important
subjects and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for
me, the past is the important point and the basis for providing information and
giving history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure,
Sable, and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment into the
picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Marshall
raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in
front of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension is all around Seoirse and
assignment, but I haven’t really extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and
Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
smiled, “Actually, I wanted him to look a little more like a normal schoolboy
than you might be expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like
you’re playing a part, Lady Tash, Mr. Wishart is also playing a part for the
Organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
looked away and grimaced, “Very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
understand to some degree, but I don’t like it at all.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
stood, “Now, Mr. Wishart has an automobile, and I’d like you to return to
school with him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stared, “You’re kidding, right?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not
kidding at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like you to get to
know Mr. Wishart better, and a three-hour drive from here to Monmouth should
provide that opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
Mr. Wishart will update you on your cover.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash’s
mouth opened wide, “My cover?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will provide you the
opportunity to communicate privately, and as Mr. Wishart has planned.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stood, “I’m not in favor of it, but I do accept this small disrespect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
unlocked the door with her switch, the lights all turned red, and Francis, the
butler opened the door, “Yes, Mrs. Marshall?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Show Lady
Tash and Mr. Wishart to the door please.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He bowed, “My pleasure,
Mrs. Marshall.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the end of the scene and of the initial dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Seoirse and Rose briefed on their
assignment and Mr. Marshall showing them out the door and off to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I wrote, the way to develop all dialog is through the following outline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>All human dialog follows this sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some cases, we can abbreviate steps, but those abbreviations are
usually to introductions and nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no need to introduce characters to one another at the beginning
of every dialog, but then again, in a novel, it might be very useful and
worthwhile to do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
isn’t the characters, but the readers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When we bring characters together to dialog, we need to reintroduce them,
not to each other, but to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We reintroduce the tags and the mannerisms or other small identifying
features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reintroduce the names and
the relationships to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
assure you, a character who hasn’t appeared since the second chapter will be a
complete mystery to the reader when they are brought back into the novel in the
tenth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little fact seems to illude
many writers who presume the reader has just as cogent an understanding of the
characters as they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need new description and
setting especially character and scene setting to be able to remember and place
the absent character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say
the dialog outline is basic human information, but alas, many if not most
humans in cultured societies have no clue about these most normative of human
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you write, you must
know this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This prevents perhaps the
worst disaster in writing—the fake sounding conversation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I read it all the time, and more than that, in experienced writers tell
me all the time about their inability to write normal or normal sounding dialog
or conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They usually call it
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dialog outline will
definitely get you to better and more normal sounding dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other basic rules, but I’ve covered
these before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My main point in addressing conversation or dialog here has been to show how
to <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explain the past through
dialog as opposed to flashbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
my favored way to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like to
use flashbacks, I love to get characters together for a great
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that conversation, I
can show so much more than just the background of the history or the
backstory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can show the characters and
develop them through their interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was going for more in this in terms of obstacles and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other ideas or, let’s say, other ways to
express background and previous information is with scenes without the
protagonist, plus writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The two ways to express the past in a novel is through a flashback or
through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m all in favor of
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, I just love writing and
using dialog in novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
way of showing the past or rather more like the present but other information
about the protagonist and the plot and that is to take a scene out of the
normal narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In many novels, the author wants to present information about a character
and especially about a protagonist that the reader wouldn’t otherwise
have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, normal dialog can’t
get you there or the information might be secreted from the protagonist or
other characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to handle
this is with a scene outside of the normal narrative of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t that uncommon in great
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look at William F.
Buckly’s novels and you will see cuts from the narrative to Washington or to the
Kremlin to expand the information the spies on the ground are contending
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an especially powerful
historical technique in historical novels, and allows you to gain insight as
well as provide information about what is causing certain reactions in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t have to be as deep or in
depth as all that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write close novels
that tend to touch on world events but are not world events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use scenes outside of the normal narrative
not often nor commonly, but to give information that might not be available
that I want my readers to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
noted, I don’t do it often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels
tend to be close therefore I don’t often need to expand their reach outside of
the protagonist or the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are always s pitfalls for all these techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main problem with moving a scene outside of
the normal narrative sequence is confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You must make the scene unambiguously clear in the novel and to your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to do this is with
the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing a great setting or
description for the scene will ensure you don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the transition from the scene back
to the normal narrative flow must be clear and unconfusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There was a time when confusion reigned in writing and especially in science
fiction writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It formed a great barrier in my mind and my
writing a barrier I swore I would help uphold—don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a major rule of my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can write scenes outside of the normal narrative sequence, but you must
use caution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must focus on the
writing and the clarity of the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, the entire point of placing a scene outside of the narrative
sequence is to improve the understanding of the reader not to confuse them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, you might ask why have such a scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just as we might have a flashback (not my favorite) to explain the past or
dialog between characters to explain the past, we might have a scene outside of
the narrative where other characters can provide either history, current plans,
or information about the protagonist that would otherwise not be
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Dana-ana:
Enchantment and the Maiden, </i>I have a couple of scenes where her enemies plot
and plan against her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The circumstances
of their collusion are perfect and show the reader that Dana-ana is not wrong
or off, and that all the terrible things happening to her are not her own
fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information is important in
the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, I looked at the three ways to present information from the past in a
novel: flashback, dialog, and scenes outside of the narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go on to look at why I think you should
always write in a sequential narrative and what that has to do with a Romantic
plot, indeed how to write a Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m still writing
about obstacles in the novel and especially about obstacles in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primary point of obstacles is the
development of tension and release in the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This goes directly to the primary obstacles
of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a Romantic
plot, the telic flaw (plot) resolution should appear to be impossible until it
is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These impossibilities are
the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These obstacles are
placed into the narrative at strategic points with plans, by the author, to
develop and eventually resolve these obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Many portray
the rising action of the novel as a jagged line rising up to the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay but perhaps too optimistic for a
Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, in the
Romantic plot, the reader faces obstacles that keep indicating the
impossibility of resolving the telic flaw, but the Romantic protagonist
continues to have faith and encouragement that the result will be
positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This positivity as well as the
positive notes in the writing and the scenes are what prevent a Romantic novel
from being a downer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, as I’ve
noted before, the modern novel is the revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a great protagonist, even with continual
and difficult obstacles, the revelation itself is entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist must negotiate and resolve
each of the obstacles in the scenes and move the tension and release forward,
the revelation itself is the real entertainment in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These interactions, especially with the other
characters and the tension and release in the scenes, brings forward the
positive nature of the Romantic protagonist while the telic flaw resolution
still appears impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps an example should be forthcoming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In my novel,
<i>Blue Rose: Enchantment and the Detective</i>, Azure Rose’s goal (her telic flaw)
is to regain her estate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has zero
hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t make enough money as a
supernatural detective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t sell the
treasures she gets from the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
being harassed (she thinks) by Lachlann Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is afraid to speak to the queen, her
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is being persecuted by Mrs.
Calloway, Lachlann’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of
these obstacles prevent the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In every case, Azure does eventually resolve
or work through the difficulties, but ultimately, she can’t earn enough to buy
back her estate even if the government allowed her to buy it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">These
obstacles mount through the novel, and each time one seems to be resolved or
fixed, she encounters a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
wrote the novel, I was writing the scenes sequentially, and I recommend
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I went back through the novel,
I could just add more obstacles, if I needed them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about the sequential narrative,
next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The
sequential narrative is the least confusing to a writer and a reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why I like them so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a
sequential narrative, the author simply writes the novel in a time
sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The time sequence tends to be
all the types of sequences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
other words, there isn’t any reason to write any other way, in my opinion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just write the novel and set the novel in
the sequence of time, and all is well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I go so far
as to put the general date at the top of every chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this helps the reader and the
writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the novel itself, sometimes,
I’ll put in date and time information just to prevent any funny time
errors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had that happen in sequential
novels before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think what kind of
problem that might be if the novel was not time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Notice that
obstacles are also time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic
style novel, the telic flaw resolution appears impossible until it is
inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most writers will stack
obstacles to the resolution up as well as other obstacle against the telic flaw
resolution meanwhile resolving them in some order, not usually sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could resolve them sequentially, but
usually, the best way to present the obstacles is, of course, sequentially, but
then have interlaced obstacles that are resolved in some order that might
resolve another earlier obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
some cases, these resolutions might lead to other obstacles or result in more
obstacles for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Obviously, in the end, the obstacles aren’t all cleared until the
climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the climax, a host of the
obstacles might be completed that leads to the resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a miracle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could incorporate and include a miracle if
that is the type of telic flaw, but my point is this—it isn’t a deus ex machina
(a god machine).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cavalry can’t come
rescue them in the end, unless you have set up and prepared and properly
alerted them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, the cavalry might
help resolve the telic flaw. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the end,
the proper resolution of the telic flaw should be through some degree of logic
and reasoning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Admittedly, most climaxes
should incorporate action and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means some fighting or real action, but the resolution of the telic
flaw needs to come about through a rational expression that relieves the
situation and completes the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a few of my
later novels, the resolution comes about with a trial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the trial, many of the loose ends from the
telic flaw are revealed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is always
some degree of confrontation, that’s the idealized version of a trial, but the
point is that the characters bring together the evidence and make an informed
resolution of the problem that also resolves the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just one method of an ending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a couple
of my novels, I have a confrontation with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters battle a demon using the
knowledge and understanding they developed through the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, this information aids them in the
confrontation, plus, I do bring in an angel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only an angel can defeat a demon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main
point is the resolution of the telic flaw and the climax in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means some action and some reasoning in
the resolution of the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That makes
for the most exciting ending, in my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If the
author works everything out properly, in the climax, the telic flaw resolution comes
as both a surprise and an inevitability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the end, the reader should say, I knew it, but didn’t know it at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolutions of the obstacles
through the novel give them the opinion that they knew when they really didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Now, let me
tell you this—all these above about the telic flaw resolution and the climax
are generalities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the climax gracefully
resolves the novel and the telic flaw, that’s a hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people don’t care much about the climax,
they get hooked on the initial scene and love the rising action with the
revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
climax means the end, and that’s sad when the reader has come to love your
protagonist and wants more about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The initial scene and the rising action are the real powerhouses of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, if you write a great initial
scene, you might sell novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
have a wonderful protagonist with a great revelation, people will love your
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you write the climax, just
make sure you resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With a great initial scene and a good rising action, you’ll sell that
novel and others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at
potential obstacles in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m not completely
sure or how I’m going to develop the telic flaw or the climax of Aine yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m never sure until I get to the
climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, with the writing, the
idea for the climax and the telic flaw resolution comes to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s like the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They develop with the novel in a similar
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it will help to show what I
mean as examples from other novels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i> the first obstacle is the drive with Rose
back to Monmouth—actually, there are a host of smaller obstacles simply
generated by the conversation between Rose, Seoirse, and Mrs. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This conversation produces a whole host of
questions and potential problems that can and will become obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the main being Rose’s animosity toward
Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of the drive, Rose
decides to make Seoirse her fake boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is both an obstacle and a mechanism for the novel to proceed in the
way I wanted it to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She decides to
allow him to take her to dinner at a place that is always filled with Monmouth
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A place where they will be
observed—this is both an obstacle and an opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The next big
obstacle becomes Rose’s work to reconcile Robyn with the other dangerous
girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides all kinds of problems
and obstacles and leads up to the crowning scene that really sets the novel in
play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I wanted to make
the initial scene, but I couldn’t figure any way to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has to wait until about chapter
three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This scene
provides the defining obstacle in the novel and propels the novel toward the
climax and the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this
scene, Sweta attacks Rose and Robyn using the force of light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn and Klava fight back, and Pheobe and
Sophie are powerless to help at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
main obstacle is that Rose’s tea party and kindness plan didn’t work at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That becomes a new obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It worked before with Robyn and the other
girls in their class, but it didn’t work with these girls and specifically with
Sveta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This event
sets up the main obstacles as well as the telic flaw of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose must figure out how to fix her approach
to the dangerous girls and especially to Sveta to meet her assignment
goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should have mentioned, the
assignment goals at the very beginning of the novel was the overall obstacle of
the novel and the telic flaw of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, goals aren’t necessarily obstacles until something stands in
the way of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this is an
important point—I need to write about this idea of goals vs. obstacles. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-45852442866194592362024-03-11T05:23:00.001-05:002024-03-11T05:23:00.145-05:00Writing - part xxx620 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>11 March 2024, Writing - part xxx620 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind
of, questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality
and the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem
that must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses
</i>is Leopold Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a
sympathetic relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
relationship is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic
flaw to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic
flaw is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or
detective novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the
development of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and
part of the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
protagonist is revealed, the telic flaw is presented as an impossible
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to
work on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit
tricky, and perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern
authors who are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the
entire novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that
point the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that
they knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution was impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there is more to this, and then the
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall
plot to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the
Romantic plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my
favorite, but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my
favorite), or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based
scenes (can be very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I
should address these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the
potential need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my
publisher did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me
off of both flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could write it, and it was published, but I
decided I’d work out a better way of developing the initial scene in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and
the protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I
won’t—not at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to
express is first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how
do we do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to
mask their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would
not be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place
my characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important
subjects and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for
me, the past is the important point and the basis for providing information and
giving history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure,
Sable, and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment into the
picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Marshall
raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in
front of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension is all around Seoirse and
assignment, but I haven’t really extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and
Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
smiled, “Actually, I wanted him to look a little more like a normal schoolboy
than you might be expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like
you’re playing a part, Lady Tash, Mr. Wishart is also playing a part for the
Organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
looked away and grimaced, “Very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
understand to some degree, but I don’t like it at all.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
stood, “Now, Mr. Wishart has an automobile, and I’d like you to return to
school with him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stared, “You’re kidding, right?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not
kidding at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like you to get to
know Mr. Wishart better, and a three-hour drive from here to Monmouth should
provide that opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
Mr. Wishart will update you on your cover.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash’s
mouth opened wide, “My cover?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will provide you the
opportunity to communicate privately, and as Mr. Wishart has planned.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stood, “I’m not in favor of it, but I do accept this small disrespect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
unlocked the door with her switch, the lights all turned red, and Francis, the
butler opened the door, “Yes, Mrs. Marshall?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Show Lady
Tash and Mr. Wishart to the door please.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He bowed, “My pleasure,
Mrs. Marshall.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the end of the scene and of the initial dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Seoirse and Rose briefed on their
assignment and Mr. Marshall showing them out the door and off to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I wrote, the way to develop all dialog is through the following outline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
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<p>All human dialog follows this sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some cases, we can abbreviate steps, but those abbreviations are
usually to introductions and nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no need to introduce characters to one another at the beginning
of every dialog, but then again, in a novel, it might be very useful and
worthwhile to do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
isn’t the characters, but the readers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When we bring characters together to dialog, we need to reintroduce them,
not to each other, but to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We reintroduce the tags and the mannerisms or other small identifying
features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reintroduce the names and
the relationships to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
assure you, a character who hasn’t appeared since the second chapter will be a
complete mystery to the reader when they are brought back into the novel in the
tenth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little fact seems to illude
many writers who presume the reader has just as cogent an understanding of the
characters as they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need new description and
setting especially character and scene setting to be able to remember and place
the absent character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say
the dialog outline is basic human information, but alas, many if not most
humans in cultured societies have no clue about these most normative of human
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you write, you must
know this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This prevents perhaps the
worst disaster in writing—the fake sounding conversation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I read it all the time, and more than that, in experienced writers tell
me all the time about their inability to write normal or normal sounding dialog
or conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They usually call it
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dialog outline will
definitely get you to better and more normal sounding dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other basic rules, but I’ve covered
these before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My main point in addressing conversation or dialog here has been to show how
to <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explain the past through
dialog as opposed to flashbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
my favored way to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like to
use flashbacks, I love to get characters together for a great
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that conversation, I
can show so much more than just the background of the history or the
backstory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can show the characters and
develop them through their interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was going for more in this in terms of obstacles and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other ideas or, let’s say, other ways to
express background and previous information is with scenes without the
protagonist, plus writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The two ways to express the past in a novel is through a flashback or
through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m all in favor of
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, I just love writing and
using dialog in novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
way of showing the past or rather more like the present but other information
about the protagonist and the plot and that is to take a scene out of the
normal narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In many novels, the author wants to present information about a character
and especially about a protagonist that the reader wouldn’t otherwise
have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, normal dialog can’t
get you there or the information might be secreted from the protagonist or
other characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to handle
this is with a scene outside of the normal narrative of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t that uncommon in great
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look at William F.
Buckly’s novels and you will see cuts from the narrative to Washington or to the
Kremlin to expand the information the spies on the ground are contending
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an especially powerful
historical technique in historical novels, and allows you to gain insight as
well as provide information about what is causing certain reactions in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t have to be as deep or in
depth as all that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write close novels
that tend to touch on world events but are not world events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use scenes outside of the normal narrative
not often nor commonly, but to give information that might not be available
that I want my readers to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
noted, I don’t do it often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels
tend to be close therefore I don’t often need to expand their reach outside of
the protagonist or the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are always s pitfalls for all these techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main problem with moving a scene outside of
the normal narrative sequence is confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You must make the scene unambiguously clear in the novel and to your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to do this is with
the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing a great setting or
description for the scene will ensure you don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the transition from the scene back
to the normal narrative flow must be clear and unconfusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There was a time when confusion reigned in writing and especially in science
fiction writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It formed a great barrier in my mind and my
writing a barrier I swore I would help uphold—don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a major rule of my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can write scenes outside of the normal narrative sequence, but you must
use caution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must focus on the
writing and the clarity of the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, the entire point of placing a scene outside of the narrative
sequence is to improve the understanding of the reader not to confuse them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, you might ask why have such a scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just as we might have a flashback (not my favorite) to explain the past or
dialog between characters to explain the past, we might have a scene outside of
the narrative where other characters can provide either history, current plans,
or information about the protagonist that would otherwise not be
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Dana-ana:
Enchantment and the Maiden, </i>I have a couple of scenes where her enemies plot
and plan against her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The circumstances
of their collusion are perfect and show the reader that Dana-ana is not wrong
or off, and that all the terrible things happening to her are not her own
fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information is important in
the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, I looked at the three ways to present information from the past in a
novel: flashback, dialog, and scenes outside of the narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go on to look at why I think you should
always write in a sequential narrative and what that has to do with a Romantic
plot, indeed how to write a Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m still writing
about obstacles in the novel and especially about obstacles in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primary point of obstacles is the
development of tension and release in the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This goes directly to the primary obstacles
of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a Romantic
plot, the telic flaw (plot) resolution should appear to be impossible until it
is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These impossibilities are
the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These obstacles are
placed into the narrative at strategic points with plans, by the author, to
develop and eventually resolve these obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Many portray
the rising action of the novel as a jagged line rising up to the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay but perhaps too optimistic for a
Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, in the
Romantic plot, the reader faces obstacles that keep indicating the
impossibility of resolving the telic flaw, but the Romantic protagonist
continues to have faith and encouragement that the result will be
positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This positivity as well as the
positive notes in the writing and the scenes are what prevent a Romantic novel
from being a downer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, as I’ve
noted before, the modern novel is the revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a great protagonist, even with continual
and difficult obstacles, the revelation itself is entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist must negotiate and resolve
each of the obstacles in the scenes and move the tension and release forward,
the revelation itself is the real entertainment in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These interactions, especially with the other
characters and the tension and release in the scenes, brings forward the
positive nature of the Romantic protagonist while the telic flaw resolution
still appears impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps an example should be forthcoming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In my novel,
<i>Blue Rose: Enchantment and the Detective</i>, Azure Rose’s goal (her telic flaw)
is to regain her estate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has zero
hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t make enough money as a
supernatural detective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t sell the
treasures she gets from the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
being harassed (she thinks) by Lachlann Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is afraid to speak to the queen, her
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is being persecuted by Mrs.
Calloway, Lachlann’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of
these obstacles prevent the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In every case, Azure does eventually resolve
or work through the difficulties, but ultimately, she can’t earn enough to buy
back her estate even if the government allowed her to buy it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">These
obstacles mount through the novel, and each time one seems to be resolved or
fixed, she encounters a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
wrote the novel, I was writing the scenes sequentially, and I recommend
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I went back through the novel,
I could just add more obstacles, if I needed them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about the sequential narrative,
next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The
sequential narrative is the least confusing to a writer and a reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why I like them so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a
sequential narrative, the author simply writes the novel in a time
sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The time sequence tends to be
all the types of sequences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
other words, there isn’t any reason to write any other way, in my opinion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just write the novel and set the novel in
the sequence of time, and all is well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I go so far
as to put the general date at the top of every chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this helps the reader and the
writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the novel itself, sometimes,
I’ll put in date and time information just to prevent any funny time
errors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had that happen in sequential
novels before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think what kind of
problem that might be if the novel was not time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Notice that
obstacles are also time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic
style novel, the telic flaw resolution appears impossible until it is
inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most writers will stack
obstacles to the resolution up as well as other obstacle against the telic flaw
resolution meanwhile resolving them in some order, not usually sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could resolve them sequentially, but
usually, the best way to present the obstacles is, of course, sequentially, but
then have interlaced obstacles that are resolved in some order that might
resolve another earlier obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
some cases, these resolutions might lead to other obstacles or result in more
obstacles for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Obviously, in the end, the obstacles aren’t all cleared until the
climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the climax, a host of the
obstacles might be completed that leads to the resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a miracle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could incorporate and include a miracle if
that is the type of telic flaw, but my point is this—it isn’t a deus ex machina
(a god machine).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cavalry can’t come
rescue them in the end, unless you have set up and prepared and properly
alerted them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, the cavalry might
help resolve the telic flaw. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the end,
the proper resolution of the telic flaw should be through some degree of logic
and reasoning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Admittedly, most climaxes
should incorporate action and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means some fighting or real action, but the resolution of the telic
flaw needs to come about through a rational expression that relieves the
situation and completes the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a few of my
later novels, the resolution comes about with a trial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the trial, many of the loose ends from the
telic flaw are revealed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is always
some degree of confrontation, that’s the idealized version of a trial, but the
point is that the characters bring together the evidence and make an informed
resolution of the problem that also resolves the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just one method of an ending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a couple
of my novels, I have a confrontation with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters battle a demon using the
knowledge and understanding they developed through the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, this information aids them in the
confrontation, plus, I do bring in an angel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only an angel can defeat a demon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main
point is the resolution of the telic flaw and the climax in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means some action and some reasoning in
the resolution of the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That makes
for the most exciting ending, in my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If the
author works everything out properly, in the climax, the telic flaw resolution comes
as both a surprise and an inevitability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the end, the reader should say, I knew it, but didn’t know it at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolutions of the obstacles
through the novel give them the opinion that they knew when they really didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Now, let me
tell you this—all these above about the telic flaw resolution and the climax
are generalities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the climax gracefully
resolves the novel and the telic flaw, that’s a hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people don’t care much about the climax,
they get hooked on the initial scene and love the rising action with the
revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
climax means the end, and that’s sad when the reader has come to love your
protagonist and wants more about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The initial scene and the rising action are the real powerhouses of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, if you write a great initial
scene, you might sell novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
have a wonderful protagonist with a great revelation, people will love your
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you write the climax, just
make sure you resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With a great initial scene and a good rising action, you’ll sell that
novel and others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at
potential obstacles in Aine, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-70908306947255415282024-03-10T05:18:00.001-05:002024-03-10T05:18:00.145-05:00Writing - part xxx619 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>10 March 2024, Writing - part xxx619 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /> <o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind
of, questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality
and the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem
that must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses
</i>is Leopold Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a
sympathetic relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
relationship is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic
flaw to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic
flaw is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or
detective novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the
development of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and
part of the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
protagonist is revealed, the telic flaw is presented as an impossible
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to
work on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit
tricky, and perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern
authors who are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the
entire novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that
point the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that
they knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution was impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there is more to this, and then the
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall
plot to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the
Romantic plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my
favorite, but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my
favorite), or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based
scenes (can be very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I
should address these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the
potential need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my
publisher did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me
off of both flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could write it, and it was published, but I
decided I’d work out a better way of developing the initial scene in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and
the protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I
won’t—not at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to
express is first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how
do we do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to
mask their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would
not be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place
my characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important
subjects and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for
me, the past is the important point and the basis for providing information and
giving history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure,
Sable, and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment into the
picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Marshall
raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in
front of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension is all around Seoirse and
assignment, but I haven’t really extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and
Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
smiled, “Actually, I wanted him to look a little more like a normal schoolboy
than you might be expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like
you’re playing a part, Lady Tash, Mr. Wishart is also playing a part for the
Organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
looked away and grimaced, “Very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
understand to some degree, but I don’t like it at all.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
stood, “Now, Mr. Wishart has an automobile, and I’d like you to return to
school with him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stared, “You’re kidding, right?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not
kidding at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like you to get to
know Mr. Wishart better, and a three-hour drive from here to Monmouth should
provide that opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
Mr. Wishart will update you on your cover.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash’s
mouth opened wide, “My cover?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will provide you the
opportunity to communicate privately, and as Mr. Wishart has planned.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stood, “I’m not in favor of it, but I do accept this small disrespect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
unlocked the door with her switch, the lights all turned red, and Francis, the
butler opened the door, “Yes, Mrs. Marshall?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Show Lady
Tash and Mr. Wishart to the door please.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He bowed, “My pleasure,
Mrs. Marshall.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the end of the scene and of the initial dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Seoirse and Rose briefed on their
assignment and Mr. Marshall showing them out the door and off to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I wrote, the way to develop all dialog is through the following outline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>All human dialog follows this sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some cases, we can abbreviate steps, but those abbreviations are
usually to introductions and nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no need to introduce characters to one another at the beginning
of every dialog, but then again, in a novel, it might be very useful and
worthwhile to do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
isn’t the characters, but the readers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When we bring characters together to dialog, we need to reintroduce them,
not to each other, but to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We reintroduce the tags and the mannerisms or other small identifying
features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reintroduce the names and
the relationships to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
assure you, a character who hasn’t appeared since the second chapter will be a
complete mystery to the reader when they are brought back into the novel in the
tenth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little fact seems to illude
many writers who presume the reader has just as cogent an understanding of the
characters as they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need new description and
setting especially character and scene setting to be able to remember and place
the absent character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say
the dialog outline is basic human information, but alas, many if not most
humans in cultured societies have no clue about these most normative of human
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you write, you must
know this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This prevents perhaps the
worst disaster in writing—the fake sounding conversation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I read it all the time, and more than that, in experienced writers tell
me all the time about their inability to write normal or normal sounding dialog
or conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They usually call it
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dialog outline will
definitely get you to better and more normal sounding dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other basic rules, but I’ve covered
these before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My main point in addressing conversation or dialog here has been to show how
to <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explain the past through
dialog as opposed to flashbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
my favored way to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like to
use flashbacks, I love to get characters together for a great
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that conversation, I
can show so much more than just the background of the history or the
backstory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can show the characters and
develop them through their interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was going for more in this in terms of obstacles and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other ideas or, let’s say, other ways to
express background and previous information is with scenes without the
protagonist, plus writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The two ways to express the past in a novel is through a flashback or
through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m all in favor of
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, I just love writing and
using dialog in novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
way of showing the past or rather more like the present but other information
about the protagonist and the plot and that is to take a scene out of the
normal narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In many novels, the author wants to present information about a character
and especially about a protagonist that the reader wouldn’t otherwise
have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, normal dialog can’t
get you there or the information might be secreted from the protagonist or
other characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to handle
this is with a scene outside of the normal narrative of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t that uncommon in great
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look at William F.
Buckly’s novels and you will see cuts from the narrative to Washington or to the
Kremlin to expand the information the spies on the ground are contending
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an especially powerful
historical technique in historical novels, and allows you to gain insight as
well as provide information about what is causing certain reactions in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t have to be as deep or in
depth as all that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write close novels
that tend to touch on world events but are not world events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use scenes outside of the normal narrative
not often nor commonly, but to give information that might not be available
that I want my readers to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
noted, I don’t do it often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels
tend to be close therefore I don’t often need to expand their reach outside of
the protagonist or the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are always s pitfalls for all these techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main problem with moving a scene outside of
the normal narrative sequence is confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You must make the scene unambiguously clear in the novel and to your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to do this is with
the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing a great setting or
description for the scene will ensure you don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the transition from the scene back
to the normal narrative flow must be clear and unconfusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There was a time when confusion reigned in writing and especially in science
fiction writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It formed a great barrier in my mind and my
writing a barrier I swore I would help uphold—don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a major rule of my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can write scenes outside of the normal narrative sequence, but you must
use caution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must focus on the
writing and the clarity of the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, the entire point of placing a scene outside of the narrative
sequence is to improve the understanding of the reader not to confuse them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, you might ask why have such a scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just as we might have a flashback (not my favorite) to explain the past or
dialog between characters to explain the past, we might have a scene outside of
the narrative where other characters can provide either history, current plans,
or information about the protagonist that would otherwise not be
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Dana-ana:
Enchantment and the Maiden, </i>I have a couple of scenes where her enemies plot
and plan against her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The circumstances
of their collusion are perfect and show the reader that Dana-ana is not wrong
or off, and that all the terrible things happening to her are not her own
fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information is important in
the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, I looked at the three ways to present information from the past in a
novel: flashback, dialog, and scenes outside of the narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go on to look at why I think you should
always write in a sequential narrative and what that has to do with a Romantic
plot, indeed how to write a Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m still writing
about obstacles in the novel and especially about obstacles in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primary point of obstacles is the
development of tension and release in the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This goes directly to the primary obstacles
of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a Romantic
plot, the telic flaw (plot) resolution should appear to be impossible until it
is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These impossibilities are
the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These obstacles are
placed into the narrative at strategic points with plans, by the author, to
develop and eventually resolve these obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Many portray
the rising action of the novel as a jagged line rising up to the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay but perhaps too optimistic for a
Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, in the
Romantic plot, the reader faces obstacles that keep indicating the
impossibility of resolving the telic flaw, but the Romantic protagonist
continues to have faith and encouragement that the result will be
positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This positivity as well as the
positive notes in the writing and the scenes are what prevent a Romantic novel
from being a downer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, as I’ve
noted before, the modern novel is the revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a great protagonist, even with continual
and difficult obstacles, the revelation itself is entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist must negotiate and resolve
each of the obstacles in the scenes and move the tension and release forward,
the revelation itself is the real entertainment in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These interactions, especially with the other
characters and the tension and release in the scenes, brings forward the
positive nature of the Romantic protagonist while the telic flaw resolution
still appears impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps an example should be forthcoming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In my novel,
<i>Blue Rose: Enchantment and the Detective</i>, Azure Rose’s goal (her telic flaw)
is to regain her estate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has zero
hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t make enough money as a
supernatural detective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t sell the
treasures she gets from the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
being harassed (she thinks) by Lachlann Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is afraid to speak to the queen, her
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is being persecuted by Mrs.
Calloway, Lachlann’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of
these obstacles prevent the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In every case, Azure does eventually resolve
or work through the difficulties, but ultimately, she can’t earn enough to buy
back her estate even if the government allowed her to buy it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">These
obstacles mount through the novel, and each time one seems to be resolved or
fixed, she encounters a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
wrote the novel, I was writing the scenes sequentially, and I recommend
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I went back through the novel,
I could just add more obstacles, if I needed them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about the sequential narrative,
next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The
sequential narrative is the least confusing to a writer and a reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why I like them so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a
sequential narrative, the author simply writes the novel in a time
sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The time sequence tends to be
all the types of sequences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
other words, there isn’t any reason to write any other way, in my opinion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just write the novel and set the novel in
the sequence of time, and all is well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I go so far
as to put the general date at the top of every chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this helps the reader and the
writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the novel itself, sometimes,
I’ll put in date and time information just to prevent any funny time
errors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had that happen in sequential
novels before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think what kind of
problem that might be if the novel was not time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Notice that
obstacles are also time sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-77974283136829601682024-03-09T05:17:00.001-06:002024-03-09T05:17:00.258-06:00Writing - part xxx618 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>09 March 2024, Writing - part xxx618 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind
of, questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality
and the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem
that must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses
</i>is Leopold Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a
sympathetic relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
relationship is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic
flaw to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic
flaw is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or
detective novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the
development of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and
part of the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
protagonist is revealed, the telic flaw is presented as an impossible
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to
work on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit
tricky, and perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern
authors who are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the
entire novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that
point the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that
they knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution was impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there is more to this, and then the
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall
plot to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the
Romantic plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my
favorite, but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my
favorite), or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based
scenes (can be very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I
should address these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the
potential need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my
publisher did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me
off of both flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could write it, and it was published, but I
decided I’d work out a better way of developing the initial scene in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and
the protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I
won’t—not at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to
express is first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how
do we do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to
mask their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would
not be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place
my characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important
subjects and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for
me, the past is the important point and the basis for providing information and
giving history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure,
Sable, and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment into the
picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Marshall
raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in
front of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension is all around Seoirse and
assignment, but I haven’t really extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and
Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
smiled, “Actually, I wanted him to look a little more like a normal schoolboy
than you might be expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like
you’re playing a part, Lady Tash, Mr. Wishart is also playing a part for the
Organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
looked away and grimaced, “Very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
understand to some degree, but I don’t like it at all.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
stood, “Now, Mr. Wishart has an automobile, and I’d like you to return to
school with him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stared, “You’re kidding, right?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not
kidding at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like you to get to
know Mr. Wishart better, and a three-hour drive from here to Monmouth should
provide that opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
Mr. Wishart will update you on your cover.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash’s
mouth opened wide, “My cover?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will provide you the
opportunity to communicate privately, and as Mr. Wishart has planned.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stood, “I’m not in favor of it, but I do accept this small disrespect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
unlocked the door with her switch, the lights all turned red, and Francis, the
butler opened the door, “Yes, Mrs. Marshall?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Show Lady
Tash and Mr. Wishart to the door please.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He bowed, “My pleasure,
Mrs. Marshall.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the end of the scene and of the initial dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Seoirse and Rose briefed on their
assignment and Mr. Marshall showing them out the door and off to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I wrote, the way to develop all dialog is through the following outline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
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<p>All human dialog follows this sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some cases, we can abbreviate steps, but those abbreviations are
usually to introductions and nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no need to introduce characters to one another at the beginning
of every dialog, but then again, in a novel, it might be very useful and
worthwhile to do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
isn’t the characters, but the readers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When we bring characters together to dialog, we need to reintroduce them,
not to each other, but to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We reintroduce the tags and the mannerisms or other small identifying
features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reintroduce the names and
the relationships to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
assure you, a character who hasn’t appeared since the second chapter will be a
complete mystery to the reader when they are brought back into the novel in the
tenth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little fact seems to illude
many writers who presume the reader has just as cogent an understanding of the
characters as they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need new description and
setting especially character and scene setting to be able to remember and place
the absent character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say
the dialog outline is basic human information, but alas, many if not most
humans in cultured societies have no clue about these most normative of human
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you write, you must
know this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This prevents perhaps the
worst disaster in writing—the fake sounding conversation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I read it all the time, and more than that, in experienced writers tell
me all the time about their inability to write normal or normal sounding dialog
or conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They usually call it
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dialog outline will
definitely get you to better and more normal sounding dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other basic rules, but I’ve covered
these before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My main point in addressing conversation or dialog here has been to show how
to <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explain the past through
dialog as opposed to flashbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
my favored way to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like to
use flashbacks, I love to get characters together for a great
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that conversation, I
can show so much more than just the background of the history or the
backstory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can show the characters and
develop them through their interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was going for more in this in terms of obstacles and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other ideas or, let’s say, other ways to
express background and previous information is with scenes without the
protagonist, plus writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The two ways to express the past in a novel is through a flashback or
through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m all in favor of
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, I just love writing and
using dialog in novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
way of showing the past or rather more like the present but other information
about the protagonist and the plot and that is to take a scene out of the
normal narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In many novels, the author wants to present information about a character
and especially about a protagonist that the reader wouldn’t otherwise
have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, normal dialog can’t
get you there or the information might be secreted from the protagonist or
other characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to handle
this is with a scene outside of the normal narrative of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t that uncommon in great
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look at William F.
Buckly’s novels and you will see cuts from the narrative to Washington or to the
Kremlin to expand the information the spies on the ground are contending
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an especially powerful
historical technique in historical novels, and allows you to gain insight as
well as provide information about what is causing certain reactions in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t have to be as deep or in
depth as all that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write close novels
that tend to touch on world events but are not world events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use scenes outside of the normal narrative
not often nor commonly, but to give information that might not be available
that I want my readers to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
noted, I don’t do it often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels
tend to be close therefore I don’t often need to expand their reach outside of
the protagonist or the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are always s pitfalls for all these techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main problem with moving a scene outside of
the normal narrative sequence is confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You must make the scene unambiguously clear in the novel and to your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to do this is with
the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing a great setting or
description for the scene will ensure you don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the transition from the scene back
to the normal narrative flow must be clear and unconfusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There was a time when confusion reigned in writing and especially in science
fiction writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It formed a great barrier in my mind and my
writing a barrier I swore I would help uphold—don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a major rule of my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can write scenes outside of the normal narrative sequence, but you must
use caution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must focus on the
writing and the clarity of the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, the entire point of placing a scene outside of the narrative
sequence is to improve the understanding of the reader not to confuse them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, you might ask why have such a scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just as we might have a flashback (not my favorite) to explain the past or
dialog between characters to explain the past, we might have a scene outside of
the narrative where other characters can provide either history, current plans,
or information about the protagonist that would otherwise not be
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Dana-ana:
Enchantment and the Maiden, </i>I have a couple of scenes where her enemies plot
and plan against her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The circumstances
of their collusion are perfect and show the reader that Dana-ana is not wrong
or off, and that all the terrible things happening to her are not her own
fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information is important in
the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, I looked at the three ways to present information from the past in a
novel: flashback, dialog, and scenes outside of the narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go on to look at why I think you should
always write in a sequential narrative and what that has to do with a Romantic
plot, indeed how to write a Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’m still writing
about obstacles in the novel and especially about obstacles in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primary point of obstacles is the
development of tension and release in the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This goes directly to the primary obstacles
of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a Romantic
plot, the telic flaw (plot) resolution should appear to be impossible until it
is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These impossibilities are
the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These obstacles are
placed into the narrative at strategic points with plans, by the author, to
develop and eventually resolve these obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Many portray
the rising action of the novel as a jagged line rising up to the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay but perhaps too optimistic for a
Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, in the
Romantic plot, the reader faces obstacles that keep indicating the
impossibility of resolving the telic flaw, but the Romantic protagonist
continues to have faith and encouragement that the result will be
positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This positivity as well as the
positive notes in the writing and the scenes are what prevent a Romantic novel
from being a downer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, as I’ve
noted before, the modern novel is the revelation of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a great protagonist, even with continual
and difficult obstacles, the revelation itself is entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist must negotiate and resolve
each of the obstacles in the scenes and move the tension and release forward,
the revelation itself is the real entertainment in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These interactions, especially with the other
characters and the tension and release in the scenes, brings forward the
positive nature of the Romantic protagonist while the telic flaw resolution
still appears impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps an example should be forthcoming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In my novel,
<i>Blue Rose: Enchantment and the Detective</i>, Azure Rose’s goal (her telic flaw)
is to regain her estate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has zero
hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t make enough money as a
supernatural detective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t sell the
treasures she gets from the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
being harassed (she thinks) by Lachlann Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is afraid to speak to the queen, her
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is being persecuted by Mrs.
Calloway, Lachlann’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of
these obstacles prevent the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In every case, Azure does eventually resolve
or work through the difficulties, but ultimately, she can’t earn enough to buy
back her estate even if the government allowed her to buy it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">These
obstacles mount through the novel, and each time one seems to be resolved or
fixed, she encounters a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
wrote the novel, I was writing the scenes sequentially, and I recommend
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I went back through the novel,
I could just add more obstacles, if I needed them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is the obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about the sequential narrative,
next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-33328237690038360312024-03-08T05:10:00.001-06:002024-03-08T05:10:00.145-06:00Writing - part xxx617 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>08 March 2024, Writing - part xxx617 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqilrrdLtOZlYjwgRY9mkAaX4F-TIMUXIfocEIX5VMwGpWBbJVfYt9jpQ-yYlZuJG9eNIJfm-fvxod1VsHJAwxOuB6-lCE-iCu8DIHu4XGqtvYNJ0A5Q_U4nS3V4aRKvTY9av7daZUmWZDIkHBVC86j1uDPUzbm2t8Bbk7OHvnwG-28VF6c9ZI_akPUkZP/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind
of, questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality
and the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem
that must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses
</i>is Leopold Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a
sympathetic relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
relationship is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic
flaw to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic
flaw is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or
detective novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the
development of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and
part of the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
protagonist is revealed, the telic flaw is presented as an impossible
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to
work on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit
tricky, and perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern
authors who are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the
entire novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that
point the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that
they knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution was impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there is more to this, and then the
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall
plot to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the
Romantic plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my
favorite, but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my
favorite), or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based
scenes (can be very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I
should address these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the
potential need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my
publisher did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me
off of both flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could write it, and it was published, but I
decided I’d work out a better way of developing the initial scene in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and
the protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I
won’t—not at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to
express is first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how
do we do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to
mask their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would
not be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place
my characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important
subjects and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for
me, the past is the important point and the basis for providing information and
giving history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure,
Sable, and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment into the
picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Marshall
raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in
front of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension is all around Seoirse and
assignment, but I haven’t really extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and
Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
smiled, “Actually, I wanted him to look a little more like a normal schoolboy
than you might be expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like
you’re playing a part, Lady Tash, Mr. Wishart is also playing a part for the
Organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
looked away and grimaced, “Very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
understand to some degree, but I don’t like it at all.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
stood, “Now, Mr. Wishart has an automobile, and I’d like you to return to
school with him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stared, “You’re kidding, right?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not
kidding at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like you to get to
know Mr. Wishart better, and a three-hour drive from here to Monmouth should
provide that opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
Mr. Wishart will update you on your cover.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash’s
mouth opened wide, “My cover?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will provide you the
opportunity to communicate privately, and as Mr. Wishart has planned.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stood, “I’m not in favor of it, but I do accept this small disrespect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
unlocked the door with her switch, the lights all turned red, and Francis, the
butler opened the door, “Yes, Mrs. Marshall?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Show Lady
Tash and Mr. Wishart to the door please.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He bowed, “My pleasure,
Mrs. Marshall.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the end of the scene and of the initial dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Seoirse and Rose briefed on their
assignment and Mr. Marshall showing them out the door and off to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I wrote, the way to develop all dialog is through the following outline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>All human dialog follows this sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some cases, we can abbreviate steps, but those abbreviations are
usually to introductions and nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no need to introduce characters to one another at the beginning
of every dialog, but then again, in a novel, it might be very useful and
worthwhile to do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
isn’t the characters, but the readers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When we bring characters together to dialog, we need to reintroduce them,
not to each other, but to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We reintroduce the tags and the mannerisms or other small identifying
features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reintroduce the names and
the relationships to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
assure you, a character who hasn’t appeared since the second chapter will be a
complete mystery to the reader when they are brought back into the novel in the
tenth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little fact seems to illude
many writers who presume the reader has just as cogent an understanding of the
characters as they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need new description and
setting especially character and scene setting to be able to remember and place
the absent character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say
the dialog outline is basic human information, but alas, many if not most
humans in cultured societies have no clue about these most normative of human
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you write, you must
know this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This prevents perhaps the
worst disaster in writing—the fake sounding conversation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I read it all the time, and more than that, in experienced writers tell
me all the time about their inability to write normal or normal sounding dialog
or conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They usually call it
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dialog outline will
definitely get you to better and more normal sounding dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other basic rules, but I’ve covered
these before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My main point in addressing conversation or dialog here has been to show how
to <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explain the past through
dialog as opposed to flashbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
my favored way to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like to
use flashbacks, I love to get characters together for a great
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that conversation, I
can show so much more than just the background of the history or the
backstory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can show the characters and
develop them through their interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was going for more in this in terms of obstacles and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other ideas or, let’s say, other ways to
express background and previous information is with scenes without the
protagonist, plus writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The two ways to express the past in a novel is through a flashback or
through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m all in favor of
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, I just love writing and
using dialog in novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
way of showing the past or rather more like the present but other information
about the protagonist and the plot and that is to take a scene out of the
normal narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In many novels, the author wants to present information about a character
and especially about a protagonist that the reader wouldn’t otherwise
have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, normal dialog can’t
get you there or the information might be secreted from the protagonist or
other characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to handle
this is with a scene outside of the normal narrative of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t that uncommon in great
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look at William F.
Buckly’s novels and you will see cuts from the narrative to Washington or to the
Kremlin to expand the information the spies on the ground are contending
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an especially powerful
historical technique in historical novels, and allows you to gain insight as
well as provide information about what is causing certain reactions in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t have to be as deep or in
depth as all that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write close novels
that tend to touch on world events but are not world events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use scenes outside of the normal narrative
not often nor commonly, but to give information that might not be available
that I want my readers to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
noted, I don’t do it often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels
tend to be close therefore I don’t often need to expand their reach outside of
the protagonist or the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are always s pitfalls for all these techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main problem with moving a scene outside of
the normal narrative sequence is confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You must make the scene unambiguously clear in the novel and to your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to do this is with
the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing a great setting or
description for the scene will ensure you don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the transition from the scene back
to the normal narrative flow must be clear and unconfusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There was a time when confusion reigned in writing and especially in science
fiction writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It formed a great barrier in my mind and my
writing a barrier I swore I would help uphold—don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a major rule of my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can write scenes outside of the normal narrative sequence, but you must
use caution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must focus on the
writing and the clarity of the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all, the entire point of placing a scene outside of the narrative
sequence is to improve the understanding of the reader not to confuse them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, you might ask why have such a scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just as we might have a flashback (not my favorite) to explain the past or
dialog between characters to explain the past, we might have a scene outside of
the narrative where other characters can provide either history, current plans,
or information about the protagonist that would otherwise not be
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Dana-ana:
Enchantment and the Maiden, </i>I have a couple of scenes where her enemies plot
and plan against her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The circumstances
of their collusion are perfect and show the reader that Dana-ana is not wrong
or off, and that all the terrible things happening to her are not her own
fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information is important in
the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, I looked at the three ways to present information from the past in a
novel: flashback, dialog, and scenes outside of the narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go on to look at why I think you should
always write in a sequential narrative and what that has to do with a Romantic
plot, indeed how to write a Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s next.<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More
tomorrow.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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author site </span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.ldalford.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ldalford.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and my individual
novel websites:</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.ancientlight.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.aegyptnovel.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.aegyptnovel.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.centurionnovel.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.centurionnovel.com</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.</span></a><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">aseasonofhonor</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.com</span><span style="font-family: "Sylfaen",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-30415971993463120422024-03-07T05:14:00.001-06:002024-03-07T05:14:00.144-06:00Writing - part xxx616 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>07 March 2024, Writing - part xxx616 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcO4ZBFGvDbXNrtPgu7LtHyN0D9rIOnNXaCl8itLcD6Cx58iM4ecKHLc10xdyPszoOSkZ8RhA2zvRx_S1yN7LfbZfT5xwsxlRTCvFjp7R6k8wz2l3yKUQHTjph8QMl6BIazI36z__cJZr5wtSbOBteXrI2SHdHpiaukRPTx5jb91AAEWyznaws77lik1xy/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcO4ZBFGvDbXNrtPgu7LtHyN0D9rIOnNXaCl8itLcD6Cx58iM4ecKHLc10xdyPszoOSkZ8RhA2zvRx_S1yN7LfbZfT5xwsxlRTCvFjp7R6k8wz2l3yKUQHTjph8QMl6BIazI36z__cJZr5wtSbOBteXrI2SHdHpiaukRPTx5jb91AAEWyznaws77lik1xy/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l34 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l31 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind
of, questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality
and the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem
that must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses
</i>is Leopold Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
any case, every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a
sympathetic relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this
relationship is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic
flaw to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic
flaw is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or
detective novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the
development of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and
part of the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
protagonist is revealed, the telic flaw is presented as an impossible
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to
work on the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit
tricky, and perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern
authors who are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the
entire novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that
point the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that
they knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution was impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure there is more to this, and then the
obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall
plot to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the
Romantic plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my
favorite, but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my
favorite), or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based
scenes (can be very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I
should address these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the
potential need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my
publisher did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me
off of both flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could write it, and it was published, but I
decided I’d work out a better way of developing the initial scene in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and
the protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I
won’t—not at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to
express is first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for
dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how
do we do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to
mask their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would
not be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place
my characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important
subjects and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for
me, the past is the important point and the basis for providing information and
giving history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure,
Sable, and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment into the
picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Marshall
raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in
front of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tension is all around Seoirse and
assignment, but I haven’t really extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and
Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
smiled, “Actually, I wanted him to look a little more like a normal schoolboy
than you might be expecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like
you’re playing a part, Lady Tash, Mr. Wishart is also playing a part for the
Organization.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
looked away and grimaced, “Very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
understand to some degree, but I don’t like it at all.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
stood, “Now, Mr. Wishart has an automobile, and I’d like you to return to
school with him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stared, “You’re kidding, right?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m not
kidding at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like you to get to
know Mr. Wishart better, and a three-hour drive from here to Monmouth should
provide that opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
Mr. Wishart will update you on your cover.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash’s
mouth opened wide, “My cover?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Your
cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will provide you the
opportunity to communicate privately, and as Mr. Wishart has planned.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash
stood, “I’m not in favor of it, but I do accept this small disrespect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer
unlocked the door with her switch, the lights all turned red, and Francis, the
butler opened the door, “Yes, Mrs. Marshall?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Show Lady
Tash and Mr. Wishart to the door please.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He bowed, “My pleasure,
Mrs. Marshall.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the end of the scene and of the initial dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Seoirse and Rose briefed on their
assignment and Mr. Marshall showing them out the door and off to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I wrote, the way to develop all dialog is through the following outline:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo35; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>All human dialog follows this sequence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some cases, we can abbreviate steps, but those abbreviations are
usually to introductions and nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no need to introduce characters to one another at the beginning
of every dialog, but then again, in a novel, it might be very useful and worthwhile
to do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem isn’t the
characters, but the readers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Don’t confuse your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When we bring characters together to dialog, we need to reintroduce them,
not to each other, but to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We reintroduce the tags and the mannerisms or other small identifying
features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reintroduce the names and
the relationships to the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
assure you, a character who hasn’t appeared since the second chapter will be a
complete mystery to the reader when they are brought back into the novel in the
tenth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little fact seems to illude
many writers who presume the reader has just as cogent an understanding of the
characters as they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need new description and
setting especially character and scene setting to be able to remember and place
the absent character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say
the dialog outline is basic human information, but alas, many if not most
humans in cultured societies have no clue about these most normative of human
interactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you write, you must
know this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This prevents perhaps the
worst disaster in writing—the fake sounding conversation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I read it all the time, and more than that, in experienced writers tell
me all the time about their inability to write normal or normal sounding dialog
or conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They usually call it
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dialog outline will definitely
get you to better and more normal sounding dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other basic rules, but I’ve covered
these before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My main point in addressing conversation or dialog here has been to show how
to <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explain the past through
dialog as opposed to flashbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
my favored way to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like to
use flashbacks, I love to get characters together for a great
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that conversation, I can
show so much more than just the background of the history or the
backstory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can show the characters and
develop them through their interaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was going for more in this in terms of obstacles and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other ideas or, let’s say, other ways to
express background and previous information is with scenes without the
protagonist, plus writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are, next.<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l33 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l33 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind of,
questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality and
the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem that
must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses </i>is Leopold
Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case,
every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a sympathetic
relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this relationship
is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic flaw
to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic flaw
is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or detective
novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic flaw
resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the development
of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and part of the rising
action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist is revealed,
the telic flaw is presented as an impossible problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to work on the
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit tricky, and
perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern authors who
are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the
novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the entire
novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that point
the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that they
knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution was
impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
sure there is more to this, and then the obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall plot
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the Romantic
plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my favorite,
but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my favorite),
or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based scenes (can be
very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I should address
these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the potential
need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my publisher
did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me off of both
flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I could write it, and it was published, but I decided I’d work out a
better way of developing the initial scene in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and the
protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I won’t—not
at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to express is
first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how do we
do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to mask
their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would not
be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place my
characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important subjects
and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for me, the
past is the important point and the basis for providing information and giving
history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Right
then, Francis returned with a tea cart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He served them each tea and set a tall triple plate stand filled with
small sandwiches, biscuits, scones, and little pastries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clotted cream and marmalade went to the
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Francis gave Lady Tash her choice
first from the triple tray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
penny sandwiches and most of the biscuits, then to Mrs. Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left the triple plate on the tea table in
front of Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall gestured, “You may tuck in Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure a young man like you will need more
than one serving.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash gave him a look that said, if he eats it all, he’s just a pig.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse knew that look, his sisters, Azure, Sable,
and Accalia radiated it at his brother, Lachlann and him all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
put his napkin on his knee and took a couple of remaining penny sandwiches from
the plate then a scone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He properly
slathered the scone with jam and clotted cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then the door had closed and locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A green light blinked on the inside panel and on another panel in front
of Mrs. Marshall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall took a sip of her tea, “Now, finally, we can get down to
business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave Seoirse a look and
tilted her head, “We’ll be speaking mainly about Lady Tash’s assignment
first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we’ll bring your assignment
into the picture, Mr. Wishart.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall raised her head a trifle, “Perhaps we require a little more detailed
introductions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash put up her hand, “I don’t want anything revealed about me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall sighed, “That’s what this meeting is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart, ensure you do nothing that would
make Lady Tash unhappy with your decorum, person, or morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I’ll start in right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why didn’t you wear the uniform I provided
you?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
blinked, “I thought it was from the Organization for my next assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“This
is your next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
really need to take you in hand before you cause me any more significant
problems.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She drank another sip of tea,
“Listen closely to me Seoirse Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are in conference as we are now, I’m most correctly Ms.
O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happen to be the current
director of Stela in the Organization.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse’s
throat suddenly became very dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put
down everything and stood, “I’m very sorry Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave her a low bow.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mrs.
Marshall or Ms. O’Dwyer waved him back down, “You really should be bowing to
Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, it’s too late
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d hoped for a little more on your
part, but everything is already in place, so I’m not making any changes at
present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, we need to discuss
Lady Tash’s assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted, “I sincerely don’t wish Mr. Wishart to hear any of these
details.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer waved her cup about, “He really must, and I don’t want you to keep
anything back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s critical that he is
fully engaged and knowledgeable about these things.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash was getting a little agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
lips trembled, “Why must he?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re
moving into some very dangerous circumstances at this point in time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Don’t
get your knickers in a wad, Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Wishart is the second son of Lady Wishart and Air Commodore
Calloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s very sensitive regarding
the Fae and a potential, albeit a low potential, to be the Chancellor of the
Book of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve met his mother
and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is perhaps
the main reason you have your current assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash squinted again, “That’s not true at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s my ability to control glamour and Robyn Nelson that determined my
assignment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Seoirse
smiled, “That’s smashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t think
anyone could handle sweet Robyn, but you can?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer nodded, “She can and does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
as to the new assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attention Lady
Tash, I’ve moved you and Robyn Nelson up from the tenth level to the lower
sixth form at Monmouth Haberdasher’s School for Girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll still be in Bagnall Oakely House, but
you will physically move to Augusta House for your lodging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll live next door to her.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash cocked her head, “Why move us up so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Robyn’s still only nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won’t
that cause me more problems?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It
may cause problems, but the purpose of your previous assignment was to
integrate Robyn into the school and into her class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I know you can do it, and she can
sustain it, we can move Robyn closer to her actual educational level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours too by the way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer turned toward Seoirse, “Listen
closely Mr. Wishart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Tash is not at
all what she seems.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash slapped the table, “Do not tell him about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not permit it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cool
your jets, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart has an
important role to play in this assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told you he needs to know what’s going on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer took another sip of tea, “Mr.
Wishart, Lady Tash is as well educated as Robyn if not better educated than
Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little hidden diamond in
this school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s like you, well enough
educated for me to send off to university, but like you I have other work for
her to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s graded like the other
students, but by agreement with the Headmistress, she doesn’t compete against
the other students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll not either.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash’s lips made a tight line, “What do you mean, he will not either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monmouth is an all-girl’s school.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms.
O’Dwyer put up her hand, “Monmouth also has an affiliated all-boy’s
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surely knew that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t arrived at Mr. Wishart’s
assignment, yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still on yours
Lady Tash.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady
Tash sat primly and cleared her face, “Please, then proceed.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’ve moved you and Robyn into
the lower sixth form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also moving into
this form, dorm, and place are </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;">Sveta and Klava Mardling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In age, they’re both a year younger than the other girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both in Imbert Terry House and will
be moving into Augusta House dorm with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also will no longer share a room together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are their pictures.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ms. O’Dwyer pulled a couple of eight by
ten head shots from a folder at the side of her chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She pushed them across the table to Lady
Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Wishart took a quick glance at
them when he forwarded them on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash gave him a look that said, if he
didn’t pass them on quickly, she would grab them from him herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he just caught a very brief glimpse of
the two girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t very
interesting looking to him anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
appeared pretty enough, but like regular schoolgirls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a complexion and hair similar to Ms.
O’Dwyer so he guessed they were similar in other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew just a little about Ms. O’Dwyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to know that she was very dangerous
and powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother had told him, as
well as many of the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the
Fae tended to ignore beings like her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lady Tash asked, “Can you tell me about
their powers or is Mr. Wishart not read into that extent?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Mr. Wishart is to know all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain everything about these girls to
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are twins, and they are the
next two goddesses of darkness and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sveta is the next Goddess of Light, and Klava is the next Goddess of
Darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their powers are still
developing, but Sveta is likely as powerful or more powerful than Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About Klava, it’s hard to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Klava, like most Goddesses of Darkness, is a
little introverted and very private.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Secretive too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t really
want anyone to know about her power or how powerful she is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here is the example I promised you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not the complete scene, but it gives some details and expands on
the ideas I presented in building conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the first place, this is a gathering or meeting at tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tea is the meal, and the ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to have my characters participate
in a nice tea, and this isn’t a nice tea at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, the tea and the service is very
upscale and pleasant, the discussion around the tea is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can see the PoV (Point of View), Seoirse, is in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started with greetings and short
introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see, after the
tea really begins and the conversation begins to move to the big talk, we give
more detailed introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
really the transition to the big talk. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ve created tension from the
beginning—Rose does not want to discuss herself, her life, or operations in front
of Seoirse, but Mrs. O’Dwyer is in charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The tension is all around Seoirse and assignment, but I haven’t really
extended the conversation that far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">My main point to you is to
show the environment of a great dialog and then to show how the tension in the
dialog can be developed while at the same time showing about the past and
setting up the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I gave you the
entire dialog and scene, this would be obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is also the initial scene for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the scene I decided should start and
set the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the meeting
of the protagonist with the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets the time, place, and assignment, you
could say sets up the coming catastrophe that will affect both Rose and Seoirse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Perhaps I’ll round this out
by showing the farewells for this dialog, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-35660670345904186552024-03-05T05:10:00.001-06:002024-03-05T05:10:00.148-06:00Writing - part xxx614 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>05 March 2024, Writing - part xxx614 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l33 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l33 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l28 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l24 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind of,
questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality and
the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem that
must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses </i>is Leopold
Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case,
every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a sympathetic
relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this relationship
is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic flaw
to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic flaw
is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or detective
novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic flaw
resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the development
of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and part of the rising
action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist is revealed,
the telic flaw is presented as an impossible problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to work on the
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit tricky, and
perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern authors who
are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the
novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the entire
novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that point
the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that they
knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution was
impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
sure there is more to this, and then the obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall plot
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the Romantic
plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my favorite,
but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my favorite),
or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based scenes (can be
very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I should address
these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the potential
need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my publisher
did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me off of both
flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I could write it, and it was published, but I decided I’d work out a
better way of developing the initial scene in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and the
protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scenes without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The primary and best, in my
mind, means to showing the past is through dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go over dialog again, but I won’t—not
at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I want to express is
first, we need to establish dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
do that, the best approach is to bring characters into a place for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is no different than the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you might ask, how do we
do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The best way is to bring
characters into a place and situation for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number one best place is at some
meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can expand this to any conversational
event where people imbibe food or drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The bar for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem
is not to use the wrong events or places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, a quiet restaurant or pub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A loud or crowed place might not be the best. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless people are intentionally trying to mask
their conversation from others, a loud or musically loud environment would not
be good for dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to place my
characters in formal dining or in isolated places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always possible with planning and in
many restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most diners just don’t
know what is possible in private places and private establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You can bring characters
together for breakfast, lunch (dinner), or supper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, you can move your characters
through the basics of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Introductions</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Small talk</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Big talk </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo34; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Farewells</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There, I gave you the basics
of dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also give them a
meeting at a bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a general
meeting at a library or in some official capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel is always a great way to get characters
together for conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to get them together and then move them to the big talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big talk allows us to discuss important subjects
and the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, for me, the
past is the important point and the basis for providing information and giving
history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You don’t need to actually
set about some dialog between characters with the intention of just providing
history or background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can play this
information into your conversation as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give you an example of this, next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-52389624116927372772024-03-04T05:18:00.001-06:002024-03-04T05:18:00.140-06:00Writing - part xxx613 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Obstacles<p>04 March 2024, Writing - part xxx613 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Obstacles</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind of,
questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality and
the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem that
must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses </i>is Leopold
Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case,
every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a sympathetic
relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this relationship
is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic flaw
to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic flaw
is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or detective
novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic flaw
resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the development
of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and part of the rising
action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist is revealed,
the telic flaw is presented as an impossible problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to work on the
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit tricky, and
perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern authors who
are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the
novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the entire
novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that point
the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that they
knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution was
impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
sure there is more to this, and then the obstacles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I might repeat myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a Romanic style plot is actually easy
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, maybe not easy, but mainly
because of the ability to foreshadow and to develop connections with and to
plots, in retrospect, the Romantic plot becomes as easy as any other overall plot
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me point out the Romantic
plot isn’t an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
style of writing a plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many writers and readers read a novel, most
of which are sequentially presented (that’s a good thing) and presume the
novels were written in just the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is, they presume the writer wrote the novel sequentially and without
many changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sequentially is
actually a good idea in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the idea that a novel doesn’t go through large, small, and
sometimes extreme changes is always wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Let me address
sequentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to write novels
sequentially, and I recommend writing this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also recommend presenting the novel this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sequentially, is the best way to both write
and to read a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is my
number two rule for writing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Don’t confuse your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yeah, don’t confuse your
readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t stand novels that are
not sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I’m not adverse to
a little non-sequentiallity in a novel like perhaps a flashback (not my favorite,
but an okay technique), some explanation of the past in dialog (my favorite),
or moving around a little in settings or non-protagonist based scenes (can be
very effective).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I should address
these means of non-sequentially writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I write sequentially and
promote keeping a novel sequential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
prevents confusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the potential
need for a non-sequential scene or section in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not completely in favor of any of this,
but there might be times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The flashback is a favorite
means of looking back in time in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only legitimate reason for any extensive flashback, in my opinion,
is to be able to move the initial scene to a more pivotal and dramatic scene in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this with one of my
early published novels, <i>The End of Honor</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial scene is the death of Lyral
Neuterra in the Landsritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I presented
her death followed by an extensive flashback to the middle of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the novel turned out great, and my publisher
did too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it set me off of both
flashbacks and this type of writing style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I could write it, and it was published, but I decided I’d work out a
better way of developing the initial scene in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn and grow as we write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So, the flashback is my least
favorite means of presenting the past, when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my latest novel, <i>Seoirse: Enchantment
and the Assignment</i>, I wanted the initial scene to be the pivotal scene in
the novel, but it required some background and development to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of starting with that pivotal scene,
I backed it up to a very important scene, the meeting of the protagonist and the
protagonist’s helper, and set the novel in motion from that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I basically started with the flashback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, I ran the novel sequentially and
chose a scene that would better start the novel and then mov it toward the most
important scene in moving the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think this made a fantastic novel, but only time will tell if I can get a buyer
for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, this is how I
recommend handling this type of problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t like flashbacks as a reader and as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I’ll look at the other two
means, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is explaining the past
through dialog as opposed to flashbacks, and scene without the protagonist, as
well as writing sequentially and the Romantic plot style. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-81288910504221237712024-03-03T05:14:00.001-06:002024-03-03T05:14:00.154-06:00Writing - part xxx612 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Overcome<p>03 March 2024, Writing - part xxx612 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Overcome</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind of,
questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality and
the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem that
must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses </i>is Leopold
Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case,
every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a sympathetic
relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this relationship
is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic flaw
to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic flaw
is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or detective
novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic flaw
resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I wrote that in most modern
novels, the protagonist is invested in the telic flaw in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true of the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference with the
Romantic protagonist and the Romantic plot is the expectation of the resolution
of the Romantic plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In a Romantic plot, the
resolution should appear to be impossible until it is inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a way of writing the novel that
brings delight to the reader, and great pathos in the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is referred to as an
unexpected ending or a surprise conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn’t as difficult to write as it might seem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Although, in the past, some
authors achieved this type of resolution, it really took off with Romantic
protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason was just the development
of the novel as well as the design of the Romantic plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the active development of
the telic flaw resolution, the author will design the scenes and the plots to
reveal the protagonist’s work toward the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true in a Romantic plot, but the
difference is that through the novel, the author makes it very clear that the
telic flaw has no solution or resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A good example of this is the unresolvable crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see some of these types of
telic flaws in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are usually the locked room or the impossible murder or crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the victim was obviously
murdered in a locked or otherwise isolated room where there appears to be no
way a murderer could act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or an item is
stolen from a locked room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
resolution of the telic flaw can come in many many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as obvious to the inexperienced as
the experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious that the
Victorian writers, like Doyle, thought intently about the possible solutions
and resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were working on
unplowed ground after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They presented
their telic flaw plots as unresolvable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entire part of the novel or the short story was set up as an explanation
of why and how the murder was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw resolution was therefore presented as impossible, but
then the detective solved the murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, these novels or shorts have a declarative end where the
detective (or other) explains just how the perpetrator committed the crime, and
then the criminal is captured or otherwise meets some terrible fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">After I explained this, I’m
sure you recognize it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a style and
a type of Romantic plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most if not
all Romantic plots, the telic flaw resolution has a similar design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution, whatever it is, is presented
as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a crime or
any other problem—the resolution of the problem is presented as impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This becomes a portion and part of the rising
action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the protagonist is revealed,
the telic flaw is presented as an impossible problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the protagonist begins to work on the
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be a bit tricky, and
perfection might never be possible although we do know some modern authors who
are very good at this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the
novels where the tension of the resolution is held very high for the entire
novel until the climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that point
the reader exults in the resolution and concludes, quite wrongly, that they
knew it all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution was
impossible until it was inevitable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
sure there is more to this, and then the obstacles. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More
tomorrow.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For more information, you can visit my
author site </span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.ldalford.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ldalford.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and my individual
novel websites:</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.ancientlight.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.aegyptnovel.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.aegyptnovel.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.centurionnovel.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.centurionnovel.com</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.thesecondmission.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.thesecondmission.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.theendofhonor.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.</span></a><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">aseasonofhonor</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.com</span><span style="font-family: "Sylfaen",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-52437765330231518882024-03-02T05:14:00.001-06:002024-03-02T05:14:00.143-06:00Writing - part xxx611 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Conclusion<p>02 March 2024, Writing - part xxx611 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Conclusion</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42%<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Obstacles that must be overcome for
the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – these are some of the basic, kind of,
questions that most writing teachers and professors like to address.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may or may not, usually not, address
them in the proper terms, of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s look at the telic flaw again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a quality and
the major characteristic of the novel—it is, by definition, the problem that
must be resolved by the protagonist in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, to be very specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the telic
flaw and in a tragedy, the telic flaw overcomes the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw in colloquial language is the
problem that constitutes the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All standard
novels must have a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some very
few experimental novels might have multiple telic flaws, but a novel without
some problem to be resolved is just not entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is an essential piece of any
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write with accuracy that
there are no, or very few best sellers or classics without any telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only one I can think of is <i>Ulysses</i>
by James Joice and the experts will state that even <i>Ulysses </i>has a telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the telic flaw of <i>Ulysses </i>is Leopold
Bloom wiping his arse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case,
every novel must have a telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw belongs to the
novel, but it also belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The telic flaw is the problem in the novel that must be resolved by the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than modern novels
and non-Romantic novels, the telic flaw is the telic flaw and could potentially
be resolved by anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most modern
novels and especially Romantic novels, the protagonist owns the telic flaw in
the sense that only that certain person and protagonist can resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s write about the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The telic flaw is a flaw in
the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a flaw
in the protagonist although the protagonist and the telic flaw can have a sympathetic
relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this relationship
is a feature that many times makes a good novel into a great novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give an example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The easiest type of telic flaw
to understand is the mystery or detective novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mystery or detective novel, the telic flaw
is obviously the mystery (or secret) or the crime that must be solved, or
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the term resolved as
opposed to solved because although in many novels the telic flaw can be solved,
like a crime of a mystery, the telic flaw might not be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if the telic flaw is the murder
or death of the protagonist’s parents, the crime might be solved, but the
problem of the death of the parents can never be solved, it can only be
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way, the telic flaw can
be resolved, but not always solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In most complex mystery or detective
novels, the telic flaw is directly connected to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the classic problem is the incapacitated
detective protagonist or the heir who must discover the secret (mystery) to
inherit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
incapacitated detective, they must overcome their issues to resolve the
crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the terms of the heir, they
must resolve the secret to get their inheritance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonists are invested in the telic flaw
resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of telic flaw
development and telic flaw is very popular today and a must with most Romantic plots
and novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at this, next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">f.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmVLIkZK8MLm1C9hf52Sctox3rHTXY475VukCpfOqrhkKjiBX8vdB6D9YHtnF4YCHFN4jHpaaHupComBL8E8QHSBvqoV4NX1tDdLl8ZtvXg4Ba8AmQOc2nK42yLbaVEJ7vvCf77dzI6SXZCddBmEG3L3Xv3ylNQjjcThMUg6mKh19nkD2qccyzQ7qvtyK/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42% - I’ll move to
the item plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great plot and
very easy to appropriately introduce to any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can just throw it in at will for a single
scene, or build it carefully through scenes to act as a telic element.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always say go big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I already wrote about the ring in <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the
Warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The ring moves on the down
low through the entire novel slowly gathering more and more mojo until it
becomes a telic element near the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the best way to work an item in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With items, you have McGuffins as well as real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin is an item that exists solely to
move a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has no real value,
worth, or maybe existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>McGuffins are
common in some modern novels, but I like items of real value and worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like my magic items to be magical, and my
other items to be used and usable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if you introduce a gun…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now a
gun can be used in many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
shoot it, the target is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can also use it other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is
true of the knife or any other weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s true, if you introduce a weapon, you should use it, but use means a
lot of different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to
stop here and move forward next about the different types of items and how you
can use them in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, there are McGuffins and real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A McGuffin could be an actual and real item, or it could be something
just made up of even false or non-existent like the Maltese Falcon in the novel
of the same name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a fan of the
McGuffin, but I do see their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
McGuffin can be very worthwhile in a real worldview novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could also be used in a reflected
worldview novel, but the question is why not give a real power or ability to an
item?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m into that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the most interesting use of an item is
the secret or secret capability of the item that the protagonist or other
character discovers in the revelation of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the case with Angelica’s ring
from my novel <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have items of power whose capability or
abilities are hidden or secret.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then, there are items whose capabilities are obvious like a gun or a
knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These have obvious capabilities,
but potentially many abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, you can shoot a gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means
a lot of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gun can be shot at
someone or just in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
used to hunt or fired at a target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the points that are most obvious about a gun, but a gun can be used in many
other ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can use a gun as a tool, in the sense of striking a person or a
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun can be mishandled—resulting
in firing or misfiring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
cleaned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be used to
threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a paperweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be an item that causes fear or that
reduces fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all, the gun is a very
useful tool in every potential use from shooting to just an item to a threat or
a positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guns are highly
versatile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knives are too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Knives are very useful tools like guns, but their use and potential use is
even more varied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus a knife can’t
usually go off unexpectedly although there can be accidents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at these items and their potential,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We don’t need to just write about potentially dangerous items, because most
items are dangerous depending on their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A book, for example, could be used as a bludgeon, but you can also read
it, tear it up, use parts for scrap, burn it, use it as a door stop, and
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that there are
nefarious uses for any item, and items can be used in all kinds of ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I proposed a novel I call bookgirl where the main item is a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of the book was to include a clue
in the margins or on a title page that led the protagonist and the
protagonist’s helper to a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is a normal use for such an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this case, the book isn’t a McGuffin and it isn’t supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book is an item with a real use to
forward the plot through not just its existence but, rather, its contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, on to knives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A knife is a very common item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could have an inscription on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could use it to harm or just to cut your meat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could threaten or make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
knife is an innocuous item until it isn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov could not have written, if you introduce a knife in the first Act
someone must be stabbed with it in the second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s because the knife has many more uses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess you could write, if you introduce the
knife in act one, someone needs to open a letter with it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the entire point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For an
author, the use of the gun might not be for it to fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the use of the knife might not be
to cause harm or to threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The knife
could include an inscription that moves the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other use of a knife could be
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could have great real
power like a spell or a capability or it could lend a capability to the
user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done this before too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t just make stuff up about items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I research items from myth and history to provide a basis for the
item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I used Arthur’s
dagger from history and myth in one of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point about items is that they have many uses in plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use the item plot in
Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I’ll add a supernatural item into Aine, but I’m not sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t researched this enough, but there
are four great items of the Celtic and Gaelic Seelie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These would rightly be part of the
supernatural items Aine might use and control, but the Gaelic Seelie, the Irish
<strong>Aes Sídhe</strong> (singular <strong>Aes Sídh) Tuatha Dé Danann guard
these as great treasures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There would be
little opportunity and little reason for Aine and Eoghan to seek them in
Ireland or use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are always
possibilities.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>I was mainly thinking about normal items that might really get Aine
a go’n.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, some personal item
that belonged to Eoghan that he gifted her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Gaelic aren’t as nutso about gifts and gift giving as the
Anglo-Saxons, but they do have their craziness as a culture about gifts and
welcoming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Eoghan were to gift her
something, he would have a very difficult time getting it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps parts of his clothing which he gives
to Aine when he finds her in the state of nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many more possibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Another fun one might be a gun or a knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun would be interesting because Aine would
have to use it and learn about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
could provide great entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are a host of items that could attract Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Plus there is this thing about people who come from item poor
cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They tend to want to hord and get
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see this in the World War
Two generation. They had nothing, so as they gained wealth, they gained
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People who have all the stuff
they every wanted like some later USA generations tend to not see much value in
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some cultures, like the Japanese,
want stuff, but have little room for that stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these are cultural, and Aine is one of
those little stuff kinds of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
will want to have and own things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
there are other things Aine might acquire and desire.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Desire and acquire, this is a very interesting plot type in the item
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants things and things in
the Gaelic culture mean wealth and power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This includes stuff we usually don’t think much about like animals,
land, titles, responsibility—all these are things, items, a person like Aine
could and would want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would equally
want this for Eoghan because she will assume Eoghan is hers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is a cultural thing mixed with an
Aine thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cultural because, Aine will
want and desire him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will assume
that he is hers and that he rescued her for himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes, in the ancient world people did rescue others without much or
any reluctance, but you have to realize the mind of the ancient world and the
Gaelic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I rescue a person of
equal rank to me, that person owe me a wearguild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue places a burden of repayment on the
rescued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true of any rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a person of greater rank rescues one of
lower rank, the one of lower rank can be required to become a servant of a
slave of the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is called a
thane in Anglo-Saxon society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
especially true if the rescuer is of noble rank and the other is common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might be a free thane or a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aine is of a noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
discuss her place in this rescue que with Eoghan next.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes, rank is an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
thing to be achieved as well as a possession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a fantastic type of item to use in rank based cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of the reasons I like to write in
British and French settings—rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aine has rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a Fae
Queen—that’s important, but not in the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the human courts don’t have any
authority in the Fae courts and vice versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine has no rank in the human courts based on her Fae rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Aine is also a goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and the goddesses have authority,
but not over general humans or their courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They do have authority over their worshipers, but that’s about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can kill, attack, and bully humans, but
that is considered a high crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
too refined to act that way, plus, she has no followers anymore—not in the
modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She might try to get some.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>What about noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
depends on which tale you accept and which ones you don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to ignore all the late tales and
focus on the early ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine was so
beautiful and desirable that an Irish king tried to rape her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This usually means that Aine was outside of the
king’s rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine was a Fae Queen and a
goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was desired because of her
power, skills, and her beauty not her rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If Aine were of a princess or even the daughter of another high noble,
the king would simply ask for her hand in marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tried to rape her—he had no legitimate
claim on her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, she wasn’t so stupid
to allow him to take her that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
means that Aine’s rank wasn’t noble or at least not high enough to marry a
king.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be a problem for her in
the modern world.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aine will assume she is taken as a free thane by Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has status, but not rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she learns his true rank, it will be
even worse for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will know, by
his name, that he is from high nobility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She will not know, he comes from the lineage of kings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will provide some great
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into that, next.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes, Aine has a problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
was a problem created by her captors and those who entombed her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They knew that if she was ever rescued, she
would fall as a captive to whoever let her go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The king she dethroned and who tried to rape her, wanted to punish her
as much as he could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He couldn’t kill
her, so he thought of the next best thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To be entombed and not able to escape, but then in escape to be made a
captive and a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her only hope was
to be freed by a woman of high rank—then Aine could at least become a
lady-in-waiting—that has rank and hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
Aine was released by a slave or a thane, she would owe them money or work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A drudge for a slave.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Eoghan might be the worst to rescue her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Eoghan, he can claim her as a free thane
or as a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no nobility, and
he is the nobility of a king.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
similar to the situation that led to her entombment as well as the dethronement
of the original king.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>However, Eoghan is a modern man with modern sensibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will treat her like a princess, but expect
nothing else from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will throw
her off her culture and her knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure how I want to play this, but I want to make it very
powerful in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want Aine to be
consumed with it while she wants to give herself to Eoghan, and he won’t have
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, eventually, but he isn’t
easily won or wooed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My prepublication
reader might not like that, but perhaps, I’ll build the modern chasing from the
standpoint of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Rank is the thing that will be the most powerful item in this
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be the problem and the
plot that builds great fun in the novel—plus it will show the main point of the
ancient cultures and societies I’m writing about and revealing.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>I’ve gone over the major plots from the classics and how they might
fit into Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed which plots
I like to use and which I’m not very excited about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, some of this is personal preference, but
some of it is what I think will sell and will interest most readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, you will always find some market
for some types of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hate to say
it but most religious type writing is proselytizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did have a publisher, until they went out
of business, who encouraged and accepted novels that contained religion, but
not proselytizing, in the sense of hitting people over the head with
religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish this were true of
normal publishers who seem to accept those who proselytize in every other
subject than in religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or who
proselytize in every other religion except Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems one is acceptable and the other is
not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>The same it true of the end of the world plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are plots based on proselytizing an
idea or a religious concept like global flooding or ecological destruction or
an ice age or a nuclear disaster or a world wide war or over population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, most of these are religious in nature
and require either a very great writer or the acquiescence of the reader to an
ideology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not into either.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>The other real problem for many plots is what I call the god or messiah
concept that comes from developing a god or messiah-like protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see this in Harry Potty novels and
the Marvel and the DC movies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
evident in many other novels and series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll say from the beginning that I’m into novels and writing that deals
with real people and real problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problems and the people might be special, but they are in the realm of the real
and the normal—that’s what most of the plots are about anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>The most terrible plots are those based on a god or a messiah that
starts with a god-like individual or an individual who eventually develops
god-like skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can also be like
the Jame Patterson young adult novels where the plots keep getting larger and
larger until they encompass the world or the universe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You see this perfectly in cheap but popular
anime and the Marvel and DC universes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>First, it’s about the destruction of a city or a town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it’s about the destruction of a
nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it’s about the destruction
of a continent, then the world, then the solar system, then the universe, then
the entire universes, then the dimension, then other dimensions, and so
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It becomes a growing list of
destruction which the gold-like messiahs resolve in varying ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it really gets crazy, because you can
only do so much with gods and goddesses who have real god-like powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be clear, I write about gods and
goddesses, but their powers are limited to myth and the expectation of gods and
goddesses in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Superheroes and messiahs
like Harry Potty are gods and goddesses with unlimited powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s mainly why I don’t like the messiah
plot, and why I hate superheroes.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Perhaps I’ll get more into plots overall, next.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Then what plots do I like to use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what I’ve tried to express in detail for the last month or
so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most plots can be used in varying
degrees to bring great entertainment into your novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem for most writers seems to be the
idea that a novel is just a singular or perhaps an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, there is an overall plot, but a novel is
a set of plots defined by the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These plots develop the novel and reveal the protagonist as well as the
storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, there is a storyline
that can be somewhat separate from the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The plots all feed into the storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The storyline drives the telic flaw resolution, but the many plots just
tie into the storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can consider
the storyline to be the overall plot, but there is much more complexity here
than meets the eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I was a new and inexperienced writers, I thought for a novel,
you determined an overall plot and wrote to that plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had not clue for a long time about how to
write a novel in terms of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The scenes are basically plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel isn’t about a single plot that
confines the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel is about a
handful of plots defined by the scenes that create the overall novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I’d know this when I first started
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea, and all the
so-called teachers and professors of writing at my university had no idea at
all how to write anything marketable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you notice, most of these people produce writing that only the university will
publish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they met any other criteria,
like salability, instead of junk, no one would publish them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is usually true of writing published for
the students of the university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great
writing is first, entertaining, and second marketable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People are willing to pay to read it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how do we write this way?</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>It's the scenes and the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We do have an overall plot, but in sequence, the scenes develop in
various plots to build into the overall plot and the telic flaw
resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why we can pick
different plots to build entertainment into our scenes and novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, we might pick an illness plot
for a scene to accentuate the degree of the problems for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this in <i>Aegypt</i> and in <i>Sister
of Light </i>and <i>Sister of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist, Leora, was deeply affected by lack of light and could
not live in certain climates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a
reoccurring illness that peppered the novel and the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also fed into the telic flaw
resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have built the
novels without this little illness, but it propelled much of the plots and
scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it an overall plot,
nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did it directly affect or resolve
the telic flaw, nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It did play a part
in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a side development to add
entertainment to the scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>I guess I’ll give you a conclusion to this discussion of plots,
next.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The big question I had when I
started evaluating the plots in the classics was if we as authors could use
plots the way we use settings or characters and just apply them as we
desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I answer that, let me
wrote to you the first thing I discovered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">First, as I noted before, there are
overall plots, but no novel has a singular plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All novels are comprised of multiple
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might possibly be an
overall plot, but even that is questionable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Novels are collections of plot most of which are bound to the
scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is we find the plots in and
across scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the most important
point is that the plots all support the telic flaw resolution, and that might
be an overall plot, or not.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Second, with the information above,
the answer is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should be
able to select plots from the list of plots and apply them as necessary and as
you desire in your novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The types of
plots are these:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">All of these can be applied in
various degrees, and that’s really important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The point of degree is critical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now,
I will note—there are some types of plots that don’t lend themselves to certain
levels of degree, but you might be able to work them in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an end of the world plot might
not be very usable in most novel, except those with an end of the world
setting, but you might be able to work a limited end of the world plot into a
novel—the end of a business, of a family, of a way of life, and etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty is kind of like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s an end of the world mixed with a messiah
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of the world is really the
end of the “free” wizarding world, but not really the end of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The messiah plot is full on with good old
Harry Potty, as the messiah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">So, yes, you can look at the list
of plots, apply them as necessary, and use them in your novel to drive the entertainment
and the excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t really tell
you how best to use these plots, and I wouldn’t apply them willy-nilly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to realize they are available
and usable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can be integrated into
your novel, and that should be your plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You shouldn’t just pick a plot for a single scene, but integrate the
plot across all your scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best
example I can give is the one I mentioned before about Angelica’s ring in <i>Cassandra:
Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
integrated the ring across almost all the scenes from the introduction of
Angelica in the novel to the end of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the point, and yes, the ring did play some role in the resolution
of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">You can choose plots and integrate
them into your novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great
means of writing a great novel.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">I’ll move on to obstacles, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More
tomorrow.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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author site </span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.ldalford.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ldalford.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and my individual
novel websites:</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-57243547389831428022024-02-29T05:16:00.001-06:002024-02-29T05:16:00.150-06:00Writing - part xxx609 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Conclusion<p>29 February 2024, Writing - part xxx609 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Conclusion</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42% - I’ll move to
the item plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great plot and
very easy to appropriately introduce to any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can just throw it in at will for a single
scene, or build it carefully through scenes to act as a telic element.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always say go big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I already wrote about the ring in <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the
Warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The ring moves on the down
low through the entire novel slowly gathering more and more mojo until it
becomes a telic element near the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the best way to work an item in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With items, you have McGuffins as well as real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin is an item that exists solely to
move a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has no real value,
worth, or maybe existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>McGuffins are
common in some modern novels, but I like items of real value and worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like my magic items to be magical, and my
other items to be used and usable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if you introduce a gun…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now a
gun can be used in many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
shoot it, the target is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can also use it other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is
true of the knife or any other weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s true, if you introduce a weapon, you should use it, but use means a
lot of different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to
stop here and move forward next about the different types of items and how you
can use them in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, there are McGuffins and real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A McGuffin could be an actual and real item, or it could be something just
made up of even false or non-existent like the Maltese Falcon in the novel of
the same name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a fan of the McGuffin,
but I do see their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin can
be very worthwhile in a real worldview novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could also be used in a reflected worldview novel, but the question
is why not give a real power or ability to an item?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m into that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the most interesting use of an item
is the secret or secret capability of the item that the protagonist or other character
discovers in the revelation of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is just the case with Angelica’s ring from my novel <i>Cassandra:
Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have items of power whose capability or abilities are hidden or secret.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then, there are items whose capabilities are obvious like a gun or a
knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These have obvious capabilities,
but potentially many abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, you can shoot a gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means
a lot of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gun can be shot at
someone or just in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
used to hunt or fired at a target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the points that are most obvious about a gun, but a gun can be used in many
other ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can use a gun as a tool, in the sense of striking a person or a
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun can be mishandled—resulting
in firing or misfiring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
cleaned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be used to
threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a paperweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be an item that causes fear or that
reduces fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all, the gun is a very
useful tool in every potential use from shooting to just an item to a threat or
a positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guns are highly versatile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knives are too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Knives are very useful tools like guns, but their use and potential use is
even more varied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus a knife can’t
usually go off unexpectedly although there can be accidents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at these items and their potential,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We don’t need to just write about potentially dangerous items, because most
items are dangerous depending on their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A book, for example, could be used as a bludgeon, but you can also read
it, tear it up, use parts for scrap, burn it, use it as a door stop, and
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that there are
nefarious uses for any item, and items can be used in all kinds of ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I proposed a novel I call bookgirl where the main item is a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of the book was to include a clue
in the margins or on a title page that led the protagonist and the protagonist’s
helper to a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a normal
use for such an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, the book
isn’t a McGuffin and it isn’t supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The book is an item with a real use to forward the plot through not just
its existence but, rather, its contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, on to knives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A knife is a very common item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could have an inscription on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could use it to harm or just to cut your meat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could threaten or make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
knife is an innocuous item until it isn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov could not have written, if you introduce a knife in the first Act
someone must be stabbed with it in the second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s because the knife has many more uses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess you could write, if you introduce the
knife in act one, someone needs to open a letter with it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the entire point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For an
author, the use of the gun might not be for it to fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the use of the knife might not be
to cause harm or to threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The knife
could include an inscription that moves the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other use of a knife could be
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could have great real
power like a spell or a capability or it could lend a capability to the
user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done this before too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t just make stuff up about items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I research items from myth and history to provide a basis for the
item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I used Arthur’s dagger
from history and myth in one of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point about items is that they have many uses in plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use the item plot in
Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I’ll add a supernatural item into Aine, but I’m not sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t researched this enough, but there
are four great items of the Celtic and Gaelic Seelie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These would rightly be part of the
supernatural items Aine might use and control, but the Gaelic Seelie, the Irish
<strong>Aes Sídhe</strong> (singular <strong>Aes Sídh) Tuatha Dé Danann </strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">guard these as great treasures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There would be little opportunity and little
reason for Aine and Eoghan to seek them in Ireland or use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are always possibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">I was mainly thinking about normal
items that might really get Aine a go’n.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, some personal item that belonged to Eoghan that he gifted
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Gaelic aren’t as nutso about
gifts and gift giving as the Anglo-Saxons, but they do have their craziness as
a culture about gifts and welcoming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
Eoghan were to gift her something, he would have a very difficult time getting
it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps parts of his clothing which
he gives to Aine when he finds her in the state of nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many more possibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another fun one might be a gun or a
knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun would be interesting
because Aine would have to use it and learn about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That could provide great entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a host of items that could attract
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus there is this thing about
people who come from item poor cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They tend to want to hord and get stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can see this in the World War Two generation. They had nothing, so
as they gained wealth, they gained stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People who have all the stuff they every wanted like some later USA
generations tend to not see much value in stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some cultures, like the Japanese, want stuff,
but have little room for that stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
these are cultural, and Aine is one of those little stuff kinds of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will want to have and own things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are other things Aine might
acquire and desire.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Desire and acquire, this is a very
interesting plot type in the item plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She wants things and things in the Gaelic culture mean wealth and
power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This includes stuff we usually
don’t think much about like animals, land, titles, responsibility—all these are
things, items, a person like Aine could and would want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would equally want this for Eoghan
because she will assume Eoghan is hers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes,
this is a cultural thing mixed with an Aine thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cultural because, Aine will want and desire
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will assume that he is hers and
that he rescued her for himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Yes, in the ancient world people
did rescue others without much or any reluctance, but you have to realize the
mind of the ancient world and the Gaelic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I rescue a person of equal rank to me,
that person owe me a wearguild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue
places a burden of repayment on the rescued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is true of any rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a
person of greater rank rescues one of lower rank, the one of lower rank can be
required to become a servant of a slave of the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is called a thane in Anglo-Saxon society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true if the rescuer is of
noble rank and the other is common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
might be a free thane or a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Aine is of a noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll discuss her place in this rescue que
with Eoghan next.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Yes, rank is an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a thing to be achieved as well as a
possession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a fantastic type of item
to use in rank based cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
one of the reasons I like to write in British and French settings—rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Aine has rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a Fae Queen—that’s important, but not
in the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the human
courts don’t have any authority in the Fae courts and vice versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine has no rank in the human courts based on
her Fae rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Aine is also a goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and the goddesses have authority,
but not over general humans or their courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They do have authority over their worshipers, but that’s about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can kill, attack, and bully humans, but
that is considered a high crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
too refined to act that way, plus, she has no followers anymore—not in the
modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She might try to get some.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">What about noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It depends on which tale you accept and which
ones you don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to ignore all
the late tales and focus on the early ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine was so beautiful and desirable that an Irish king tried to rape
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This usually means that Aine was
outside of the king’s rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine was a
Fae Queen and a goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was desired
because of her power, skills, and her beauty not her rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Aine were of a princess or even the
daughter of another high noble, the king would simply ask for her hand in marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tried to rape her—he had no legitimate claim
on her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, she wasn’t so stupid to allow
him to take her that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means
that Aine’s rank wasn’t noble or at least not high enough to marry a king.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be a problem for her in the modern
world.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Aine will assume she is taken as a
free thane by Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has status,
but not rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she learns his true
rank, it will be even worse for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
will know, by his name, that he is from high nobility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will not know, he comes from the lineage
of kings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will provide some great
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Yes, Aine has a problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a problem created by her captors and
those who entombed her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They knew that if
she was ever rescued, she would fall as a captive to whoever let her go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The king she dethroned and who tried to rape
her, wanted to punish her as much as he could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He couldn’t kill her, so he thought of the next best thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be entombed and not able to escape, but
then in escape to be made a captive and a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her only hope was to be freed by a woman of
high rank—then Aine could at least become a lady-in-waiting—that has rank and
hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Aine was released by a slave or
a thane, she would owe them money or work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A drudge for a slave.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Eoghan might be the worst to rescue
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Eoghan, he can claim her as a
free thane or as a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no nobility,
and he is the nobility of a king.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is similar to the situation that led to her entombment as well as the dethronement
of the original king.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">However, Eoghan is a modern man
with modern sensibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will treat
her like a princess, but expect nothing else from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will throw her off her culture and her
knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I want to
play this, but I want to make it very powerful in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want Aine to be consumed with it while she
wants to give herself to Eoghan, and he won’t have her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, eventually, but he isn’t easily won or
wooed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My prepublication reader might
not like that, but perhaps, I’ll build the modern chasing from the standpoint
of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rank is the thing that will be the most
powerful item in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be
the problem and the plot that builds great fun in the novel—plus it will show
the main point of the ancient cultures and societies I’m writing about and revealing.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">I’ve gone over the major plots from
the classics and how they might fit into Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also showed which plots I like to use and which I’m not very excited
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, some of this is personal preference,
but some of it is what I think will sell and will interest most readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, you will always find some market
for some types of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hate to say
it but most religious type writing is proselytizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did have a publisher, until they went out
of business, who encouraged and accepted novels that contained religion, but
not proselytizing, in the sense of hitting people over the head with religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish this were true of normal publishers
who seem to accept those who proselytize in every other subject than in religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or who proselytize in every other religion
except Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems one is
acceptable and the other is not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The same it true of the end of the
world plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are plots based on
proselytizing an idea or a religious concept like global flooding or ecological
destruction or an ice age or a nuclear disaster or a world wide war or over
population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, most of these are religious
in nature and require either a very great writer or the acquiescence of the
reader to an ideology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not into
either.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The other real problem for many plots
is what I call the god or messiah concept that comes from developing a god or
messiah-like protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see
this in Harry Potty novels and the Marvel and the DC movies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is evident in many other novels and
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll say from the beginning that
I’m into novels and writing that deals with real people and real problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problems and the people might be special,
but they are in the realm of the real and the normal—that’s what most of the plots
are about anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The most terrible plots are those
based on a god or a messiah that starts with a god-like individual or an
individual who eventually develops god-like skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can also be like the Jame Patterson
young adult novels where the plots keep getting larger and larger until they
encompass the world or the universe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
see this perfectly in cheap but popular anime and the Marvel and DC
universes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, it’s about the
destruction of a city or a town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it’s
about the destruction of a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
it’s about the destruction of a continent, then the world, then the solar
system, then the universe, then the entire universes, then the dimension, then
other dimensions, and so on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It becomes
a growing list of destruction which the gold-like messiahs resolve in varying
ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it really gets crazy, because
you can only do so much with gods and goddesses who have real god-like
powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be clear, I write about gods
and goddesses, but their powers are limited to myth and the expectation of gods
and goddesses in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Superheroes
and messiahs like Harry Potty are gods and goddesses with unlimited powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s mainly why I don’t like the messiah
plot, and why I hate superheroes.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Perhaps I’ll get more into plots
overall, next.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Then what plots do I like to
use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I’ve tried to express
in detail for the last month or so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
plots can be used in varying degrees to bring great entertainment into your
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem for most writers
seems to be the idea that a novel is just a singular or perhaps an overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, there is an overall plot, but a novel is
a set of plots defined by the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These plots develop the novel and reveal the protagonist as well as the
storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, there is a storyline
that can be somewhat separate from the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The plots all feed into the storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The storyline drives the telic flaw resolution, but the many plots just tie
into the storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can consider the
storyline to be the overall plot, but there is much more complexity here than
meets the eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">When I was a new and inexperienced
writers, I thought for a novel, you determined an overall plot and wrote to
that plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had not clue for a long time
about how to write a novel in terms of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scenes are basically plots in
themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel isn’t about a single
plot that confines the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel
is about a handful of plots defined by the scenes that create the overall
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I’d know this when I first
started writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea, and all
the so-called teachers and professors of writing at my university had no idea
at all how to write anything marketable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you notice, most of these people produce writing that only the
university will publish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they met any
other criteria, like salability, instead of junk, no one would publish
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is usually true of writing
published for the students of the university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Great writing is first, entertaining, and second marketable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People are willing to pay to read it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how do we write this way?<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">It's the scenes and the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do have an overall plot, but in sequence,
the scenes develop in various plots to build into the overall plot and the telic
flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why we can pick
different plots to build entertainment into our scenes and novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, we might pick an illness plot for
a scene to accentuate the degree of the problems for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this in <i>Aegypt</i> and in <i>Sister
of Light </i>and <i>Sister of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist, Leora, was deeply affected by lack of light and could
not live in certain climates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a
reoccurring illness that peppered the novel and the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also fed into the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have built the novels without this
little illness, but it propelled much of the plots and scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it an overall plot, nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did it directly affect or resolve the telic flaw,
nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It did play a part in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a side development to add entertainment
to the scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">I guess I’ll give you a conclusion
to this discussion of plots, next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-39964462314131285162024-02-28T05:13:00.001-06:002024-02-28T05:13:00.139-06:00Writing - part xxx608 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Items, Rank in Aine<p>28 February 2024, Writing - part xxx608 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Items, Rank in Aine</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
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informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) – the first stop in Greece was
Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tour was great, but the
lunch okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have used a Greek
salad and a Mythus beer, but there was an okay buffet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been to Greece many times before and to
Olympus more than once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I set a couple
of my novels in Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like
Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve even had my characters go
to Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just as I described
it and just as I remembered it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
they have a new entry and gatehouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s where we write about setting and the setting plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just by picking Greece and places in Greece as a setting, I’ve enacted a
setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be Greece as
a setting, and the reality is that Greece is a setting while a setting plot is a
setting that automatically starts a type of plot based wholly on the setting,
so, no, Greece is not a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greece
is just a type of setting, and a great setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In a setting plot, the setting itself determines the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clearer as we develop the
idea of a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great type of
setting, like Greece, makes for a great setting—a great place to launch a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I choose very specific places or
setting for my novels and my plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you haven’t noticed, I choose settings based very specifically on my
protagonist and my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
novels I set in Greece are there because of the protagonist and the
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Setting plots are similar,
but different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, a setting
plot is a setting plot because of the type of plot as compared to the type of
setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really won’t get deeply into
the details of building a setting, but suffice to say, the initial setting of
the novel is critical to the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
comes from the protagonist and the setting of the initial scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there, the scenes build on their input
and output sequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how we
might use setting plots in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% - I don’t
intend to use any type of this plot although I think you can use a limited end
of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to explain how
the setting creates or develops the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In this case, if you have an end of the world setting, you will have an
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t get
away from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true of most (all)
setting plots, and this is the problem with the setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have a certain type of setting, you
pretty much must include that setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is especially true of the end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I can’t imagine how you can’t have
the end of the world plot without an end of the world setting and visa
versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the bigger question is can you set up an end of the world plot that
isn’t really about the end of the world—the answer is, yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a matter of fact, Harry Potty is a limited
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How’s that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty is a limited end of the world
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of the world is the end of
the wizarding world and the Harry Potty world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Really, who cares?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, who
cares about the end of the wizarding world that no one except the magic folks
can even know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of Harry Potty’s
world doesn’t mean any negative affect on the rest of the world, but it gives
you an understanding of how to write a limited end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If it is the end of something important like a business, an era, a nation,
an idea, a philosophy, a theology, or anything like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything that is valuable and that will
change people’s lives or existence can be developed into an end of the world
type plot, and used very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m opposed to the end of the world plot because since Noah, it has been
stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There really was an end of the
world, the rest are just facetious and silly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean really, the closest humanity has come
to the end of the world is a nuclear war, but it hasn’t happened and even the
couple of nuclear events that we know affected humanity, didn’t come close to
destroying the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, such an
event, like the bombing of a city or destruction can be a limited end of the
world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the case of Aine, I could present an end of the world she knows, but that
would only affect her and no one else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An end of the world plot of any size must affect a large number of
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One or two isn’t enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A business might be enough, but it should
affect more than a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should really
affect a community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I don’t think an
end of the world plot is suitable for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A limited end of the world plot might be a great fit in some
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t recommend an all out end
of the world plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% - the war plot is perhaps
the most useful plot in all literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was totally misused and not used enough during the Victorian
Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason the Victorians were
embarrassed by sex, sickness, toilet work, basics of work, household stuff, and
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why they didn’t like to write about
war is silly to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the few war
plots you get are real classics from the era, like Dickens, <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The few war plots from this era are usually classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how can you use the war plot?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can obviously go for the full-on war plot—you can place your novel in a
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That setting can be either in the
midst of the fighting, in support of the fighting, the home front with the
soldiers, the home front with non-fighters, or about anything else you can
think of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This variety is what makes the
war plot and the war setting so powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also brings up the question why the Victorians didn’t use the war
plot when there were wars going on all around them and during their times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just didn’t like the war setting, I
guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the war plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my writing I use the cold war concept to develop my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all of my writing has a war plot or
setting, but much of it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
of my published science fiction has a war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of my other fiction is set either during
wars or in cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence
setting (which is a war setting) makes for a great war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give you some ideas and write about
it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the intelligence business, there is overt and covert operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of these support a war setting and a war
plot—they aren’t about hot wars, usually, they are all about cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the basis for my work in the
military.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the war setting in many
if not most of my writing, and if it isn’t a war setting or plot, the novels or
characters have a connection to the intelligence business and therefore to the
war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Essie:
Enchantment and the Aos Si</i>, the Aos Si is characterized as being at war
with Ceridwen and therefore with England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, in the same novel, Mrs. Lyons is the wife of Lt Col Lyons
who runs the Organization a language intelligence service and operation under
the MI structure (it used to be MI-19).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, even this novel that is only loosely connected to a war setting is
really a war plot with a war setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Who would imagine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The intelligence structure and operations make for great war settings even
when they are not full-on war settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the type of environment (setting) I like to work with and in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be like this, too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, Eoghan and his family are connected to the intelligence structure
through the Organization (MI-19) and Stela, a branch under the Organization
that protects Britain from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This automatically places the setting in a type of war setting—it is an
intelligence and cold war type setup, but the challenge is from the
supernatural as well as the other political and hegemonic enemies of
Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence agents and
operatives are working to protect and help protect Britain even if there is no
hot war going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll describe more
about how I’ll use this plot and setting, next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have Eoghan who is an agent for Stela—even if he doesn’t fully understand
what Stela is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steal, I’ll remind you is
the British intelligence agency under the Organization that is the past
MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll write about the MI
structure just for kicks and grins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In WWII, the MI structure included MI-1 through MI-19 excluding MI-13 and
MI-18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just weren’t used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the MIs except MI-5, MI-6, and MI-19 were
absorbed into MI-5 and MI-6 or other military and civilian government
agencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know what happened to MI-5
and MI-6—they are still around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big
question is what happened to MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have no real idea, but MI-19 was the prisoner interrogation arm of the MI
structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It handled mostly Germans,
but obviously all the other prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, you need to be able to speak the languages of the
prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every military intelligence
system or structure must have a foreign language group attached to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A foreign language group handles three levels
of language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Basic language intelligence – this
is the detailed knowledge of a foreign language for the purpose of training,
translations, and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
operatives who may be first language speakers of the foreign language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These people understand, for example, English
and their primary language very well, their language perfectly, but may have
accents and not a perfect understanding of English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can’t pass as a British citizen in their
appearance or their English pronunciation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Mid-grade language intelligence –
these are British citizens whose primary language is usually British English,
but their secondary language is good, but not perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their appearance usually doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t need to look or sound like a
perfect British citizen, but they usually need to seem like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the operatives who usually
accomplish prisoner interrogations and expatriate and defector debriefings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can additionally occasionally be used as
basic language operatives, but usually their secondary language skills aren’t
good enough to be basic language operatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, they have accents in their secondary language that makes them
unusable in the highest classification of language spies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Language intelligence agents—these
are British citizens whose primary language is British English, who have one or
more secondary languages that they learned in the country of question, and who
look undoubtably like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their language skill in English is perfect with no foreign accent and
their secondary language skill is street level with no British accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are your covert agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should note that there is a subgroup of
these agents who might understand a secondary language perfectly, but have some
accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are less useful, but can
play a role as an agent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters
I usually write about are these agents.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let me explain a little bit about language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll do that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where is MI-19?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nations don’t get rid
of their most powerful intelligence organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why in my novels, MI-19 became, the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They support foreign
language operations and provide foreign language operatives and agents to the
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their agents and operatives are
found in the other military intelligence agencies, MI-5 and MI-6, and
specifically in the foreign office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
of the Organization’s operatives are in the Organization, but some are shared
with other intelligence and government offices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The greatest use of agents is in the foreign office and in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are many uses for language intelligence assets, but the highest use is
the covert surveillance of foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This usually happens around the embassies and foreign dignitaries like ambassadors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most common overt and covert operations
are just listening through all kinds of means to foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For listening, in this sense, you don’t need
the really high end level three language intelligence agents—you just need operatives
at the first level. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, for covert
operations, you must have level three agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What exactly does a level three agent do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In language intelligence, these are listeners
who, look like they could never be listeners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the backbone of covert language operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the main, these are the young and totally
British looking secretaries, guards, muscle, and lower level people who are
full-on language experts with intimate understanding of the targeted language
or languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might accompany an
ambassador in all kinds of capacities, and they act in these capacities, but
their real reason for being is that they can surreptitiously listen and report
on conversations around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
rarely known to the ambassador or British secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They never let on their language skills
because that would compromise their covert positions and the
effectiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If an enemy sees a lower
level pure British looking subject in a group, they are very likely to
communicate openly with other members of their own group in a way that might
give up great intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, these
agents can check translators and translations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reports go secretly through the intel system and come back to the
ambassador or secretary via classified means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Meanwhile, no one expects the lower level secretary to the ambassador or
secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The enemy feels like they can
speak plainly around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also
why guards and muscle make great covert language agents—who would expect the
MI-6 muscle protecting an ambassador or secretary to know the language?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially those who don’t look like the culture
or society in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why
looking like a common British citizen is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember the first language and covert agent
of the Brits in India?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least the
first written about in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
you remember <i>Kim</i> by Rudyard Kipling?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Kim was a child who was brought up and lived on the streets of India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the child of a Brit and an
Irishman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked nothing like the
Indians around him, but he knew their languages at the street level, and he
knew the people and their culture at an intimate level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was, for all practical purposes, an Indian
person in the body of a British citizen—this is the perfect language
intelligence asset and agent (spy).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
do you get a person like this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll show
you that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Like Kim, language spies and agents, in general, came and come from those
children born of British citizens who grew up in foreign environments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are many times the children of foreign
secretaries, ambassadors, and military people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the British empire wound down and caved in on itself, another and
better source became more prevalent—missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children of foreign secretaries and
ambassadors are only a small resource and tend to be of the class that doesn’t
need much employment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British
military has been reduced to mostly embassy assignments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Missionaries go to very exotic locations,
live there, and have children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
children grow up learning the languages on the street—they are the main modern
source of the level three language agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only other source comes from mixed families, however, there are a
couple of problems with these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first
is that a great language agent looks completely British and not like they could
ever understand the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
allows covert actions and operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The other is accent and street wise understanding of the culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless properly trained, many mixed families
don’t pass the necessary accents and street understanding of their own cultures
as well as the British culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are
necessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are also infiltration operations and covert operations within groups
as agents, however, these are less common and there is an obvious tendency to use
local people and not citizens in these operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A British citizen caught in covert operations
within another country faces exposure, punishment, and potentially death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, a foreign national caught
operating either legally or illegally in their own nation can be tried for
treason, but usually such indirect connections, especially in the third world,
are difficult to expose and more difficult to prosecute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact a citizen is selling or discovering
information for Britian in their own nation usually has a commercial reason,
however, if a little military or other information happens to make it into the
briefing, who’s to say it wasn’t just for commercial reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how do you use these language experts,
and how will I use them in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the language experts, operatives and agents from the Organization
and Stela in my novels as embassy secretaries and muscle as well as operatives
in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I follow the main
tenants of the language intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many of my characters are shares from the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They work in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t written about MI-5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not as familiar with their operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might ask why I write about the French
and British language intelligence and intelligence operations when I’m not
British or French.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is
easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to work for the US
government in Special Missions and Special Operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t write about those operations, but I
can write about the similar British and French operations because they are
similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, I will use the Organization and Stela as the main agencies of Eoghan
and his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my finished novel, <i>Deirdre:
Enchantment and the School </i>Dierdre and Sorcha met Elaina who is the mother
of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elaina was recruited by Luna
Bolang for Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has issues and
powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already mentioned about this,
and they directly affect Eoghan and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Much of the novel will be about the problem of Aine which is that she is a goddess
and Stela would be very interested in her is they knew about her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the secret and one of the
mysteries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The readers and Eoghan will
know who Aine is from the beginning, but the fun use of the reveal of this
secret will be a driver in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both the reveal and the threat of revelation will be the fun and
entertaining part of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
will have a lot to do with Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela because of the supernatural, but the
Organization because of the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is where we get the language intelligence and the war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan is trained in modern English, Celtic, Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon, the Fae
language, and maybe other ancient British languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are his language skills for the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These re his intelligence
skills, and he will need them. He will have to be the communicator and
translator for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His sister, Eva,
will be about to communicate in these languages as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The war will be a cold one that threatens to become a hot one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The war will be the silent one between the
supernatural forces, the gods, goddesses, Fae, and other creatures and the
humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is some degree of conflict
between humans and the Fae because of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other creatures have their disputes with humans as well—that is Eoghan’s
job, to make things right with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is supernatural, so she will fit into the bailiwick of Eoghan and
his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem will be that
Eoghan and Eva will want to keep Aine’s existence and being on the down
low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be many reasons for
this, but if you can imagine that Aine is not just a goddess, but a Fae Queen,
as well as a symbol of the power of Ireland, then you might be able to see some
of the real issues she could cause, or that her presence could cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be the war setting and the war
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not a full on setting or
plot, but it’s like the cold war with secrets and secret actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how this all works out, but that’s
about it for the war setting and plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% - if you notice there
are only two classics that have an anti-war plot—the reason should be obvious
to the most casual observer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who
has any knowledge of history knows that anti-war is much more dangerous for
humans than war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History shows that a
war can completely end not just a nation but a society and a culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Carthaginians, for example, were completely
eradicated as a people, a culture, and a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were about the most evil culture known
to man—infant slaughter (sacrifice) and other atrocities, and the Romans
finally got tired of fighting them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the third war against them, they annihilated their people, their capital, tore
it down and salted the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
great day for humanity, but a lesson for the ages that war can indeed solve a
problem and end real evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The trite claim that war doesn’t solve anything is haunted by the ghosts of
the Carthaginians—war did, indeed solve all their problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, you might think that we should promote
anti-war so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so, we should promote security like the
Greeks and Romans so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the lesson of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anit-war is considered an irrational idea and
plot, and although many have used it, there are only two classics and they are
basically worthless, in my opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus
anti-war doesn’t provide a great setting or plot anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you want to use an anti-war plot, I’d recommend it as a satire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t intend to use the anti-war plot in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might introduce a little satire
about anti-war because of just who Aine is, but I don’t know how I might
introduce or use it at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% - it’s pretty
ironic that three of the most important and earliest novels are based on a
travel plot: <i>Genji</i>, <i>Don Quixote</i>, and <i>Robinson Caruso</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason this is ironic is that many if not
most of the novels between the earliest and the modern tend not to include
travel plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the Victorian Era came
to an end and in Romantic plotted and protagonisted novels we see them take off
with many travel based plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, almost everything Robert Louis Stevenson wrote has a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stevenson was a Romantic writer and one of
the Victorian Era breakout writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
of Dickens’ novels include travel plots, however, most of the Victorians didn’t
change their settings much or move their characters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you remember, one of the major characteristics of the Romantic
protagonist is travel—usually from their rural roots to the urban, at least at
first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What the modern world brought,
along with all the other conveniences was the ability to travel quickly and
easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In England, the train started
this general ability to travel, but the automobile, plane, and others brought
about the revolution in travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
already noted Romantic characters tend to move away from their rural roots to
the urban, they also travel a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
travel plot isn’t just the initial plot, like <i>Robinson Caruso</i> that
starts the novel, it can also be like <i>Don Quixote</i>, and propel the entire
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is interesting is we see this
penchant to travel in the earlier epics just think of <i>The Odessey</i>, <i>The
Iliad</i>, as well as the Arthur, Parzival, and Osorio epics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even Beowulf includes a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s funny that writing seemed to settle down
a little in a certain period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, we see the travel plot well used in the classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My novels all have a Romantic plot and Romantic protagonists, you can guess,
there must be travel plots in all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love travel plots, and you should too. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel plots are primo just because we want to
start our Romantic protagonist in the rural and then move them to an even more
interesting and unfamiliar urban setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The urban setting allows them to really use their special skills—those
generally developed in their original setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Harry Potty runs this a little backward, which is a great use of the
travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her characters generally
start in the urban, but then move to the rural, which is Hogwarts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intermittently, we get movement back and
forth rural to urban and urban to rural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The use of the travel plot is especially well developed in Harry
Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, this is the most
proper use of the travel plot, plus, a novel doesn’t really include a travel
plot unless something happens during the travels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty’s travel plots usually use the
primary travel to introduce new characters, introduce plots, do a little
foreshadowing, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A terrible use
of a travel plot is where your characters just take a bus somewhere, the bus,
train, plane, automobile ride are all opportunities for dialog and
communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dialog from the writer’s
standpoint, and communication from the character’s standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many other things you can do during
the travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>, Rose sets up training for Seoirse during
their helicopter trip from Monmouth to the Isle of Shadows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, Rose trains her cadets, but
we don’t get to see this, we just know of it from the dialog between Seoirse
and his instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great use of a
helicopter trip, that’s just what Rose thought, and one of her tools to continue
to encourage and seduce Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now,
about the use of the travel plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll write about that, next.<i> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts with a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is traveling to a Scottish National Park to get rid of a Fae
issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I write get rid of, I mean
to negotiate and accommodate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are too powerful for even some other Fae to handle, so unless we are writing
about Rose or one of the Fae royalty, there is little chance to defeat the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This traveling gets Eoghan in the
vicinity of Aine and her place of incarceration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The second travel plot is when Aine and Eoghan head back to his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there must be a third and perhaps a
forth travel plot when Aine and Eoghan go to Stela HQ and then to the training
points as required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure at all
how I’ll work this last part out, but the rest is pretty clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the circumstances of this novel point to
the need and development of travel plots to resolve the telic flaw issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recognize that Eoghan is a Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He must move from the rural
to the urban or close enough. He will eventually go from Scotland to London,
definitely a movement from rural to urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, Eoghan will need to move around more than that to
accommodate and work with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
an especially troublesome girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
what makes things fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The travel plots will be introduced as plots or developments for Eoghan,
Aine, and Eva to prosper and to grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be happy to get out from under Eoghan and Eva’s parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their parents are nice, but ewww.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not eww in a nasty sense, but eww in a parental overcontrol
helicopter mother sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’ll
play the father as helping, but I’ll be careful about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t need father to get on the bad side
of mother, especially with her powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is pretty powerful too, but she won’t want to use her powers
against her declared boyfriend’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s not stupid.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We will have and develop a fun travel plot based on all of this, but they
will be supporting and not overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Remember, the overall plot is a redemption plot based on Eoghan’s
needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll work toward that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s my conclusions about the travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure you can write any good modern novel without some travel
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Romantic protagonist demands a
good travel plot, at least moving from the rural to the urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might put this plot ahead of the initial
scene, that’s possible, but difficult to work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if the protagonist mustn’t travel to get
to the urban, there are more reasons for travel and especially in the modern
world and with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel
is just a good common plot in all modern novels—use it when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% - the
totalitarian plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the Victorian Era, everyone except the USA was under a monarchy—wait
for it, a monarchy is always a totalitarian regime therefore all Victorian and
other novels under a government with a king was a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Victorian Era, no one knew or cared
about being in a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, we know better, I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Look, a totalitarian plot is a plot that involves the government as a
non-republic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might even say
non-democratic, but many democratic governments in history have been considered
tyrannical and totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
totalitarian plot is about a plot where the government extends its power into
the realm of normal human operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why most Victorian and other plots aren’t considered
totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The monarch might have
been dictators, but they mainly left the people alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the kings or queens got involved with the
people, negatively, that’s a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In modern Britian, I think there is scope for an easy totalitarian plot, but
most people don’t see the British government that way so it is hard to make
that argument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, I have
used in novels, the Soviet regime, the Chinese Communist Regime, the German
National Socialist (Nazi) regime, and the Vichy French Regime—and these are
definitely totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally, I
have used a science fiction world setting in <i>Escape from Freedom</i> which
is also a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I don’t intend to put a totalitarian plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could, but I don’t think it would resonate
or be very worthwhile for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move to the next plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% - ho ho, this is one
of the best plots ever because it can reside in almost any novel from comedy to
whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to have a
horror novel to include a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All horror is, is a little fear, scaring, or disturbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hey, there are many definitions for horror,
but I think you get the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you can
understand this about fear, scaring, and disturbing, it’s all about feeling and
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the pathos of the reader
not the characters—or rather, the pathos created by the author fills the reader
and not the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want our
readers to feel fear, be scared, or be disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not so much into disturbed because we
aren’t about grossing out our readers, but pulling them a little out of their
comfort zone is what horror is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How do we invoke horror?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’d say it’s all about setting, feeling, and style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, I’m going to ask you to change
up your style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might like to write
unicorns and rainbows—that’s great, but a few dangerous unicorns or ominous
rainbows can move the tension in the scene to horror—okay a little fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m aiming for.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When you present a scene—set a scene that is supposed to be scary and tense,
set it to be scary and tense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s all
that horror is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is that there
is no reason to shy away from a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some people even make a living and write horror based novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novel, <i>Escape from Freedom</i> could be
considered a horror novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go with
that—it’s about a communist totalitarian state in a science fiction world, and
it’s pretty horrific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other
novels, I feel for the scene and interject a little fear when it feels
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point there is to incite the
emotions of the reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like my
readers to feel emotions like fear for my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little horror is just the thing, and when I
write horror, you are supposed to understand: fear, scared, and possibly
disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is even room for your
characters to be disturbing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t mean disturbing in the sense of morality or ethics or crime, there
are many things in life that can be disturbing but not be wrong—like the five
second rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve used
this before, but a character from a starvation culture would never waste food
no matter the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little dirt,
muck, sand or whatever, they would eat it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That might be disturbing to many readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about eating insects or grubs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s disturbing—it’s by definition
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As long as it doesn’t kick the
reader out of the suspension of disbelief, it’s a great means of producing
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use
horror in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the ultimate question about writing—when can I just throw in a plot
I’d like to use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, perhaps not the
ultimate question, but it’s one of the main questions I like to think about in
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we write, we want to
interject plots into a scene so we can use them for entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, we want interject
a horror plot into the scene or perhaps a few scenes for exactly that
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want some entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question then, is how do
we get some of this into Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first scene in Aine is basically pretty creepy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Eoghan in an ancient Anglo-Saxon cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is horror without any other
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to keep this
going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will build the scene with more
and more horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a horror
novel, but the beginning is filled with horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is the perfect use of the horror plot in a horror
scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This horror is produced by the
circumstances and the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
scene progresses, the action and the narration in the scene develops this
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What can be more horrific than a
person held captive for thousands of years and finally released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s maybe more of a tail of salvation and
rescue, but the point is this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine who
has been held captive for thousands of years is released into the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is dirty, naked, confused, upset, and
very happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who wouldn’t be if they were
released from that kind of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is the situation and circumstances Aine and Eoghan find themselves in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Aine, and we have Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a scary setting and scary
circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to use these
in a horror plot to entertain our readers—that’s my point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use the circumstances and the setting
to build the plot into a horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this way, we have chosen a plot and a horror plot, at that.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t always and
everywhere interject a horror plot, but there are many times when I can. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, the circumstances fit the idea
and situation of the horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this case, I want to accentuate and use the plots involved to build a horror
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to make the writing
more exciting and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we can see that in this novel, the horror plot is a natural fit
especially for the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will
get harder and harder to interject such a plot in the later points of the
novel, or it should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it
shouldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main idea here is that in
writing in we pick and choose scenes to increase the tension in the
scene—horror is a natural tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
suspect there are other opportunities to use horror in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just have to get to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the power of writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We build scenes and add plots to support
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horror is a powerful and easy to
use type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will use it through
Aine, and perhaps more than I’m expressing at this moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% - here is a great
plot but one I’m not certain I can use in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I might be able to fit it in, but it might be difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been used, not so much as a plot, but
as a pathos developer in older novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can pretty much see the evolution of the children setting to a plot
in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dickens introduced
children in <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, but there is really no children’s
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plot is adult with children as
part of the setting to provide some pathos—think Tiny Tim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where the children’s plot comes into its own is as the Victorian Era gives
way to the modern and the modern Romantic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea of real children in a plot comes basically from the very
important novel <i>What Katy Did</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was a seminal novel for children and about children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children were the focus and they weren’t
handled like young adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
children with the thoughts and feelings of children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps some of the most interesting novels
out of this period of great change are Mark Twain’s novels for boys and girls
as well as Robert Louis Stevenson and <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the bridge had been crossed, the concept
of writing novels for children drove the further idea of novels wholly about
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We move from Robert Louis
Stevenson’s and Mark Twain’s children being pushed into the adult world with
little help from adults to the novels of Brazil and others where the children
are children facing real but not adult problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are uniquely children’s plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It is still a children plot when children are introduced into an adult novel
either as students or as wards and just kids in a family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this in my <i>Aegypt </i>(<i>Ancient
Light</i>) novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, the Bolang
Children became a necessary part of the novel and drove plots and scenes that
led directly to saving their mother and father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again, I don’t see this in Aine, but I will write, next, how Aine could
include a children’s plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To build a children’s plot, we need children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youth will work, but the characters must be
handled like children and not like adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The best ways to do this is first, make children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this for <i>Aegypt</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bolong’s had four children and the
children were children for two novels and grew up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second is to train children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is using a training or teaching plot
with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve incorporated these
types of plots in my novels but not usually with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>Essie: Assignment and the Aos Si</i>, I
had the childlike person Essie being raised by Mrs. Lyons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a great and entertaining novel and
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, you can bring in children
in other ways—usually not as the protagonist’s children or as students, but as
walk-ons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is perhaps the best way
to introduce a children’s plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>How could we develop this in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could make her a preschool teacher, ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t think so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This might take
too long to build for Aine, but it is an interesting way to write the novel—at
least bring her into a special class for special children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That might be a fun show and tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is have Eoghan bring Aine for show and
tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is worth thinking about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could use Aine as a show and tell for many
other classes and training involving the Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I want to have Aine and Eoghan have a child this quickly, we
are moving in that direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, I present the first blush of love (meeting and romance).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sometimes play the second stage of love
(marriage).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to build on the third
stage of love, that is after marriage sometimes with children and many times
without.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Perhaps the way I’ll do this is with bringing in other people’s
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great method and one
I’ve done a few times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I should
have mentioned in the last paragraph that I routinely bring in the first stage
of love in a novel and then use the protagonists later after they have had
children and been married as side characters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That seems to be very successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of Aine, I’m certain I have a
host of children and youth I could being into her life and Eoghan’s life for
this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is the
Ceridwen in this generation who happens to be about two years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to being Rose and Seoirse in as her adopted
parents for many reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a sideline,
this is how I develop long term stories and storylines in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote about Rose because she was a very
interesting and powerful protagonist, but in the back of my mind, I’ve had a
need to bring in the foster parent for Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a foreshadowed and active theme deep
in the novels since I brought in Kathrin, the last Ceridwen and included her in
multiple novels as a protagonist and as a side character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the way of building worlds for your
novels and not just stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% - it’s all
historical, baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, for many
novels that’s not true, but it’s a character and author’s issue and not an
issue with the historical plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assert
that every novel that isn’t science fiction or created fantasy must be or
should be historical in nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t use made up places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
use made up history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t use made up
people (who really exist).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do modify information
based on potential history, but all my made up stuff is based in history and
might be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do change places to
meet the needs of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I make up
all the main, major, and protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My novels are all reflected worldview—so they all include the history of
the times and the world and the place, but they also include those ideas that
things people think might or have faith could exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels are historical to the highest
degree I can make them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is kind of a difficult subject to address because I understand exactly
what I am expressing, but I’m not certain many people understand the idea of
plotting a novel in history and reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll try to give some examples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the broadest sense, my novels include a British intelligence agency I
call the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This agency is
based in MI-19 from World War II.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone
in the business knows language intelligence is one of the foundations of
national security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where did MI-19
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I give it a new name and some new
work, and I fit it into the world of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is there the Organization in Britain?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m sure something is still there, it’s classified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what the Organization is like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a step above the highest classified
levels of MI-5 and MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, it supplies
shares to both, and to other intelligence organizations like the Foreign
Office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this is based on history and
the historical.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then I also have Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela is the
part of the Organization that protects Britian from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not really based on real history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This organization is based on the history I
developed in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be
in the Organization because it was founded by Bruce Lyons who ran MI-19 at the
end of World War Two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce was a major
character in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
all based on the reflected worldview from my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That reflected worldview is completely based
on history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can that be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview is based on what people believe and not what is
necessarily real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone knows about vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are they real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some ages most people believed in
vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, everyone knows what a
vampire is, but do they really believe in vampires?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A reflected worldview allows vampires to
exist in the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a
real worldview, there can’t be vampires, but in a reflected worldview there
certainly can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about any
supernatural creature or being you know about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They can exist in a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, a great reflected worldview can give reasons why and how such
creatures can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also provides
reasons how such creatures might coexist with humans in the real world and yet
normal humans have no idea such creatures are around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The historical is more than just what really happened in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The historical includes the real, the
imagined, and the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do I
know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, every Sunday, along with
other days, Christians go to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Shabat, Jewish people go to synagogue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise,
others of other religious groups go to their own services and ceremonies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of their creeds and theology is based in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, Christianity and
Judaism are both historically based religions—they are wholly based in historical
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others not so much, but the
focus of all of them are aspects of the supernatural in the world and in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition, the feelings and perceptions of people may not be real—they may
be caused and affected by emotions and imagination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are still real, and they are
historical, but they aren’t like historical events, however, they can be
recorded and, as I noted, they are real parts of history, they just aren’t the
kinds of things you can take a picture of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s the main point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel,
Aine, if someone searches for information about Aine, the world of Aine, the
world of Eoghan, and their times, that’s history, they will find exactly the
world I will describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I
will include all the historical reflected worldview stuff in a cohesive fashion
that will interact with and interweave the real and completely historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also provide reasons and show how this
reflected world coexists with our own, but we don’t usually see or perceive
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You all know the drill.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Only the sensitive can perceive the world of the Fae or the creatures of the
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally, people get a
glimpse through some revelation of the supernatural, but usually, we assume it
is there around us, we just don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s an example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I know of a great restaurant in New Mexico that is in an old hacienda
mansion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the rooms is reputed to
be haunted by a maid with whom one of the sons of the house fell in love, but
they were never allowed to marry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ghost of the maid supposedly haunts this room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We always tell the story and then tell our fellow diners to sit in each
corner of the room and see if they can feel the presence of the ghost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many if not all will say one of the corners
is colder than the others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great story,
fun test, is it real or Memorex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
telling, I think it’s a perfect image of the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look closer into the historical and the
reflected, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What I want to do and what I recommend in all writing is to ground your
writing in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact my
third rule of writing is this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">3. Ground your
readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is a very general statement for something that to me is very
specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I mean and what I do is
to set my writing in the real and the reflected world, and most specifically
the history and places of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My characters don’t just go to some place in some town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters live in a real place (as real
as possible), in a real town, where the streets, places, and spaces are all
real, and where the insides of the buildings are all the real insides with the
same furniture, if I can get to that level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, I don’t ever make up what I don’t have to make up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me explain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When I need a place for a setting, for example, I research that place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of my novel, <i>Rose: Enchantment
and the Flower</i>, I looked for a possible haunted house in the Orkney
Islands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted the Orkneys for the
isolation and the place because I was going to use a nuclear smuggling
operation by the Chinese and the Russians as the main reason for both Shiggy
and Robyn’s parents being assigned there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My research gave me Viera Lodge, which is luckily on the market for sale
with all kinds of pictures and a house plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I could use this place for my setting and my character, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t need to make up a place, I just
needed to use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the
details had to be made up because not all the information we need to write is
in the descriptions and such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know
exactly what I’m adding and what I’m doing with the information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can get details for travel and for streets
and for places from the satellite maps and other map information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is so much more to this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If I need a place, like a lake or a river or a creek or a forest or a
building or a clearing, guess where you can research and find this
information?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, I had to find
maps or visit these places or at the extreme just make it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The specific was hard to find, but the
general was always there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, I can
get all this information, and I can provide it in the settings of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters no longer just travel, they go
on Gooseberry Street to the A901 to their destination, and so on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, my characters wear real
clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When one of my prepublication readers provided comments on <i>Sister of
Light</i>, he mentioned that I should specifically say the clothing designers
and more details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took this to
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a character, Rose, who is
playing an act as a debutant and aristocrat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her clothing is not just the best, it is designer clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She rarely wears less than 10,000 pounds
worth of clothing at any time, and that’s including her handmade French
knickers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll explain more
about this, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With the research tools available to the writer today, it is very easy to
include specific and exacting details in our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I mentioned, I research all my
settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is just looking
at a satellite map.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I can, I’ll get
to the street view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m doing research
with the tools available that would require travel and experience to write
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you how I did it in
the past.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All my novels include extensive and extensively researched settings and
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For <i>Aegypt</i>, I took out
every map I could get from the library and from atlases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I studied the places and read books on my
setting (Tunisia) as well as the French Foreign Legion that was the basis for
this novel set in 1926.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I additionally
read hundreds of books on hieroglyphics and ancient Egypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this information, I was able to set,
describe, and write about the subject, Tunisia, Fort Saint, the people, my
characters, the Foreign Legion, as well as all of the other places around Fort
Saint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t able to travel there for
professional and diplomatic reasons, but a great novel, <i>Aegypt</i> and the
first novel in the <i>Ancient Light</i> series was birthed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, instead of two years worth of
research, I could have written <i>Aegypt </i>in about a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took five years to research and write <i>Centurion</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All my novels are filled with complete
historical accuracy, at least the best I could achieve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I’ve aged and gained experience, the
novels have become better and even more detailed and accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I wanted to express about
clothing and especially woman’s clothing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, one of my author friends who also provided me some great
comments about <i>Sister of Light</i>, the second <i>Aegypt </i>and <i>Ancient
Light </i>novel, recommended I give very specific details about the clothing
Leora Bolang wore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Leora provided a striking vision in
pale-blue silk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wore a dress Paul
had bought for her the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although the gown came from a rack on the <i>rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honore</i>, it flowed over her body as though its designer had only her
in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modestly slit hemline
floated on air; it just kissed the top of her petite, high-heeled <i>Arnoult</i>
slippers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A thin silken cord encircled
her neck and allowed the teasing neckline to accentuate her gentle bosom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To complete the ensemble, she grasped a small
gold colored clutch with three-quarter length gloves that matched the azure of
her dress.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At the time, the ability to accomplish research on women’s and men’s
clothing wasn’t as good as it is today, plus I had to work with fashion and
fashions from 1927 and not today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
required a little more in depth study, but I think you get the point,
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For my more modern novels, I can simply research on the internet the
clothing styles and designer fashions I want my characters to wear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, much or many of the outfits my
characters wear are ready made, but still, to cloth them in each scene, I look
at fashion and I describe the clothing from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing clothing that is from the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing it in
settings from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s an
example from <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">By
that time, Bob was taking away the last of the empty trunks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn rummaged through her clothing, “Hey
Rose, what kind of stuff should we change into?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She held up a frock.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Rose
went over to her, “Do you have jeans and a nice top?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“Do
you think they’ll be wearing jeans?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“I
can promise you they all will be.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
went to her drawers and pulled out a pair of Dolce & Gabbana jeans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were slightly distressed and faded with
embroidered butterflies. The Dolce & Gabbana logo was engraved in gold on
the front left pocket while a pink patch marked the back pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also pulled out a white embellished Gucci
woolen top with a slight nautical flare.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
couldn’t help herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She towed Leora
out of the door of the room, “Leora, did you realize Lady Tash is planning to
wear a thousand-pound pair of jeans to supper in a catered girl’s school
cafeteria?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
tapped her chin, “The top cost a bit more than that, but who can tell the
aristocracy what they can or can’t wear.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
grabbed her hand, “I thought she was one of yours.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She whispered, “This is not the girl from
Rousay.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then louder, “How is this Lady
supposed to look after my Robyn?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
held back her laughter, “Lady Tash is Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need not worry a single bit about her or
your Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can assure you of that.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
took a concerned glance back into the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the level of detail I’m able to provide my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope I’m giving sufficient description for
the general reading crowd, but anyone who recognizes the designers and the brands
will understand even more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I
tried to show with the dialog surrounding the clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I balance the clothing
description, the clothing specifics, and the understanding of the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the tip of the iceberg, so to
speak in placing history and realism in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look a little more at the setting, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll go over it again, because this is all
about how to interject the historical, real, and reflected into your
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, like a
restaurant, I go researching just the place I need in the place I need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Sorcha: Enchantment and
the Curse</i>, I needed a place for my characters to have a nice dinner in Edwinstowe
near Nottingham Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just found the
perfect place for my characters to eat and have a little discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used descriptions of the place enhanced
with a little fiction and the actual menus to describe the meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of this, I didn’t have to make up
anything, I just used what existed in the real world to reflect the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, I used reflect in the exact
sense of the reflected worldview because that worldview is pretty much the same
in the sense of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I use this concept of research for all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, I don’t make up fiction,
I use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you think this is
unusual or in some way not kosher in writing, think about the bigger types of
images and places writers use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I
included New York, London, Dublin, or any other main city in the world, no one
would bat an eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If my characters
visited Times Square or Trafalgar Square or the Spanish Steps in Rome, no one
would think that odd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So why would it be
odd to use the Denny’s down the street in some Podunk town for a place or some
swanky steak joint in Tulsa?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t
and you should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should interject the
real and real places throughout your writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You should give directions and street names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should put in real dates and real people
and places as well as real brands and stuff—at least in the West.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t do it in Japan—mentioning a brand or
some real places can get you in jail there, but not here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you do get jittery about it, you can just make up the name and use the
place—that’s always an option, but I think you dilute the power of the
historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I don’t do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I’m going to have some negative
experience, I don’t use the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
characters might have some terrible misadventure in some real place, but if it
will be a negative, I don’t use a real brand or a real company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect this is an important topic to write
about, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you need to go negative, go fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of my writing isn’t about the place as much as it’s about the
characters, but if I did need a negative company or brand, I’m not going to
make a social statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all the
criticism in the world, you might ask, why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Novels are not about social statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They aren’t about political statements or science statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had my characters make reasoned
statements about what I think are obvious problems in the world, but I’m very
careful about these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, German National Socialists make a great enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s Nazis if you didn’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nazi is an acronym for National Socialist in
German.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are everyone’s most evil
creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another is the International
Socialists—that is the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other International Socialists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all evil and criminal—they make
great criminals and bad guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrorists
are also fair game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
really bad groups and nations that are worth using as the “bad guys” in your
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This keeps you away from the
potential for not holding to a universal enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, you might say, but there are those who support terrorists, Nazis, and
Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say, most of them can’t
read and won’t read my novels anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don’t want them for my readers unless they want to change—I guess there is even
hope for Nazis and Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
from a writer’s standpoint, if you need a bad guy, they are your bad guy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I stay away from brands and companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll tell you why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every company I’ve ever worked for has wanted
to make money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you harm or kill your
customers, you don’t make money--in fact, you go broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked in the aviation industry on every
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In aviation, the individuals, the
company, and all the management would do anything to prevent any kind of
problem, accident, or issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give
you an example, when maintenance accidentally dropped a drop tank and put a
small dent in it, the company spent thousands to fix the dent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Air Force, the tank would have stayed
dented and been used forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Governments don’t really care about people, but companies really
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, a single problem by a
customer can break a company, a government has no other competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are there bad companies and people out there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure there are, but there are many more bad
governments, and governments can take your life, liberty, and property from
you—a company can’t, not unless they are a criminal cartel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, if I need bad guys, I do go for criminals, terrorists, and
governments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty enough of
these to go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you really want
to go for a brand or business, I’d advise you to work for them for a year
before bad mouthing them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Realize, most
of your readers are people with jobs and some degree of education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can fool some like journalists and
perhaps those in certain industries, but you can’t fool your core readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, as I wrote, novels are all about
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll look at
putting real people in your novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, by all means place real historical people in your novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they are alive, I would recommend not
defaming or vilifying them, but under some circumstances, you might.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d be cautious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, Queen Elizabeth plays an important walk-on roll
occasionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I definitely don’t show
her in a negative light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, she is
a good friend and help to my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Part of this comes from the interaction and influence of the Fae and the
gods and goddesses of Britain with the government of Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, since they are reflected worldview, I have the Queen, now, the
King as responsible for the human side of the courts of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Ceridwen is in charge of the Fae and
courts of the gods, the King or Queen is in charge of the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two worlds interact through the office
of the King.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have a very
important character, the Keeper of the Book of the Fae who works for the King
and who oversees the Laws of the Fae for the Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is all reflected worldview, so it
could be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The King isn’t saying.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition to important people, I also include the less important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times I’ll change the names, but keep
the look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written before that real
people don’t make great protagonists, but they do make great general
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you need a character,
there is nothing wrong with looking for a picture and going for a
description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just change the names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless there is some positive need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I use the names of real royalty
in my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also use the names of real people who
are dead as a part of the history of the place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the question at hand is how will we use history in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll cover that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine isn’t just about history—Aine is history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a bring out of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a person from the Gaelic world and
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a place and that place
has moved through time and place to the new and modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My point in using Aine, I want to show her world and her understanding of
the world in contrast to the modern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
modern world will give reality and life to Aine and her history, and her
history will come out in her own revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Indeed, Aine is a revelation of the protagonist, Eoghan, but Eoghan’s
purpose is to express the reality of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is the focus while Eoghan is the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must learn to live in the modern world,
and through this, her world will come out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan will be revealed and Aine be revealed in his wake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of the most powerful ways to
represent history—we bring a person from the past into the modern and through
contrast show off their culture, history, and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, what is Aine’s history like?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned some of the most salient facts about Aine, but not much about
her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine comes from a place where
there is little writing and a lot of Feudal waring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are times without any modern conveniences
and the beginnings of the use of metal and the seven basic machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She lives in a real building and progressive
age for her world, but it is nothing compared to the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food is scarce and security scarcer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In myth, she was either raped or under the
threat of rape all her life long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
intend to not change her history as much as cut it off with some of the
features of her times and her story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Is that it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, there is so much
more, but most of it is embedded in the development of the plots and the story
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try to update you as I put
the actual story together, but at the moment, I’m developing, and not
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll move to the next plot type. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% - I’ve really fallen
in love with the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since
I wrote <i>Children of Light and Darkness</i> which includes a very strong
school plot, I’ve been intrigued and excited about using it when possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It helps that my prepublication writer really
enjoyed this plot in the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because of the characters, I did include a school plot in the next novel
in the series, <i>Warrior of Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since then, I’ve looked for opportunities to have a school plot although
I’ve really not set the novel on the plot as much as the plot on the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, I didn’t start
with the idea of a school plot, it just came out in the writing of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, <i>Essie: Enchantment and the Aos Si</i> didn’t start with any
kind of school plot, but as I developed the novel, the entire idea about Essie
attending a boarding school just leapt from the storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Essie was really my first foray into a
boarding school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are reasons for
using this type of plot and setting, but mostly, it is classically British, but
pretty much dying as we speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea
of putting together young people for the purpose of education and life is a
powerful setting with both positive and negative features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see them all, to a degree, displayed
in the Harry Potty novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of
isolating youth to educate them in magic is as appealing as educating them in
other subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Since Essie, I’ve used school as a setting and a plot in numerous novels,
and it’s not just for youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In many of
my Enchantment novels, I’ve used a university setting for the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed, in Rose, I’ve used a school plot for
youth as well as a military school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bet you didn’t think of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
military school plot or a training school plot is just as useful as a regular
school plot—it just can apply to older individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the training plot is a school plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the training plot almost as much as a dedicated school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training plot can be much more individual
and between fewer characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Sorcha:
Enchantment and the Curse </i>is a full-on school plot set in a training
situation and almost entirely one on one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are powerful plots and great tools for the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In spite of the fact that the school plot is
only found in about 10% of the classics, don’t let that fool you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dedicated training and schooling is a
relatively new idea in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
accomplished early in human history, but it is still a pretty new idea to be
applied to large groups and the whole of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think about the basis for most education
and learning in the past and you should get my meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I do plan to involve Aine, the novel in a school and training plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I have a few options for Aine and school plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main and most obvious is the training
that Eoghan must accomplish to help Aine integrate into modern society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main question is how much Aine will fight
being educated and trained into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you remember, novels are all about
entertainment and part of entertainment is some satire and irony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is ironic for a person who obviously needs
help and education to neglect and ignore it, but like I wrote, I’m trying to
determine just how much of this I want to push in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is the protagonist while Aine is the
focus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan as the protagonist must get Aine to accept the training and education
he will provide her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because Aine really
wants Eoghan to love her, I don’t think that will be much of a
problem—especially, since Aine wants to learn and wants to please him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training scenario will move a pace with
the initial revelation of Aine in the world, plus with their travels and her
integration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
opportunity that I’ve contemplated for this novel from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The telic flaw in this novel is about Eoghan’s lack of integration in his
place and time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has much to do with
his own training and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
didn’t go to school, that is university, like most of his peers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t go to the military for education
and training like most of his peers in his business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for him, and one I’ve
contemplated from the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
originally wanted Eoghan and Seoirse to meet each other at Sandhurst or
Cranwell, but I don’t think that’s an option with the way the novel development
is going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I also have the Isle of Shadows for training female warriors and the other
Isle for training male warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a
hankering to bring Aine to the Isle of Shadows and Eoghan to the other
Isle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides a training and
school situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Isle of Shadows
was developed by Rose to train her little goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since Aine is a goddess herself, it would be
the perfect place for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question
is then, how to get Eoghan integrated into this process and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel is foremost about him, Aine is just
the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you see there are places to use this school plot in Aine, and the school
plot is perfect in this training sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll move on to the next plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% - the parallel and the allegory plots
are similar, but not the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
I consider them to be significantly different, but their differences are
somewhat subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can help to define
the easiest of the two, an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The typical allegory for example in literature is <i>Pilgrim’s Progress</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s an allegory of the spiritual life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve defined a parallel before
in simple terms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here, I’ll try:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A parallel is a story, poem, or picture that mirrors an existing story,
poem, or picture for the purpose of reference or expression.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is really what the parallel is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is not intended to reveal a hidden meaning at all, although the
original piece of art could mirror that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So what is a parallel, and how can we use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give an couple of examples.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If your novel mentions, for example, Noah and the flood, that is a reference
to the account about Noah in the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could use this as a figure of speech, the rain was falling like the
time of Noah and the ark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could
incorporate all kinds of figures of speech about Noah, the ark, animals, and so
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of these continued metaphors
or figures of speech would constitute the use of a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of and reference to Noah in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>novel would produce a reference in terms of
the basis for the novel and an expression of the ideas and concepts about
Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, the proper use of
the parallel about Noah should produce ideas in the reader that expand the
expression of the novel in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the use of a historical figure of speech as a reference back to
another piece of art or literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
hope you can see how powerful this idea is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Another example, I wrote my novel <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Daemon</i>
as a parallel to the Apocryphal book of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not an obvious parallel, unless the reader is familiar with
Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally think everyone
should be familiar with all the Bible including the apocrypha as well as all
the Greek myths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is that all
Western art and literature is based on these first the Bible and second Greek
myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you aren’t familiar, you are at
a great disadvantage in understanding literature and art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, I based <i>Aksinya</i> on Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallels are obvious to anyone familiar
with Tobit, even the name of the Demon is the same, and the resolution of the
telic flaw follows the resolution of Sara’s problem with the demon in Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why Tobit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It builds an historical and literary foundation around a subject that
hasn’t been written about much, escaping the clutches and contract with a
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty of works, well a
few, about humans contracting with demons, but very very few about humans
getting out of a contract with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s just not done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tobit was the
first I know of, and <i>Aksinya </i>is a parallel of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next, I’ll look at possible parallels in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The explanation above is probably my best for a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question is how will I use this in my
proposed novel, Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see two ways
plus the most obvious—I guess you could say three ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The most obvious is the parallel plot built into the idea of Aine, the
character herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The history and myth
of Aine is a parallel in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
brining in the story of Aine is a parallel plot and that’s why I picked it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incorporation of a historical based or a
reflective worldview is a parallel, and that’s exactly why I like using them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Although most people aren’t familiar with Aine and her history, readers are
generally familiar and knowledgeable about the basic ideas of the Gaelic and
Celtic worlds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, explanations and
information will be necessary to help the reader understand the world of Aine
and Aine as a mythical person, but the parallel exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also what I did with <i>Aksinya</i>
to a degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter the subject of
the parallel, you need to explain some parts about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, for <i>Aksinya</i>, I didn’t do much of
that, the story and parallel plots for Tobit are obvious in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just mentioned the focus a few times in
context and that was it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Aine, I’ll
have to do more than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although most
people know generally what Gaelic and Celtic mean, they don’t know much about
the cultures and the history of the cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I will do is explain them in context and from Aine’s mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will make it even better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first parallel in Aine is the basic story
of Aine and her world, her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This, by the way is one of the reasons I’m writing the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not into education or educating through a novel or any fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fiction and novels are all about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason I’m using the Gaelic and Celtic
culture is because it’s a new and interesting culture to most people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The revelation of the culture is a huge part
of the novel and a huge part of the entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes novels and fiction fun to
me—that’s what I want to give and express to my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll get to the next potential
parallels in Aine—the less obvious ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The other two ways to bring a parallel plot into Aine is through figures of
speech, as I wrote before in general, and through intentional analogous events
related to myth or history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is basic good writing technique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know this has really fallen by the wayside in modern writing, but it’s
literally the bread and butter of great writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A writer who doesn’t understand the use of
figures of speech and especially the use of deep and involved figures of speech
is just not going to be considered beyond their lifetimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lack of figures of speech in general writing
will just lead to not being published, while the lack of in depth figures of
speech will lead to being forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hey, we just want to be published, who cares about creating a
classic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Frankly, a classic is a classic because of the depth of the parallels and
the integration of the novel into the classic world of literature, art, and
poetry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This seems to be an area that is
wholly missed in modern writing and publishing, but hey, no one will remember
most of what people memorize or understand today: celebrities, political
figures, sports teams, most artists, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Think about those whom you can remember from 100 or 200 years ago—there
are a few standouts, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Edison, Shakespeare,
Dickins, but I bet you can’t name a single musician (other than composers),
actor or actress (maybe Booth, but not because of his acting), or any sports
figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nobody cares because their lives
were basically meaningless—they created nothing and left nothing behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be harsh, but literature is the
means to remember and parallel their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is one of the reasons I recommend the use of the parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to remember the meaningless, but to
remember the people, places, and events of the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain other writers in the past felt
the same way.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>By referring to Noah, you remember the historical account of Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By referring to Daniel, you remember the
historical account of Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By
mentioning Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle, to name just three, you remember the
golden age (so to speak, of Greece).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
really isn’t the classical golden age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, to throw in the phrase, golden age of Greece or Golden Age of
Greece, you are building on a parallel, not a strictly historical parallel, but
a real and reflected world parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
same is true with Noah or Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical source is somewhat questioned, but the reflected for both is real—to
express their parallel in a figure of speech or in an in depth parallel, you
are expressing and handing off a knowledge of the past and of humanity that
needs to be continued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
there is more than just history or the historical account that is important in
the expression of a parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the
example of Aine, until I mentioned and wrote about Aine, you probably didn’t
even know such a myth or a possible historical person existed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you did, you might have pushed her away as
just some myth or ancient person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the novel, Aine, I want to bring Aine alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, there are all kinds of
people, events, places, and reflected world ideas and realities (said tongue in
cheek) that come with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All their
stories and their existence is worth remembering and exploring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If anything, within the confines of
entertainment, fiction is all about remembering and revealing a story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal with Aine is totally entertainment,
but within that fabric of entertainment, I want you to see the story of Aine
and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallel will be all the
history surrounding Aine and the history from the time of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, I’ll bring in figures of
speech that reflect Aine and her times as well as from other places, myths, and
sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you don’t get them or
fully understand them, they are expressed and remembered in the context of the
novel—when you see them again in art or literature, you might remember and
realize a deeper context about that piece of art of literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although fiction is all about entertainment,
I never said literature is self-contained or isolated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exact opposite is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, the other two, less obvious types of parallel in Aine will be figures of
speech and the use of other myths and history to bring out the story of
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t details as much as an
overall plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could try to drag up
some details, especially about the other myths and history I’ll include as
parallels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Those other myths are broadly what I call the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point in using a reflected worldview is to
provide a universal connection between all the major and minor myth and
supernatural structures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a true
universal connection found specifically in Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are unfamiliar with this, I’ll try to
explain it in basic terms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you recognize the great truth in C.S. Lewis’ <i>Mere Christianity</i>
where he notes that the supernatural either came from within the creation or
without the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
without, it’s God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
within it’s not God but the creation of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, about God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do need to
point out that the three means to know truth: historical method, logic, and
scientific method proves that God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Specifically, Emmanual Kant’s philosophy proves the not God can’t exist
(you can’t prove a true, you can only prove a not false); the big bang proves
the telic cause of the universe must exist (a telic cause is defined as God);
and finally, the historical method relates in the New Testament the interaction
of God in the process of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
Lewis writes, this evidence of God’s interaction comes from without the
creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we usually term
miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the supernatural
from within creation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point about the supernatural from within the creation is that it
proves God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was what Bram Stoker
the author of <i>Dracula</i> and a very dedicated Catholic was attempting to
show with his character and his novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Dracula</i>
is the most abbreviated and expurgated novel in common use to remove all the
prayer and God language—not to improve the novel, but because the SAS felt they
needed to keep all that God and Christian stuff from its young readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are the same book haters who abbreviated
and expurgated <i>Fahrenheit 451</i> a book about governments burning and
expurgating books. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that as Lewis notes, the moment
we bring up the supernatural in the creation, we are expressing the actions not
of God but of the forces God allows in the creation and those forces naturally
point to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use this in my novels as
the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain
how they fit into the world and the novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, gods and goddesses could exist in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The typical explanation, from the Old
Testament is that they were created by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In my novels, I acknowledge their creation by God and note that they
were put in charge of helping humanity and eventually pointing to the God of
creation in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not alone in
this view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tertullian writes in his
philosophical works about the commonality of Christian imagery in pagan
cultural antiquity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cross and other
symbols as well as the components of the mysterium such as baptism, renaming,
robing, meal with the deity, and many others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These components were already features of Judaism, but made Christianity
look much like a mysterium and led to many Greeks coming to the new variant of
Judaism in the first Century and later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I take the standpoint that gods and goddesses exist in two
varieties, the bound and the unbound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of their purpose was to point to the God in the future, but now to
follow that God and to do the same in this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are those who do follow the God and
those who do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is
much turmoil in the world caused by the remnants of the old and those god and
goddesses caught up in incidents from the past—Aine is just such a being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the undergirding philosophy I use in
the reflected worldview, but it is an undergirding idea and not a focus of the
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I resolve the
question of how gods and goddesses can exist in the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is also the issue of the Fae as well as
other beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll address this next as
well as explain about the bound and unbound.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I’ve been developing my reflected worldview and novels’ supernatural
structure for a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to put together a focus of physical structural and logic to build the world
where gods, goddesses, dragons, the Fae, and other beings can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the ideas I had to confront was the
concept of the bound and unbound gods and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I built these from the concept of the gods
and goddesses who were born, lived, and died within certain cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This came from my <i>Aegypt (Ancient Light) </i>novels
where I posited that the Goddess of Light and Darkness were twins and chosen from
their children after their deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
actually waffled a bit on this information and didn’t provide any complete
details until my later novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, the idea of a goddess or god who was born then lived and then died comes
from the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic ideas of the primary earth goddess who controls
the seasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Anglo-Saxon culture this
was Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seasons were spring,
the maiden, summer, the woman, and winter, the crone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen supposedly lived and died in a cycle
of generations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods and
goddesses were confined and held to a certain place of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sometimes meant they couldn’t leave
their areas of authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods
and goddesses were stuck in their places and are immortal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unbound are more like normal humans but
have skills, abilities, and powers beyond human kin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, my point in creating these unbound deities was to build my dynasties in <i>Ancient
Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters and
protagonists who populated these novels from the first Leora Bolang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This produced a great series of novels, but I
had other ambitions especially based on Kathrin (Ceridwen) from <i>Children of
Light and Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the
protagonist of this novel, but an important person and character in the other
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made for an interesting and
entertaining series, but that didn’t end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, Aine is a novel about Eoghan but with the focus of a bound and
regular goddess, Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t the
first novel I’ve written with a bound goddess as the focus, but it may be the
second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, the point is to create
this reflected worldview that can fit in all these supernatural creatures and
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is allowing them
to exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only creature I haven’t
been able to fit in is ghosts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts
are just a little outside the ideas and especially the logic of the normal,
real worldview as well as the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts are something many think exist, but
there is no or little basis for their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t run across a reason for ghosts, yet
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, I should move on to
the allegory plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% - I think the parallel plot is one of
the most powerful and useful plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can use it almost everywhere will all kinds of degrees and details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can go from a figure of speech as a part
of a plot to a full-on parallel to define a scene or a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A parallel can just exist to enrich any plot
or story—it doesn’t have to have a reason as much as a presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, the allegory must have both:
reason and presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a good
definition of an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main problem for me with an allegory is that it is indeed hidden
teaching or proselytizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For that
reason alone, I’m not a fan of the allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s not to say I don’t enjoy a good allegory or that I can’t
appreciate both the parallel and the historical basis of the allegory—I just
think we should leave fiction for entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moment a writer tells me he or she wants
to change the world, I want to ask—why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
people can barely write a decent paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of those few who can, most can’t write an entertaining paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps one in a million can write an
entertaining paragraph, but how many of those can write an entertaining
paragraph that also includes some hidden meaning?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a billion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a trillion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why, with the million novels and books
published every year should I have to put up with a single one that isn’t
entertaining, but that’s good for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You may read those.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go for
the entertaining ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We read fiction to be entertained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
readers and students ask me all the time: why don’t you write more technical
works about history?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is
simple: most people are bored by technical writing of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written about 100 papers—you can see
them on the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I sit down to
write fiction, I’m writing 100% to entertain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to entertain myself first, and I hope that also entertains my
readers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hidden meaning in
my writing—I hope not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t put it
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to put one in there
and I don’t want to have to tease one out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now about non-hidden meanings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
shouldn’t be any special messages in the plots or the text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention educating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel may have some notes of
education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to express an idea
in science, spy craft, or history to you, I’ll have to show it to you or
explain it to you in a dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
necessary for the entertainment to come through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to explain to you about the
reflected worldview, I surely need to show that reflected world to you—you
might meet a dragon or a member of the Fae Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just good writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On the other hand, I don’t include any extraneous information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are not about education or informing although
some education and informing must go one—just read my published historical
novels <i>Centurion</i>, <i>The Second Mission</i>, or <i>Aegypt </i>and see
what I mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History is something the
novelist shows you, and that’s entertaining and entertainment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, about the allegory—I don’t intend for there to be any allegories in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll look at fantasy world, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% - this is the bread and butter of
my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at the fantasy
world as a plot just a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
obvious that this is a setting plot, but even more, for years and years, I
imagined this was a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not, but that took me a long time to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go through the three basic
worldviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are overall settings
for any novel or writer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is
the real—this is the worldview and world that most people perceive as
real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That doesn’t meant there might be
disagreements or even conflict about what is real, but the real is generally
grounded in science and a normal understanding of history and existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is where most novels live or
die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s where most writers go to and
come from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the normal for most
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then you have the created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a world and a worldview that is in no way tied to history,
science, or the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get the
wrong idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created can be based
wholly in science, but it isn’t known or existing science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be based in created or future
science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created worldview is
created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a projection or an
extrapolation, or just made up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Science
fiction is all a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Full
on fantasy is usually created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Harry Potty is a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it’s called magic realism, but that is
usually just another type of created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The created worldview is a great worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used it for my science fiction, but not for
my usually or supernatural fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
big difference between the real and the created is the created includes stuff
the author made up about the world, science, the supernatural, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That doesn’t mean it can’t or doesn’t include elements of the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I wrote, that’s just an extrapolated or a
projected world from the real into the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the reflected worldview is where my novels lie, and where I
think most of the best part of the world exists.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview reflects what most people or some people think
exists in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this is
the worldview most people hold but have no idea they hold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural and things that go bump in
the night can exist in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are just imagination in the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All those wonderful ideas about faith, worship,
God, gods, angels, and other supernatural beings are all part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a worldview that most
people hold to be fact, kind of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
explain more, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This might not be the best way to explain the reflected worldview, but it
will be a different way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go over
the three and only three means to know truth: historical, logical, scientific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are based in the historical method,
logic, and the scientific method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical method is also called the evidentiary method and is used to prove
non-repeatable events (like those in history).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The scientific method is used to prove repeatable events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can’t be used to prove non-repeatable
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t know about these
two basic methods of proving truth, you really need to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modern world depends on the scientific
method and the historical method is how you know what is true in history as
well as it’s used in the courts to take away your rights (or return them to
you).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, most people need to
be familiar with the historical and the scientific methods; however, there is
also logic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Greek, who invented these three means to know truth, realized that many
things in the real or physical world are not measurable or normally
knowable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What? You might ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks were interested mainly in
mathematics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Math is perfectly
repeatable, but it is not repeatable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not like scientific phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can’t repeat a math equation and get a statistical average based on
the results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For normal math equation,
there is a single answer or a set of answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not a real world phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is a concept only existing in logic or reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other things like this in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks noted that thoughts
and emotions are both not provable by the historical or the scientific
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are not measurable in any
normal sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the modern world math,
emotions, and thoughts are all similarly unmeasurable and fit in these
categories, but we’ve found other similar problems mainly workload, but even in
science certain events are considered non-repeatable or only repeatable on a
grand scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there is the
supernatural.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you go to church or you believe in a god or in the God, you accept there
is a supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural
can’t be proven with the scientific method—that’s not to say certain elements
in the world don’t point to the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You might begin to touch the supernatural with the historical
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People have reported
supernatural events since the beginning of human history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the real proof of the supernatural
comes from logic and from philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you didn’t know, the entire purpose of philosophy until Emmanual Kant was
to prove God exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emmanual Kant
produced a philosophical proof that has yet to be disproven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In it, he proved the not God can’t
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In logic you can’t prove a
true—you can only prove a false, a not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kany proved the not God can’t exist therefore logic proved God must
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does this have to do with
the reflected worldview?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shows what
we always knew, the supernatural must exist because God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more, and I’ll give it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You could argue the reflected worldview is the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go that far, at least from a writing
standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world of the
supernatural is filled with great things to write about some could be and
likely are true, but many others aren’t true and are likely not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question, especially for the writer,
is what is reflected and what is real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d
say for writing it doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
matters in writing fiction is entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I write using the reflected worldview because it’s fun and entertaining to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To find the supernatural in unexpected
places or to see the secrets of the world around the supernatural, that is fun
and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, to invoke the
ideas we have about our normal world, but then to overlay those ideas with new
ones that fit into the reflected world—that is really powerful and
wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, to imagine a
dragon who knows his place and why he was created, or a dragon who knows his
place but not why he exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
epic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The supernatural world has rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>The
Golden Bough</i> Sir James Frazer tried to define the supernatural for the
purpose of dispelling that it could ever exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He really failed, but he produced a wonderful work that shows the basis
for the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His writing really
defines the basis for the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, he didn’t provide us any real helpful guidance because in
the reflected worldview, we aren’t looking for proof, we are presenting the
world as humans understand it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reflected
worldview is reflected because you can find so much data and writing about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not writing about fiction perse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m writing about the information you might
find by making any library or internet search.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example about Asmodeus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What about Asmodeus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Asmodeus is my
demon from <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Deamon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The only problem, is Asmodeus isn’t my
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do a little searching, you
will find he is the demon from <i>Tobit</i>, the apocryphal book and there is a
lot of information about him from <i>Tobit</i> on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, for his name to be used in <i>Tobit</i>,
you know it must have existed before then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is Asmodeus real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He exists in
history, in literature, in art, and in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a great representative for the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same can be
said for the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to the Fae,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are a little most complex, but we need to fit them into the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place,
all supernatural beings have an origin and a reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That origin and that reason may be clouded in
myth or lost in word of mouth, but usually, you can find the origin stories
(myths) and pull together the history of such beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are the regular supernatural,
those deities and ideas we know very well from history and writing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In British myth from
the Christianization Era, the idea of the neutral angels became some idea in
the myths surrounding the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are the fairies and fairy creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
likely the Fae existed as an idea well before the Christian Era in Britian, but
the Christianization provided some explanation for their existence and like
many ancient ideas in Britain, they became associated with Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the British myth, the Fae were originally the neutral angels in the battle
between Satan and God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, no neutral
angels are mentioned in the Bible or the Apocryphal documents, but the British
have a long history of many cultures Picts, Welsh, Celtic, Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon,
Vikings, and Normans that were against each other, allied with each other, or
neutral to each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were important
and defining characteristics of the overall British culture and society from
the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of the
neutral angels appealed very strongly in this cultural soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In this myth of the Fae, the demons were cast into hell, only to be seen
occasionally, the good angels who supported God kept their positions of
authority in the heavens and continued to be messengers of the God, while the
neutral angels were cast down to the earth to await either repentance or damnation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This particular idea that the Fae are a type
of fallen angel is what drives the Fae myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll look at these details, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the Fae is immense in British myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It goes well beyond the simple idea of small
beings flitting around a garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
comprise four groups and courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
courts being rulers of certain areas in the British Isles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are three Seelie courts and one
Unseelie court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of the Seelie
and the Unseelie are generally that the Unseelie is evil or opposed to
humanity, but the reality is much more complex than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use my novels to look in depth at these
very peculiar beings and groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Unseelie are supposed to be evil, but the Seelie are equally cruel and
capricious to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Unseelie have
there own problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most do live by preying
on humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is likely the biggest
difference, but the Seelie are equally harmful to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is the list of the Fae courts and their
leaders: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seelie - Daoine Sidhe – General Britain and Scotland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Oberon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Titania<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fae of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg" title="Tylwyth Teg"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tylwyth Teg</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Tylwyth Teg are Welsh Fae</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pryderi fab
Pwyll <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigfa" title="Cigfa"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Cigfa</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon" title="Rhiannon"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rhiannon</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Manawyadan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Irish <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídhe</span></strong> (singular <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídh) Tuatha
Dé Danann</span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Art Óenfer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Achtan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unseelie – all of Britain, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Morgan le Fey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Madoc Morfryn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The overall leader or queen of the Fae is Essie, the Aos Si.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes from my novels, and I developed
this character and idea as the physical being made by God to help the Fae find
their way in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This gets very
complex since if you note the name of the main or head Seelie court is the
Daoine Sidhe, the children of Dana-ana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dana-ana is the name of the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic goddess of the spring
and the manifestation of the maiden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was also the main goddess of the Fae and the supposed bound god leader of the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets more complex in the
mythology.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Ceridwen is the unbound goddess who represents the maiden, the mother, and the
crone in Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and Gaelic mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sovereign goddess of all, but is
reborn in each generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is born,
lives, and dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use her in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen rules the courts of the
gods, man, and the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s not that
good of a goddess, but I give her some improvement in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point of this is that the idea of the Fae is very deep in British
mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has legs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As authors we sometimes have to bring all the
ideas of myth together and the myths themselves allow us to do this and see these
relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is really very
interesting is the connection of the myths to Christianity and the old pagan
beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They provide some connection from
the ancient past to the more modern and then into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This then is the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to believe in the Fae to be
enraptured by the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to
believe in anything to want to see the ideas of ancient peoples in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We call this magic realism and,
as I note, the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can also look at other mythical/historical creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, what about other creatures and beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For years, I wrote, don’t write about vampires, but then I wrote a
really fun novel about a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
your usual vampire, but I think the main point was what I was exploring in my
Enchantment novels—the redemption of beings whom we don’t think can be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was the entire point of my vampire novel—I
was writing about a vampire who could be redeemed and how she could be
redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or perhaps, you could
say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was writing about how a vampire
of any kind could be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was
the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Again, also, how can a vampire fit into the reflected worldview from a logic
standpoint?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I concluded that a vampire
was missing a key element of the human construction of sarx, psuche, and
pneuma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A vampire doesn’t have a physical
or sarx presence in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
intellect, psuche and freewill, pneuma, but not physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must renew themselves monthly at the full
moon by taking on the essence, blood of a human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That renews their sarx existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why they can’t be seen in a mirror or
in silver as in normal photography, but in electronic photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also will be destroyed if the sunlike
hits them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s my idea of a vampire
from the myth and historical notions of a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the fun part of the reflected worldview—the author can create
logical extensions and reasons why a supernatural being can exist in the world,
and build around that supernatural being a reality that means they must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I did with the Fae and with my
vampires—yes, I wrote about another vampire, but not in detail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The entertainment comes from the development of such beings and introducing
them and building them into the real world—the reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned it before, but one of the main points of the reflected
worldview is that the reader should be able to make a search for your
supernatural being and find a whole slate of information about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should be able to have a background based
on the creature that submits to scrutiny and that fits into the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very different than the
created worldview of Harry Potty that is not found in myth or in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, the author can produce a real
world with a sufficient suspension of disbelief that results in a world that is
created, but not based on a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some would state that the Harry Potty
worldview is a hybrid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does indeed
incorporate elements of the real, the reflected, and a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay, but the problem is that it isn’t
based on the strength of history or myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what I’m aiming for, a worldview based on history and myth that
intrigues my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I want
in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine herself is based on a real (mythical and historical goddess).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has a history and a reality from
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is she real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is reflected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were large cultural and societal groups
who believed in and worshiped her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are people today, I’m sure, who accept her as history and or as myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some might still say they believe in
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could ask who believes in Zeus
today?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actual answer might be
astounding to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Basically the entire educated world believes in Zeus as a mythical and
historically based being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the
absolute and correct answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many
still believe in him as a god and a real being?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entirely different question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The answer is many less than those who know he is a mythological and historical
being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, Zeus stands in history and
in myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The belief and religion of Zeus
spans thousands of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His myths are
indisputable, but mythological.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine in some ways is similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
mythology came out of a less literate and later society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her religion, pantheon, and history were
purged away by Christianity and other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had much less affect on the world than
Zeus, but she sits as a real mythical being in the pantheon and history of
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more about Aine that I
want to use.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine is one of the Fae queens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is an important and interesting concept in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote already that the idea of the Fae were
contained and explained as the neutral angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself predates Christianity in Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the fact she is revered in history
as a Fae queen means the Fae predated Christianity (we knew that), it means Aine
was seen as both positive and negative in her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also means she was seen as worldly and
unworldly—having a foot on the earth and one in heaven, but banished to the
earthly lands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fae also presumes glamour
as opposed to magic or sorcery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should
mention about both before we continue to the next plot type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the supernatural is filled with magic and miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magic comes from within the creation and
miracles comes from outside the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic is based on faith in the creation while miracles comes from
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the reflected worldview, I developed the concept of glamour, which is the
miracles of the Fae and the gods and goddesses in the world and magic which is
the action of the belief in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a very important idea in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for this is that in some way you
need to define magic in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, you should define the action of miracles in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is this important? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, magic needs some explanation in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a totally illogical and
unreasonable magic system like the one in Harry Potty or you can have a well
researched one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, I use the
magic system defined by PEI Bonewitz based on <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This system uses the “laws of magic” as described in <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is completely different than glamour
which is inherent in beings from outside of creation or whose powers come from
outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The neutral angels
who were exiled to earth are obviously beings from outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and goddesses gained their power
from the God who made them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also
have glamour. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In general, I don’t write positively abut magic, but rather do about glamour
or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find this to be natural
in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
adverse to seeing magic as positive in some ways, I just usually don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My main point is that you must have and
present some method based in reason and logic about how your magic system works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really don’t care how it works—it just
needs to be logical in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
personally use a real magic system based on the reflected laws of magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question of “real” is illusive just as I
discussed before—so, you can see that based in reason and logic, you can
develop a system based on whatever you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The trick is reason and logic—it has to make sense to your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do suggest actually blocking out such a system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I wrote, I haven’t really dug into a
positive magic use or system in my writing, and if I did, I’d use the system I described
to you generally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I would give you the full frontal on this system, but it is complex and
detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to study it yourself
to be about to integrate it in your worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will find that some of the systems of magic in gaming systems can be
adapted to a novel and to a magic system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s a much better start and state than what Harry Potty uses which is
basically nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just advise not having
a magic system with no rules or no basis for operating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s how you get to Harry Potty and
silliness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silliness is right out, although
most readers might not notice it unless you have a bestseller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you do have a choice—magic or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic works under certain rules and concepts controlled by human
beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miracles come from God and are miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t have to have any basis in rules or
laws—except those rules or laws put in place by the miracle makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an important point I make in my
novels, and this is a very important point in writing either a reflected or a
created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You do see this
expressed in various novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In other words, magic can be unlimited as miracles are, but then you need
some means of restricting the power or use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Having a natural system of operation like laws an rules for the magic self-limits
the magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not everyone can do it, and
not everyone has the power—it requires some degree of skill and study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, those who can do miracles
can just do them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might need some
degree of training and study, but they are basically unlimited except through their
power and skills or through other limitations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, the humans can’t use glamour except through special
items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The glamour users are all the
Fae, gods, and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This places very
specific limitations as well as controls on the users.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, the powers of all these beings is
limited by their purpose in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They don’t have unlimited power or capability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any system you develop or that you reflect
in your worldview, you need to figure all this out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I guess I’ll conclude with how I’ll use all of this in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I mentioned, Aine is a goddess and a bound goddess at that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means she is immortal, and her purpose
just as all goddesses and gods is to eventually point to the God of creation—the
God who created her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is her purpose
just as every human has a similar purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The problem with humanity and with goddesses is that both have freewill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The object of freewill is what makes the main
problems for humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goddesses are
supposed to be a little different, but as myth shows us, they really aren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other problem with Aine is that she is a
Fae queen and can use glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll add
that she can also turn into a red horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What’s the point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are fallen (neutral) angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gods and goddesses are made or created beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are different than human beings, but
they were made by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think
Aine was mistakenly made a Fae queen, she was declared a Fae queen because of
her position and power in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think it was her acts against her actual position that led to her downfall and
her situation, thus she was declared a Fae queen even before her end in the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine has more problems than the
normal god or goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is somewhat
indifferent to her responsibilities and her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes her like the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of acting like her peers in
submitting to the work of the people and the work of God, she confounded God
and didn’t act to the benefit of the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She ended up where she is because she was too much in the world and not
enough into her responsibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thus, Aine has some real problems that could cause her trouble in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, she is paired with the
one person who could really help her, Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is gentle and kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s
very responsible and controlled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just
doesn’t know fully what he wants to be or do in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will help him and he will help her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the soul of the novel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about fantasy world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My fantasy
world is the real world with the reflected thrown in just as it is in this
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People believe in the
supernatural as they desire and as they approach life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many who would never accept the idea of a
dragon, the Fae, gods or goddesses, or a vampire, will readily accept the God
and Christianity or other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the supernatural, and this isn’t to make God or Christianity
equal to the other elements of the supernatural, however, logically, they all
have a similar basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point,
and that is exactly why the supernatural appeals to so many people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I want to point out again, Bram
Stoker wrote <i>Dracula</i> as well as his other novels on the supernatural to
prove the existence of the God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C.S.
Lewis would agree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural in
literature should point to the real supernatural in the world, and that means
God.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is ultimately what Aine shows in the world, and I think that’s a very
good and entertaining thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move
on. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% - the prison plot is one of the best
plots you can use to build entertainment and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used it many times in all kinds of
flavors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The full-on prison plot is like
that in <i>The Count of Monte Christo</i> and <i>The Man in the Iron Mask</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In these the protagonist faces and experiences
long term prison supposedly for false reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Getting there, being there, then escaping or getting out are all drivers
of the overall plot and the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you haven’t read these novels, you need to, but the full-on prison plot isn’t
the only way to use the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i> has a type of prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sara is stuck in the school and a type of prison as the forced teacher and a
maid for the household.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She eventually
is helped to escape her prison in the attic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are other ways to play this scenario.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>One of the best ways and the way I work this is with short term
detention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if your
characters are arrested and taken in by the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this in many variants in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if your characters aren’t
arrested, but if they are accosted by a criminal or see a crime, the police
will want them to come and give a statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be kept in place for a while and that’s a type of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this too, and it’s a fun way to use
the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other means
of having a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to
that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts as a basic full-on prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have Aine imprisoned in a crypt and Eoghan releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s about as prison as you can get.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a lady who was imprisoned in a
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s been there for a long
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of her basic nature, she
doesn’t have some of the real problems of the normal human prisoner, but she
has been in there for ages, and Eoghan finds and releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of this is that Aine falls madly for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I really hate to say she falls in love with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love and Aine are kind of foreign concepts because
of her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just
say she is smitten forever because he saved her from her continuous imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did I mention she’s been there a long long
time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve played this before in my novels, but not to this degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other novels, people might have been
released from captivity, but not in this fashion and not really for this long
of cogent imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
none of my other characters have been aware of their long term imprisonment,
not like Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can guess how happy
she is to be released, plus, Eoghan might be the only person in the world who
can and world release her.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Many who might release her, would not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the few who could even know or detect
her, might not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a
kind and gentle man. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would release
Aine just because he is a great guy, but this will cause problems for him and
for the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will be part of the
entertainment in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about other prison plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
might throw one in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prison plots are
just so easy to use and to get into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, all I need is for Aine or Eoghan or Eva to do something a little
illegal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, they will be escaping
justice, so to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will be
hunted eventually by Stela and the Organization, or that’s my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The police might be looking for them actively
as in criminally, or for them generally, as in missing person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t decided how I want to work this or
how I want to present this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will
come with the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, the prison
plot can be just tossed in when the author needs it or wants it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not a fan of writing where the author places a tensioned scene with
repercussions that suddenly disappear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, if the police or others are after your characters, don’t
just let them shrug it off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There needs
to be a result and resolution based on the circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there isn’t, why even bring in the peril
in the first place?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think this is an important point of writing, but to really do it justice,
I need to think about it, and perhaps make it the next topic under the prison
plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Peril is like a Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps
I need to explain the Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov, the famous playwright wrote that if a playwright introduces a
gun in act one, someone must shoot it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His point was that when a writer places a
setting element in a play, he or she should turn it into a creative element in
the next act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true to a large
degree in novels as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel,
not every setting element needs to become a creative element, but especially with
important elements, we shouldn’t introduce them and not use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel, because of the magnitude of the
setting elements, not every single one needs to be promoted to creative elements,
but why describe a setting element if you aren’t going to use it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the main point here is not just the
use of the setting elements, but rather, introducing peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peril in a scene is the development of
tension—tension without release is worthless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, let’s not build tension if we don’t release the
tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the previous example, don’t
introduce a strained situation like an illegality or an incident without
resolving it in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically,
I find irrationality in shows or novels to be terrible writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great author doesn’t necessarily clean up
ever loose end and tie it up with a bow, but each incident of note needs a
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try an example using the
prison plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>, Rose goes out to find and rescue
a couple of girls in her house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
finds them in peril with a couple of women who are selling them beer and
cigarettes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the girls are attacked,
Rose fights back and using her very great skills stops their attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the process, Robyn calls the police and
the other girls from her house come to help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The conclusion of the event is that Rose is injured and brought to
hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are picked up by
the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teachers and
headmistress get involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is
this, all of these situations need to be seen through to the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of Rose in hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of the girls and Rose with the
police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem of the teachers, and
finally, the criminals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these
need to be addressed and resolved to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This completes the peril with appropriate
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point with the prison plot is that this is an appropriate release and
circumstance in the appropriate situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, sending Rose to hospital is one example of the prison
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Placing the criminals in prison is
another example of a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to reasonably and rationally complete an introduced peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This just makes sense to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any writing, it really bothers me when a
situation isn’t resolved effectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps this is just a problem for those who have complex circumstances,
but it does seem to be a problem of many movies and some writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect it causes a real problem for many unpublished
writers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42% - I’ll move to
the item plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great plot and
very easy to appropriately introduce to any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can just throw it in at will for a single
scene, or build it carefully through scenes to act as a telic element.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always say go big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I already wrote about the ring in <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the
Warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The ring moves on the down
low through the entire novel slowly gathering more and more mojo until it
becomes a telic element near the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the best way to work an item in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With items, you have McGuffins as well as real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin is an item that exists solely to
move a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has no real value,
worth, or maybe existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>McGuffins are
common in some modern novels, but I like items of real value and worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like my magic items to be magical, and my
other items to be used and usable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if you introduce a gun…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now a
gun can be used in many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
shoot it, the target is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can also use it other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is
true of the knife or any other weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s true, if you introduce a weapon, you should use it, but use means a
lot of different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to
stop here and move forward next about the different types of items and how you
can use them in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, there are McGuffins and real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A McGuffin could be an actual and real item, or it could be something just
made up of even false or non-existent like the Maltese Falcon in the novel of
the same name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a fan of the McGuffin,
but I do see their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin can
be very worthwhile in a real worldview novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could also be used in a reflected worldview novel, but the question
is why not give a real power or ability to an item?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m into that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the most interesting use of an item
is the secret or secret capability of the item that the protagonist or other character
discovers in the revelation of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is just the case with Angelica’s ring from my novel <i>Cassandra:
Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have items of power whose capability or abilities are hidden or secret.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then, there are items whose capabilities are obvious like a gun or a
knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These have obvious capabilities,
but potentially many abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, you can shoot a gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means
a lot of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gun can be shot at
someone or just in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
used to hunt or fired at a target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the points that are most obvious about a gun, but a gun can be used in many
other ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can use a gun as a tool, in the sense of striking a person or a
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun can be mishandled—resulting
in firing or misfiring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
cleaned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be used to
threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a paperweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be an item that causes fear or that
reduces fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all, the gun is a very
useful tool in every potential use from shooting to just an item to a threat or
a positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guns are highly versatile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knives are too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Knives are very useful tools like guns, but their use and potential use is
even more varied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus a knife can’t
usually go off unexpectedly although there can be accidents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at these items and their potential,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We don’t need to just write about potentially dangerous items, because most
items are dangerous depending on their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A book, for example, could be used as a bludgeon, but you can also read
it, tear it up, use parts for scrap, burn it, use it as a door stop, and
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that there are
nefarious uses for any item, and items can be used in all kinds of ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I proposed a novel I call bookgirl where the main item is a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of the book was to include a clue
in the margins or on a title page that led the protagonist and the protagonist’s
helper to a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a normal
use for such an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, the book
isn’t a McGuffin and it isn’t supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The book is an item with a real use to forward the plot through not just
its existence but, rather, its contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, on to knives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A knife is a very common item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could have an inscription on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could use it to harm or just to cut your meat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could threaten or make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
knife is an innocuous item until it isn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov could not have written, if you introduce a knife in the first Act
someone must be stabbed with it in the second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s because the knife has many more uses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess you could write, if you introduce the
knife in act one, someone needs to open a letter with it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the entire point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For an
author, the use of the gun might not be for it to fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the use of the knife might not be
to cause harm or to threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The knife
could include an inscription that moves the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other use of a knife could be
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could have great real
power like a spell or a capability or it could lend a capability to the
user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done this before too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t just make stuff up about items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I research items from myth and history to provide a basis for the
item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I used Arthur’s dagger
from history and myth in one of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point about items is that they have many uses in plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use the item plot in
Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I’ll add a supernatural item into Aine, but I’m not sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t researched this enough, but there
are four great items of the Celtic and Gaelic Seelie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These would rightly be part of the
supernatural items Aine might use and control, but the Gaelic Seelie, the Irish
<strong>Aes Sídhe</strong> (singular <strong>Aes Sídh) Tuatha Dé Danann </strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">guard these as great treasures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There would be little opportunity and little
reason for Aine and Eoghan to seek them in Ireland or use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are always possibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">I was mainly thinking about normal
items that might really get Aine a go’n.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, some personal item that belonged to Eoghan that he gifted
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Gaelic aren’t as nutso about
gifts and gift giving as the Anglo-Saxons, but they do have their craziness as
a culture about gifts and welcoming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
Eoghan were to gift her something, he would have a very difficult time getting
it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps parts of his clothing which
he gives to Aine when he finds her in the state of nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many more possibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another fun one might be a gun or a
knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun would be interesting
because Aine would have to use it and learn about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That could provide great entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a host of items that could attract
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus there is this thing about
people who come from item poor cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They tend to want to hord and get stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can see this in the World War Two generation. They had nothing, so
as they gained wealth, they gained stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People who have all the stuff they every wanted like some later USA
generations tend to not see much value in stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some cultures, like the Japanese, want stuff,
but have little room for that stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
these are cultural, and Aine is one of those little stuff kinds of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will want to have and own things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are other things Aine might
acquire and desire.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Desire and acquire, this is a very
interesting plot type in the item plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She wants things and things in the Gaelic culture mean wealth and
power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This includes stuff we usually
don’t think much about like animals, land, titles, responsibility—all these are
things, items, a person like Aine could and would want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would equally want this for Eoghan
because she will assume Eoghan is hers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes,
this is a cultural thing mixed with an Aine thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cultural because, Aine will want and desire
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will assume that he is hers and
that he rescued her for himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Yes, in the ancient world people
did rescue others without much or any reluctance, but you have to realize the
mind of the ancient world and the Gaelic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I rescue a person of equal rank to me,
that person owe me a wearguild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue
places a burden of repayment on the rescued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is true of any rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a
person of greater rank rescues one of lower rank, the one of lower rank can be
required to become a servant of a slave of the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is called a thane in Anglo-Saxon society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is especially true if the rescuer is of
noble rank and the other is common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
might be a free thane or a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Aine is of a noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll discuss her place in this rescue que
with Eoghan next.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Yes, rank is an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a thing to be achieved as well as a
possession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a fantastic type of item
to use in rank based cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
one of the reasons I like to write in British and French settings—rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Aine has rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a Fae Queen—that’s important, but not
in the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the human
courts don’t have any authority in the Fae courts and vice versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine has no rank in the human courts based on
her Fae rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Aine is also a goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and the goddesses have authority,
but not over general humans or their courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They do have authority over their worshipers, but that’s about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can kill, attack, and bully humans, but
that is considered a high crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
too refined to act that way, plus, she has no followers anymore—not in the
modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She might try to get some.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">What about noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It depends on which tale you accept and which
ones you don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to ignore all
the late tales and focus on the early ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine was so beautiful and desirable that an Irish king tried to rape
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This usually means that Aine was
outside of the king’s rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine was a
Fae Queen and a goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was desired
because of her power, skills, and her beauty not her rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Aine were of a princess or even the
daughter of another high noble, the king would simply ask for her hand in marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tried to rape her—he had no legitimate claim
on her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, she wasn’t so stupid to allow
him to take her that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means
that Aine’s rank wasn’t noble or at least not high enough to marry a king.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be a problem for her in the modern
world.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Aine will assume she is taken as a
free thane by Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has status,
but not rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she learns his true
rank, it will be even worse for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
will know, by his name, that he is from high nobility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will not know, he comes from the lineage
of kings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will provide some great
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Yes, Aine has a problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a problem created by her captors and
those who entombed her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They knew that if
she was ever rescued, she would fall as a captive to whoever let her go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The king she dethroned and who tried to rape
her, wanted to punish her as much as he could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He couldn’t kill her, so he thought of the next best thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be entombed and not able to escape, but
then in escape to be made a captive and a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her only hope was to be freed by a woman of
high rank—then Aine could at least become a lady-in-waiting—that has rank and
hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Aine was released by a slave or
a thane, she would owe them money or work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A drudge for a slave.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Eoghan might be the worst to rescue
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Eoghan, he can claim her as a
free thane or as a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no nobility,
and he is the nobility of a king.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is similar to the situation that led to her entombment as well as the dethronement
of the original king.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">However, Eoghan is a modern man
with modern sensibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will treat
her like a princess, but expect nothing else from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will throw her off her culture and her
knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I want to
play this, but I want to make it very powerful in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want Aine to be consumed with it while she
wants to give herself to Eoghan, and he won’t have her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, eventually, but he isn’t easily won or
wooed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My prepublication reader might
not like that, but perhaps, I’ll build the modern chasing from the standpoint
of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rank is the thing that will be the most
powerful item in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be
the problem and the plot that builds great fun in the novel—plus it will show
the main point of the ancient cultures and societies I’m writing about and revealing.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">I’ve gone over the major plots from
the classics and how they might fit into Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also showed which plots I like to use and which I’m not very excited
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, some of this is personal preference,
but some of it is what I think will sell and will interest most readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, you will always find some market
for some types of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hate to say
it but most religious type writing is proselytizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did have a publisher, until they went out
of business, who encouraged and accepted novels that contained religion, but
not proselytizing, in the sense of hitting people over the head with religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish this were true of normal publishers
who seem to accept those who proselytize in every other subject than in religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or who proselytize in every other religion
except Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems one is
acceptable and the other is not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The same it true of the end of the
world plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are plots based on
proselytizing an idea or a religious concept like global flooding or ecological
destruction or an ice age or a nuclear disaster or a world wide war or over
population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, most of these are religious
in nature and require either a very great writer or the acquiescence of the
reader to an ideology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not into
either.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The other real problem for many plots
is what I call the god or messiah concept that comes from developing a god or
messiah-like protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see
this in Harry Potty novels and the Marvel and the DC movies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is evident in many other novels and
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll say from the beginning that
I’m into novels and writing that deals with real people and real problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problems and the people might be special,
but they are in the realm of the real and the normal—that’s what most of the plots
are about anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The most terrible plots are those
based on a god or a messiah that starts with a god-like individual or an
individual who eventually develops god-like skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can also be like the Jame Patterson
young adult novels where the plots keep getting larger and larger until they
encompass the world or the universe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
see this perfectly in cheap but popular anime and the Marvel and DC
universes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, it’s about the
destruction of a city or a town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it’s
about the destruction of a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
it’s about the destruction of a continent, then the world, then the solar
system, then the universe, then the entire universes, then the dimension, then
other dimensions, and so on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It becomes
a growing list of destruction which the gold-like messiahs resolve in varying
ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it really gets crazy, because
you can only do so much with gods and goddesses who have real god-like
powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be clear, I write about gods
and goddesses, but their powers are limited to myth and the expectation of gods
and goddesses in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Superheroes
and messiahs like Harry Potty are gods and goddesses with unlimited powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s mainly why I don’t like the messiah
plot, and why I hate superheroes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Perhaps I’ll get more into plots
overall, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-37814366652039606412024-02-27T05:10:00.001-06:002024-02-27T05:10:00.155-06:00Writing - part xxx607 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Items, Rank in Aine<p>27 February 2024, Writing - part xxx607 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Items, Rank in Aine</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or antagonist,
action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
guess I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) – the first stop in Greece was
Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tour was great, but the
lunch okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have used a Greek
salad and a Mythus beer, but there was an okay buffet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been to Greece many times before and to
Olympus more than once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I set a couple
of my novels in Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like
Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve even had my characters go
to Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just as I described
it and just as I remembered it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
they have a new entry and gatehouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s where we write about setting and the setting plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just by picking Greece and places in Greece as a setting, I’ve enacted a
setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be Greece as
a setting, and the reality is that Greece is a setting while a setting plot is a
setting that automatically starts a type of plot based wholly on the setting,
so, no, Greece is not a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greece
is just a type of setting, and a great setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In a setting plot, the setting itself determines the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clearer as we develop the
idea of a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great type of
setting, like Greece, makes for a great setting—a great place to launch a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I choose very specific places or
setting for my novels and my plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you haven’t noticed, I choose settings based very specifically on my
protagonist and my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
novels I set in Greece are there because of the protagonist and the
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Setting plots are similar,
but different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, a setting
plot is a setting plot because of the type of plot as compared to the type of
setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really won’t get deeply into
the details of building a setting, but suffice to say, the initial setting of
the novel is critical to the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
comes from the protagonist and the setting of the initial scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there, the scenes build on their input
and output sequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how we
might use setting plots in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% - I don’t
intend to use any type of this plot although I think you can use a limited end
of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to explain how
the setting creates or develops the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In this case, if you have an end of the world setting, you will have an
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t get
away from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true of most (all)
setting plots, and this is the problem with the setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have a certain type of setting, you
pretty much must include that setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is especially true of the end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I can’t imagine how you can’t have
the end of the world plot without an end of the world setting and visa
versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the bigger question is can you set up an end of the world plot that
isn’t really about the end of the world—the answer is, yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a matter of fact, Harry Potty is a limited
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How’s that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty is a limited end of the world
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of the world is the end of
the wizarding world and the Harry Potty world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Really, who cares?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, who
cares about the end of the wizarding world that no one except the magic folks
can even know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of Harry Potty’s
world doesn’t mean any negative affect on the rest of the world, but it gives
you an understanding of how to write a limited end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If it is the end of something important like a business, an era, a nation,
an idea, a philosophy, a theology, or anything like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything that is valuable and that will
change people’s lives or existence can be developed into an end of the world
type plot, and used very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m opposed to the end of the world plot because since Noah, it has been
stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There really was an end of the
world, the rest are just facetious and silly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean really, the closest humanity has come
to the end of the world is a nuclear war, but it hasn’t happened and even the
couple of nuclear events that we know affected humanity, didn’t come close to
destroying the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, such an
event, like the bombing of a city or destruction can be a limited end of the
world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the case of Aine, I could present an end of the world she knows, but that
would only affect her and no one else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An end of the world plot of any size must affect a large number of
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One or two isn’t enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A business might be enough, but it should
affect more than a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should really
affect a community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I don’t think an
end of the world plot is suitable for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A limited end of the world plot might be a great fit in some
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t recommend an all out end
of the world plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% - the war plot is perhaps
the most useful plot in all literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was totally misused and not used enough during the Victorian
Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason the Victorians were
embarrassed by sex, sickness, toilet work, basics of work, household stuff, and
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why they didn’t like to write about
war is silly to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the few war
plots you get are real classics from the era, like Dickens, <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The few war plots from this era are usually classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how can you use the war plot?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can obviously go for the full-on war plot—you can place your novel in a
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That setting can be either in the
midst of the fighting, in support of the fighting, the home front with the
soldiers, the home front with non-fighters, or about anything else you can
think of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This variety is what makes the
war plot and the war setting so powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also brings up the question why the Victorians didn’t use the war
plot when there were wars going on all around them and during their times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just didn’t like the war setting, I
guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the war plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my writing I use the cold war concept to develop my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all of my writing has a war plot or
setting, but much of it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
of my published science fiction has a war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of my other fiction is set either during
wars or in cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence
setting (which is a war setting) makes for a great war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give you some ideas and write about
it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the intelligence business, there is overt and covert operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of these support a war setting and a war
plot—they aren’t about hot wars, usually, they are all about cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the basis for my work in the
military.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the war setting in many
if not most of my writing, and if it isn’t a war setting or plot, the novels or
characters have a connection to the intelligence business and therefore to the
war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Essie:
Enchantment and the Aos Si</i>, the Aos Si is characterized as being at war
with Ceridwen and therefore with England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, in the same novel, Mrs. Lyons is the wife of Lt Col Lyons
who runs the Organization a language intelligence service and operation under
the MI structure (it used to be MI-19).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, even this novel that is only loosely connected to a war setting is
really a war plot with a war setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Who would imagine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The intelligence structure and operations make for great war settings even
when they are not full-on war settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the type of environment (setting) I like to work with and in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be like this, too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, Eoghan and his family are connected to the intelligence structure
through the Organization (MI-19) and Stela, a branch under the Organization
that protects Britain from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This automatically places the setting in a type of war setting—it is an
intelligence and cold war type setup, but the challenge is from the
supernatural as well as the other political and hegemonic enemies of
Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence agents and
operatives are working to protect and help protect Britain even if there is no
hot war going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll describe more
about how I’ll use this plot and setting, next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have Eoghan who is an agent for Stela—even if he doesn’t fully understand
what Stela is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steal, I’ll remind you is
the British intelligence agency under the Organization that is the past
MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll write about the MI
structure just for kicks and grins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In WWII, the MI structure included MI-1 through MI-19 excluding MI-13 and
MI-18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just weren’t used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the MIs except MI-5, MI-6, and MI-19 were
absorbed into MI-5 and MI-6 or other military and civilian government
agencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know what happened to MI-5
and MI-6—they are still around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big
question is what happened to MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have no real idea, but MI-19 was the prisoner interrogation arm of the MI
structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It handled mostly Germans,
but obviously all the other prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, you need to be able to speak the languages of the
prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every military intelligence
system or structure must have a foreign language group attached to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A foreign language group handles three levels
of language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Basic language intelligence – this
is the detailed knowledge of a foreign language for the purpose of training,
translations, and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
operatives who may be first language speakers of the foreign language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These people understand, for example, English
and their primary language very well, their language perfectly, but may have
accents and not a perfect understanding of English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can’t pass as a British citizen in their
appearance or their English pronunciation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Mid-grade language intelligence –
these are British citizens whose primary language is usually British English,
but their secondary language is good, but not perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their appearance usually doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t need to look or sound like a
perfect British citizen, but they usually need to seem like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the operatives who usually
accomplish prisoner interrogations and expatriate and defector debriefings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can additionally occasionally be used as
basic language operatives, but usually their secondary language skills aren’t
good enough to be basic language operatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, they have accents in their secondary language that makes them
unusable in the highest classification of language spies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Language intelligence agents—these
are British citizens whose primary language is British English, who have one or
more secondary languages that they learned in the country of question, and who
look undoubtably like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their language skill in English is perfect with no foreign accent and
their secondary language skill is street level with no British accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are your covert agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should note that there is a subgroup of
these agents who might understand a secondary language perfectly, but have some
accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are less useful, but can
play a role as an agent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters
I usually write about are these agents.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let me explain a little bit about language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll do that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where is MI-19?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nations don’t get rid
of their most powerful intelligence organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why in my novels, MI-19 became, the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They support foreign
language operations and provide foreign language operatives and agents to the
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their agents and operatives are
found in the other military intelligence agencies, MI-5 and MI-6, and
specifically in the foreign office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
of the Organization’s operatives are in the Organization, but some are shared
with other intelligence and government offices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The greatest use of agents is in the foreign office and in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are many uses for language intelligence assets, but the highest use is
the covert surveillance of foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This usually happens around the embassies and foreign dignitaries like ambassadors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most common overt and covert operations
are just listening through all kinds of means to foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For listening, in this sense, you don’t need
the really high end level three language intelligence agents—you just need operatives
at the first level. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, for covert
operations, you must have level three agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What exactly does a level three agent do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In language intelligence, these are listeners
who, look like they could never be listeners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the backbone of covert language operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the main, these are the young and totally
British looking secretaries, guards, muscle, and lower level people who are
full-on language experts with intimate understanding of the targeted language
or languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might accompany an
ambassador in all kinds of capacities, and they act in these capacities, but
their real reason for being is that they can surreptitiously listen and report
on conversations around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
rarely known to the ambassador or British secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They never let on their language skills
because that would compromise their covert positions and the
effectiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If an enemy sees a lower
level pure British looking subject in a group, they are very likely to
communicate openly with other members of their own group in a way that might
give up great intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, these
agents can check translators and translations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reports go secretly through the intel system and come back to the
ambassador or secretary via classified means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Meanwhile, no one expects the lower level secretary to the ambassador or
secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The enemy feels like they can
speak plainly around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also
why guards and muscle make great covert language agents—who would expect the
MI-6 muscle protecting an ambassador or secretary to know the language?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially those who don’t look like the culture
or society in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why
looking like a common British citizen is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember the first language and covert agent
of the Brits in India?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least the
first written about in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
you remember <i>Kim</i> by Rudyard Kipling?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Kim was a child who was brought up and lived on the streets of India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the child of a Brit and an
Irishman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked nothing like the
Indians around him, but he knew their languages at the street level, and he
knew the people and their culture at an intimate level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was, for all practical purposes, an Indian
person in the body of a British citizen—this is the perfect language
intelligence asset and agent (spy).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
do you get a person like this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll show
you that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Like Kim, language spies and agents, in general, came and come from those
children born of British citizens who grew up in foreign environments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are many times the children of foreign
secretaries, ambassadors, and military people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the British empire wound down and caved in on itself, another and
better source became more prevalent—missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children of foreign secretaries and
ambassadors are only a small resource and tend to be of the class that doesn’t
need much employment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British
military has been reduced to mostly embassy assignments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Missionaries go to very exotic locations,
live there, and have children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
children grow up learning the languages on the street—they are the main modern
source of the level three language agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only other source comes from mixed families, however, there are a
couple of problems with these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first
is that a great language agent looks completely British and not like they could
ever understand the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
allows covert actions and operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The other is accent and street wise understanding of the culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless properly trained, many mixed families
don’t pass the necessary accents and street understanding of their own cultures
as well as the British culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are
necessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are also infiltration operations and covert operations within groups
as agents, however, these are less common and there is an obvious tendency to use
local people and not citizens in these operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A British citizen caught in covert operations
within another country faces exposure, punishment, and potentially death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, a foreign national caught
operating either legally or illegally in their own nation can be tried for
treason, but usually such indirect connections, especially in the third world,
are difficult to expose and more difficult to prosecute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact a citizen is selling or discovering
information for Britian in their own nation usually has a commercial reason,
however, if a little military or other information happens to make it into the
briefing, who’s to say it wasn’t just for commercial reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how do you use these language experts,
and how will I use them in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the language experts, operatives and agents from the Organization
and Stela in my novels as embassy secretaries and muscle as well as operatives
in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I follow the main
tenants of the language intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many of my characters are shares from the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They work in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t written about MI-5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not as familiar with their operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might ask why I write about the French
and British language intelligence and intelligence operations when I’m not
British or French.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is
easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to work for the US
government in Special Missions and Special Operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t write about those operations, but I
can write about the similar British and French operations because they are
similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, I will use the Organization and Stela as the main agencies of Eoghan
and his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my finished novel, <i>Deirdre:
Enchantment and the School </i>Dierdre and Sorcha met Elaina who is the mother
of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elaina was recruited by Luna
Bolang for Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has issues and
powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already mentioned about this,
and they directly affect Eoghan and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Much of the novel will be about the problem of Aine which is that she is a goddess
and Stela would be very interested in her is they knew about her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the secret and one of the
mysteries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The readers and Eoghan will
know who Aine is from the beginning, but the fun use of the reveal of this
secret will be a driver in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both the reveal and the threat of revelation will be the fun and
entertaining part of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
will have a lot to do with Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela because of the supernatural, but the
Organization because of the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is where we get the language intelligence and the war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan is trained in modern English, Celtic, Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon, the Fae
language, and maybe other ancient British languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are his language skills for the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These re his intelligence
skills, and he will need them. He will have to be the communicator and
translator for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His sister, Eva,
will be about to communicate in these languages as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The war will be a cold one that threatens to become a hot one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The war will be the silent one between the
supernatural forces, the gods, goddesses, Fae, and other creatures and the
humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is some degree of conflict
between humans and the Fae because of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other creatures have their disputes with humans as well—that is Eoghan’s
job, to make things right with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is supernatural, so she will fit into the bailiwick of Eoghan and
his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem will be that
Eoghan and Eva will want to keep Aine’s existence and being on the down
low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be many reasons for
this, but if you can imagine that Aine is not just a goddess, but a Fae Queen,
as well as a symbol of the power of Ireland, then you might be able to see some
of the real issues she could cause, or that her presence could cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be the war setting and the war
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not a full on setting or
plot, but it’s like the cold war with secrets and secret actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how this all works out, but that’s
about it for the war setting and plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% - if you notice there
are only two classics that have an anti-war plot—the reason should be obvious
to the most casual observer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who
has any knowledge of history knows that anti-war is much more dangerous for
humans than war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History shows that a
war can completely end not just a nation but a society and a culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Carthaginians, for example, were completely
eradicated as a people, a culture, and a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were about the most evil culture known
to man—infant slaughter (sacrifice) and other atrocities, and the Romans
finally got tired of fighting them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the third war against them, they annihilated their people, their capital, tore
it down and salted the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
great day for humanity, but a lesson for the ages that war can indeed solve a
problem and end real evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The trite claim that war doesn’t solve anything is haunted by the ghosts of
the Carthaginians—war did, indeed solve all their problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, you might think that we should promote
anti-war so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so, we should promote security like the
Greeks and Romans so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the lesson of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anit-war is considered an irrational idea and
plot, and although many have used it, there are only two classics and they are
basically worthless, in my opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus
anti-war doesn’t provide a great setting or plot anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you want to use an anti-war plot, I’d recommend it as a satire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t intend to use the anti-war plot in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might introduce a little satire
about anti-war because of just who Aine is, but I don’t know how I might
introduce or use it at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% - it’s pretty
ironic that three of the most important and earliest novels are based on a
travel plot: <i>Genji</i>, <i>Don Quixote</i>, and <i>Robinson Caruso</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason this is ironic is that many if not
most of the novels between the earliest and the modern tend not to include
travel plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the Victorian Era came
to an end and in Romantic plotted and protagonisted novels we see them take off
with many travel based plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, almost everything Robert Louis Stevenson wrote has a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stevenson was a Romantic writer and one of
the Victorian Era breakout writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
of Dickens’ novels include travel plots, however, most of the Victorians didn’t
change their settings much or move their characters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you remember, one of the major characteristics of the Romantic
protagonist is travel—usually from their rural roots to the urban, at least at
first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What the modern world brought,
along with all the other conveniences was the ability to travel quickly and
easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In England, the train started
this general ability to travel, but the automobile, plane, and others brought
about the revolution in travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
already noted Romantic characters tend to move away from their rural roots to
the urban, they also travel a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
travel plot isn’t just the initial plot, like <i>Robinson Caruso</i> that
starts the novel, it can also be like <i>Don Quixote</i>, and propel the entire
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is interesting is we see this
penchant to travel in the earlier epics just think of <i>The Odessey</i>, <i>The
Iliad</i>, as well as the Arthur, Parzival, and Osorio epics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even Beowulf includes a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s funny that writing seemed to settle down
a little in a certain period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, we see the travel plot well used in the classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My novels all have a Romantic plot and Romantic protagonists, you can guess,
there must be travel plots in all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love travel plots, and you should too. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel plots are primo just because we want to
start our Romantic protagonist in the rural and then move them to an even more
interesting and unfamiliar urban setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The urban setting allows them to really use their special skills—those
generally developed in their original setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Harry Potty runs this a little backward, which is a great use of the
travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her characters generally
start in the urban, but then move to the rural, which is Hogwarts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intermittently, we get movement back and
forth rural to urban and urban to rural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The use of the travel plot is especially well developed in Harry
Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, this is the most
proper use of the travel plot, plus, a novel doesn’t really include a travel
plot unless something happens during the travels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty’s travel plots usually use the
primary travel to introduce new characters, introduce plots, do a little
foreshadowing, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A terrible use
of a travel plot is where your characters just take a bus somewhere, the bus,
train, plane, automobile ride are all opportunities for dialog and
communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dialog from the writer’s
standpoint, and communication from the character’s standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many other things you can do during
the travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>, Rose sets up training for Seoirse during
their helicopter trip from Monmouth to the Isle of Shadows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, Rose trains her cadets, but
we don’t get to see this, we just know of it from the dialog between Seoirse
and his instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great use of a
helicopter trip, that’s just what Rose thought, and one of her tools to continue
to encourage and seduce Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now,
about the use of the travel plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll write about that, next.<i> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts with a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is traveling to a Scottish National Park to get rid of a Fae
issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I write get rid of, I mean
to negotiate and accommodate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are too powerful for even some other Fae to handle, so unless we are writing
about Rose or one of the Fae royalty, there is little chance to defeat the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This traveling gets Eoghan in the
vicinity of Aine and her place of incarceration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The second travel plot is when Aine and Eoghan head back to his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there must be a third and perhaps a
forth travel plot when Aine and Eoghan go to Stela HQ and then to the training
points as required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure at all
how I’ll work this last part out, but the rest is pretty clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the circumstances of this novel point to
the need and development of travel plots to resolve the telic flaw issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recognize that Eoghan is a Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He must move from the rural
to the urban or close enough. He will eventually go from Scotland to London,
definitely a movement from rural to urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, Eoghan will need to move around more than that to
accommodate and work with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
an especially troublesome girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
what makes things fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The travel plots will be introduced as plots or developments for Eoghan,
Aine, and Eva to prosper and to grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be happy to get out from under Eoghan and Eva’s parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their parents are nice, but ewww.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not eww in a nasty sense, but eww in a parental overcontrol
helicopter mother sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’ll
play the father as helping, but I’ll be careful about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t need father to get on the bad side
of mother, especially with her powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is pretty powerful too, but she won’t want to use her powers
against her declared boyfriend’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s not stupid.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We will have and develop a fun travel plot based on all of this, but they
will be supporting and not overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Remember, the overall plot is a redemption plot based on Eoghan’s
needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll work toward that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s my conclusions about the travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure you can write any good modern novel without some travel
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Romantic protagonist demands a
good travel plot, at least moving from the rural to the urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might put this plot ahead of the initial
scene, that’s possible, but difficult to work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if the protagonist mustn’t travel to get
to the urban, there are more reasons for travel and especially in the modern
world and with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel
is just a good common plot in all modern novels—use it when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% - the
totalitarian plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the Victorian Era, everyone except the USA was under a monarchy—wait
for it, a monarchy is always a totalitarian regime therefore all Victorian and
other novels under a government with a king was a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Victorian Era, no one knew or cared
about being in a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, we know better, I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Look, a totalitarian plot is a plot that involves the government as a
non-republic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might even say
non-democratic, but many democratic governments in history have been considered
tyrannical and totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
totalitarian plot is about a plot where the government extends its power into
the realm of normal human operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why most Victorian and other plots aren’t considered
totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The monarch might have
been dictators, but they mainly left the people alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the kings or queens got involved with the
people, negatively, that’s a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In modern Britian, I think there is scope for an easy totalitarian plot, but
most people don’t see the British government that way so it is hard to make
that argument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, I have
used in novels, the Soviet regime, the Chinese Communist Regime, the German
National Socialist (Nazi) regime, and the Vichy French Regime—and these are
definitely totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally, I
have used a science fiction world setting in <i>Escape from Freedom</i> which
is also a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I don’t intend to put a totalitarian plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could, but I don’t think it would resonate
or be very worthwhile for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move to the next plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% - ho ho, this is one
of the best plots ever because it can reside in almost any novel from comedy to
whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to have a
horror novel to include a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All horror is, is a little fear, scaring, or disturbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hey, there are many definitions for horror,
but I think you get the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you can
understand this about fear, scaring, and disturbing, it’s all about feeling and
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the pathos of the reader
not the characters—or rather, the pathos created by the author fills the reader
and not the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want our
readers to feel fear, be scared, or be disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not so much into disturbed because we
aren’t about grossing out our readers, but pulling them a little out of their
comfort zone is what horror is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How do we invoke horror?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’d say it’s all about setting, feeling, and style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, I’m going to ask you to change
up your style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might like to write
unicorns and rainbows—that’s great, but a few dangerous unicorns or ominous
rainbows can move the tension in the scene to horror—okay a little fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m aiming for.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When you present a scene—set a scene that is supposed to be scary and tense,
set it to be scary and tense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s all
that horror is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is that there
is no reason to shy away from a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some people even make a living and write horror based novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novel, <i>Escape from Freedom</i> could be
considered a horror novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go with
that—it’s about a communist totalitarian state in a science fiction world, and
it’s pretty horrific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other
novels, I feel for the scene and interject a little fear when it feels
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point there is to incite the
emotions of the reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like my
readers to feel emotions like fear for my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little horror is just the thing, and when I
write horror, you are supposed to understand: fear, scared, and possibly
disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is even room for your
characters to be disturbing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t mean disturbing in the sense of morality or ethics or crime, there
are many things in life that can be disturbing but not be wrong—like the five
second rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve used
this before, but a character from a starvation culture would never waste food
no matter the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little dirt,
muck, sand or whatever, they would eat it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That might be disturbing to many readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about eating insects or grubs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s disturbing—it’s by definition
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As long as it doesn’t kick the
reader out of the suspension of disbelief, it’s a great means of producing
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use
horror in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the ultimate question about writing—when can I just throw in a plot
I’d like to use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, perhaps not the
ultimate question, but it’s one of the main questions I like to think about in
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we write, we want to
interject plots into a scene so we can use them for entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, we want interject
a horror plot into the scene or perhaps a few scenes for exactly that
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want some entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question then, is how do
we get some of this into Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first scene in Aine is basically pretty creepy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Eoghan in an ancient Anglo-Saxon cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is horror without any other
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to keep this
going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will build the scene with more
and more horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a horror
novel, but the beginning is filled with horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is the perfect use of the horror plot in a horror
scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This horror is produced by the
circumstances and the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
scene progresses, the action and the narration in the scene develops this
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What can be more horrific than a
person held captive for thousands of years and finally released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s maybe more of a tail of salvation and
rescue, but the point is this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine who
has been held captive for thousands of years is released into the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is dirty, naked, confused, upset, and
very happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who wouldn’t be if they were
released from that kind of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is the situation and circumstances Aine and Eoghan find themselves in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Aine, and we have Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a scary setting and scary
circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to use these
in a horror plot to entertain our readers—that’s my point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use the circumstances and the setting
to build the plot into a horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this way, we have chosen a plot and a horror plot, at that.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t always and
everywhere interject a horror plot, but there are many times when I can. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, the circumstances fit the idea
and situation of the horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this case, I want to accentuate and use the plots involved to build a horror
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to make the writing
more exciting and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we can see that in this novel, the horror plot is a natural fit
especially for the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will
get harder and harder to interject such a plot in the later points of the
novel, or it should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it
shouldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main idea here is that in
writing in we pick and choose scenes to increase the tension in the
scene—horror is a natural tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
suspect there are other opportunities to use horror in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just have to get to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the power of writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We build scenes and add plots to support
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horror is a powerful and easy to
use type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will use it through
Aine, and perhaps more than I’m expressing at this moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% - here is a great
plot but one I’m not certain I can use in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I might be able to fit it in, but it might be difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been used, not so much as a plot, but
as a pathos developer in older novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can pretty much see the evolution of the children setting to a plot
in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dickens introduced
children in <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, but there is really no children’s
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plot is adult with children as
part of the setting to provide some pathos—think Tiny Tim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where the children’s plot comes into its own is as the Victorian Era gives
way to the modern and the modern Romantic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea of real children in a plot comes basically from the very
important novel <i>What Katy Did</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was a seminal novel for children and about children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children were the focus and they weren’t
handled like young adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
children with the thoughts and feelings of children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps some of the most interesting novels
out of this period of great change are Mark Twain’s novels for boys and girls
as well as Robert Louis Stevenson and <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the bridge had been crossed, the concept
of writing novels for children drove the further idea of novels wholly about
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We move from Robert Louis
Stevenson’s and Mark Twain’s children being pushed into the adult world with
little help from adults to the novels of Brazil and others where the children
are children facing real but not adult problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are uniquely children’s plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It is still a children plot when children are introduced into an adult novel
either as students or as wards and just kids in a family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this in my <i>Aegypt </i>(<i>Ancient
Light</i>) novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, the Bolang
Children became a necessary part of the novel and drove plots and scenes that
led directly to saving their mother and father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again, I don’t see this in Aine, but I will write, next, how Aine could
include a children’s plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To build a children’s plot, we need children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youth will work, but the characters must be
handled like children and not like adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The best ways to do this is first, make children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this for <i>Aegypt</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bolong’s had four children and the
children were children for two novels and grew up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second is to train children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is using a training or teaching plot
with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve incorporated these
types of plots in my novels but not usually with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>Essie: Assignment and the Aos Si</i>, I
had the childlike person Essie being raised by Mrs. Lyons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a great and entertaining novel and
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, you can bring in children
in other ways—usually not as the protagonist’s children or as students, but as
walk-ons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is perhaps the best way
to introduce a children’s plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>How could we develop this in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could make her a preschool teacher, ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t think so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This might take
too long to build for Aine, but it is an interesting way to write the novel—at
least bring her into a special class for special children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That might be a fun show and tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is have Eoghan bring Aine for show and
tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is worth thinking about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could use Aine as a show and tell for many
other classes and training involving the Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I want to have Aine and Eoghan have a child this quickly, we
are moving in that direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, I present the first blush of love (meeting and romance).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sometimes play the second stage of love
(marriage).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to build on the third
stage of love, that is after marriage sometimes with children and many times
without.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Perhaps the way I’ll do this is with bringing in other people’s
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great method and one
I’ve done a few times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I should
have mentioned in the last paragraph that I routinely bring in the first stage
of love in a novel and then use the protagonists later after they have had
children and been married as side characters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That seems to be very successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of Aine, I’m certain I have a
host of children and youth I could being into her life and Eoghan’s life for
this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is the
Ceridwen in this generation who happens to be about two years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to being Rose and Seoirse in as her adopted
parents for many reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a sideline,
this is how I develop long term stories and storylines in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote about Rose because she was a very
interesting and powerful protagonist, but in the back of my mind, I’ve had a
need to bring in the foster parent for Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a foreshadowed and active theme deep
in the novels since I brought in Kathrin, the last Ceridwen and included her in
multiple novels as a protagonist and as a side character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the way of building worlds for your
novels and not just stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% - it’s all
historical, baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, for many
novels that’s not true, but it’s a character and author’s issue and not an
issue with the historical plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assert
that every novel that isn’t science fiction or created fantasy must be or
should be historical in nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t use made up places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
use made up history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t use made up
people (who really exist).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do modify information
based on potential history, but all my made up stuff is based in history and
might be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do change places to
meet the needs of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I make up
all the main, major, and protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My novels are all reflected worldview—so they all include the history of
the times and the world and the place, but they also include those ideas that
things people think might or have faith could exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels are historical to the highest
degree I can make them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is kind of a difficult subject to address because I understand exactly
what I am expressing, but I’m not certain many people understand the idea of
plotting a novel in history and reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll try to give some examples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the broadest sense, my novels include a British intelligence agency I
call the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This agency is
based in MI-19 from World War II.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone
in the business knows language intelligence is one of the foundations of
national security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where did MI-19
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I give it a new name and some new
work, and I fit it into the world of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is there the Organization in Britain?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m sure something is still there, it’s classified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what the Organization is like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a step above the highest classified
levels of MI-5 and MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, it supplies
shares to both, and to other intelligence organizations like the Foreign
Office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this is based on history and
the historical.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then I also have Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela is the
part of the Organization that protects Britian from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not really based on real history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This organization is based on the history I
developed in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be
in the Organization because it was founded by Bruce Lyons who ran MI-19 at the
end of World War Two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce was a major
character in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
all based on the reflected worldview from my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That reflected worldview is completely based
on history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can that be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview is based on what people believe and not what is
necessarily real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone knows about vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are they real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some ages most people believed in
vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, everyone knows what a
vampire is, but do they really believe in vampires?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A reflected worldview allows vampires to
exist in the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a
real worldview, there can’t be vampires, but in a reflected worldview there
certainly can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about any
supernatural creature or being you know about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They can exist in a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, a great reflected worldview can give reasons why and how such
creatures can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also provides
reasons how such creatures might coexist with humans in the real world and yet
normal humans have no idea such creatures are around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The historical is more than just what really happened in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The historical includes the real, the
imagined, and the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do I
know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, every Sunday, along with
other days, Christians go to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Shabat, Jewish people go to synagogue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise,
others of other religious groups go to their own services and ceremonies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of their creeds and theology is based in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, Christianity and
Judaism are both historically based religions—they are wholly based in historical
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others not so much, but the
focus of all of them are aspects of the supernatural in the world and in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition, the feelings and perceptions of people may not be real—they may
be caused and affected by emotions and imagination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are still real, and they are
historical, but they aren’t like historical events, however, they can be
recorded and, as I noted, they are real parts of history, they just aren’t the
kinds of things you can take a picture of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s the main point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel,
Aine, if someone searches for information about Aine, the world of Aine, the
world of Eoghan, and their times, that’s history, they will find exactly the
world I will describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I
will include all the historical reflected worldview stuff in a cohesive fashion
that will interact with and interweave the real and completely historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also provide reasons and show how this
reflected world coexists with our own, but we don’t usually see or perceive
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You all know the drill.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Only the sensitive can perceive the world of the Fae or the creatures of the
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally, people get a
glimpse through some revelation of the supernatural, but usually, we assume it
is there around us, we just don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s an example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I know of a great restaurant in New Mexico that is in an old hacienda
mansion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the rooms is reputed to
be haunted by a maid with whom one of the sons of the house fell in love, but
they were never allowed to marry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ghost of the maid supposedly haunts this room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We always tell the story and then tell our fellow diners to sit in each
corner of the room and see if they can feel the presence of the ghost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many if not all will say one of the corners
is colder than the others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great story,
fun test, is it real or Memorex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
telling, I think it’s a perfect image of the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look closer into the historical and the
reflected, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What I want to do and what I recommend in all writing is to ground your
writing in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact my
third rule of writing is this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">3. Ground your
readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is a very general statement for something that to me is very
specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I mean and what I do is
to set my writing in the real and the reflected world, and most specifically
the history and places of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My characters don’t just go to some place in some town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters live in a real place (as real
as possible), in a real town, where the streets, places, and spaces are all
real, and where the insides of the buildings are all the real insides with the
same furniture, if I can get to that level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, I don’t ever make up what I don’t have to make up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me explain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When I need a place for a setting, for example, I research that place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of my novel, <i>Rose: Enchantment
and the Flower</i>, I looked for a possible haunted house in the Orkney
Islands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted the Orkneys for the
isolation and the place because I was going to use a nuclear smuggling
operation by the Chinese and the Russians as the main reason for both Shiggy
and Robyn’s parents being assigned there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My research gave me Viera Lodge, which is luckily on the market for sale
with all kinds of pictures and a house plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I could use this place for my setting and my character, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t need to make up a place, I just
needed to use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the
details had to be made up because not all the information we need to write is
in the descriptions and such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know
exactly what I’m adding and what I’m doing with the information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can get details for travel and for streets
and for places from the satellite maps and other map information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is so much more to this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If I need a place, like a lake or a river or a creek or a forest or a
building or a clearing, guess where you can research and find this
information?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, I had to find
maps or visit these places or at the extreme just make it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The specific was hard to find, but the
general was always there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, I can
get all this information, and I can provide it in the settings of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters no longer just travel, they go
on Gooseberry Street to the A901 to their destination, and so on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, my characters wear real
clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When one of my prepublication readers provided comments on <i>Sister of
Light</i>, he mentioned that I should specifically say the clothing designers
and more details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took this to
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a character, Rose, who is
playing an act as a debutant and aristocrat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her clothing is not just the best, it is designer clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She rarely wears less than 10,000 pounds
worth of clothing at any time, and that’s including her handmade French
knickers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll explain more
about this, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With the research tools available to the writer today, it is very easy to
include specific and exacting details in our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I mentioned, I research all my
settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is just looking
at a satellite map.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I can, I’ll get
to the street view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m doing research
with the tools available that would require travel and experience to write
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you how I did it in
the past.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All my novels include extensive and extensively researched settings and
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For <i>Aegypt</i>, I took out
every map I could get from the library and from atlases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I studied the places and read books on my
setting (Tunisia) as well as the French Foreign Legion that was the basis for
this novel set in 1926.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I additionally
read hundreds of books on hieroglyphics and ancient Egypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this information, I was able to set,
describe, and write about the subject, Tunisia, Fort Saint, the people, my
characters, the Foreign Legion, as well as all of the other places around Fort
Saint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t able to travel there for
professional and diplomatic reasons, but a great novel, <i>Aegypt</i> and the
first novel in the <i>Ancient Light</i> series was birthed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, instead of two years worth of
research, I could have written <i>Aegypt </i>in about a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took five years to research and write <i>Centurion</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All my novels are filled with complete
historical accuracy, at least the best I could achieve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I’ve aged and gained experience, the
novels have become better and even more detailed and accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I wanted to express about
clothing and especially woman’s clothing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, one of my author friends who also provided me some great
comments about <i>Sister of Light</i>, the second <i>Aegypt </i>and <i>Ancient
Light </i>novel, recommended I give very specific details about the clothing
Leora Bolang wore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Leora provided a striking vision in
pale-blue silk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wore a dress Paul
had bought for her the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although the gown came from a rack on the <i>rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honore</i>, it flowed over her body as though its designer had only her
in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modestly slit hemline
floated on air; it just kissed the top of her petite, high-heeled <i>Arnoult</i>
slippers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A thin silken cord encircled
her neck and allowed the teasing neckline to accentuate her gentle bosom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To complete the ensemble, she grasped a small
gold colored clutch with three-quarter length gloves that matched the azure of
her dress.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At the time, the ability to accomplish research on women’s and men’s
clothing wasn’t as good as it is today, plus I had to work with fashion and
fashions from 1927 and not today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
required a little more in depth study, but I think you get the point,
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For my more modern novels, I can simply research on the internet the
clothing styles and designer fashions I want my characters to wear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, much or many of the outfits my
characters wear are ready made, but still, to cloth them in each scene, I look
at fashion and I describe the clothing from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing clothing that is from the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing it in
settings from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s an
example from <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">By
that time, Bob was taking away the last of the empty trunks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn rummaged through her clothing, “Hey
Rose, what kind of stuff should we change into?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She held up a frock.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Rose
went over to her, “Do you have jeans and a nice top?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“Do
you think they’ll be wearing jeans?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“I
can promise you they all will be.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
went to her drawers and pulled out a pair of Dolce & Gabbana jeans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were slightly distressed and faded with
embroidered butterflies. The Dolce & Gabbana logo was engraved in gold on
the front left pocket while a pink patch marked the back pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also pulled out a white embellished Gucci
woolen top with a slight nautical flare.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
couldn’t help herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She towed Leora
out of the door of the room, “Leora, did you realize Lady Tash is planning to
wear a thousand-pound pair of jeans to supper in a catered girl’s school
cafeteria?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
tapped her chin, “The top cost a bit more than that, but who can tell the
aristocracy what they can or can’t wear.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
grabbed her hand, “I thought she was one of yours.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She whispered, “This is not the girl from
Rousay.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then louder, “How is this Lady
supposed to look after my Robyn?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
held back her laughter, “Lady Tash is Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need not worry a single bit about her or
your Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can assure you of that.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
took a concerned glance back into the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the level of detail I’m able to provide my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope I’m giving sufficient description for
the general reading crowd, but anyone who recognizes the designers and the brands
will understand even more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I
tried to show with the dialog surrounding the clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I balance the clothing
description, the clothing specifics, and the understanding of the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the tip of the iceberg, so to
speak in placing history and realism in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look a little more at the setting, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll go over it again, because this is all
about how to interject the historical, real, and reflected into your
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, like a
restaurant, I go researching just the place I need in the place I need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Sorcha: Enchantment and
the Curse</i>, I needed a place for my characters to have a nice dinner in Edwinstowe
near Nottingham Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just found the
perfect place for my characters to eat and have a little discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used descriptions of the place enhanced
with a little fiction and the actual menus to describe the meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of this, I didn’t have to make up
anything, I just used what existed in the real world to reflect the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, I used reflect in the exact
sense of the reflected worldview because that worldview is pretty much the same
in the sense of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I use this concept of research for all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, I don’t make up fiction,
I use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you think this is
unusual or in some way not kosher in writing, think about the bigger types of
images and places writers use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I
included New York, London, Dublin, or any other main city in the world, no one
would bat an eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If my characters
visited Times Square or Trafalgar Square or the Spanish Steps in Rome, no one
would think that odd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So why would it be
odd to use the Denny’s down the street in some Podunk town for a place or some
swanky steak joint in Tulsa?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t
and you should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should interject the
real and real places throughout your writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You should give directions and street names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should put in real dates and real people
and places as well as real brands and stuff—at least in the West.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t do it in Japan—mentioning a brand or
some real places can get you in jail there, but not here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you do get jittery about it, you can just make up the name and use the
place—that’s always an option, but I think you dilute the power of the
historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I don’t do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I’m going to have some negative
experience, I don’t use the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
characters might have some terrible misadventure in some real place, but if it
will be a negative, I don’t use a real brand or a real company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect this is an important topic to write
about, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you need to go negative, go fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of my writing isn’t about the place as much as it’s about the
characters, but if I did need a negative company or brand, I’m not going to
make a social statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all the
criticism in the world, you might ask, why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Novels are not about social statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They aren’t about political statements or science statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had my characters make reasoned
statements about what I think are obvious problems in the world, but I’m very
careful about these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, German National Socialists make a great enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s Nazis if you didn’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nazi is an acronym for National Socialist in
German.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are everyone’s most evil
creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another is the International
Socialists—that is the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other International Socialists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all evil and criminal—they make
great criminals and bad guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrorists
are also fair game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
really bad groups and nations that are worth using as the “bad guys” in your
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This keeps you away from the
potential for not holding to a universal enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, you might say, but there are those who support terrorists, Nazis, and
Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say, most of them can’t
read and won’t read my novels anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don’t want them for my readers unless they want to change—I guess there is even
hope for Nazis and Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
from a writer’s standpoint, if you need a bad guy, they are your bad guy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I stay away from brands and companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll tell you why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every company I’ve ever worked for has wanted
to make money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you harm or kill your
customers, you don’t make money--in fact, you go broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked in the aviation industry on every
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In aviation, the individuals, the
company, and all the management would do anything to prevent any kind of
problem, accident, or issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give
you an example, when maintenance accidentally dropped a drop tank and put a
small dent in it, the company spent thousands to fix the dent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Air Force, the tank would have stayed
dented and been used forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Governments don’t really care about people, but companies really
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, a single problem by a
customer can break a company, a government has no other competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are there bad companies and people out there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure there are, but there are many more bad
governments, and governments can take your life, liberty, and property from
you—a company can’t, not unless they are a criminal cartel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, if I need bad guys, I do go for criminals, terrorists, and
governments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty enough of
these to go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you really want
to go for a brand or business, I’d advise you to work for them for a year
before bad mouthing them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Realize, most
of your readers are people with jobs and some degree of education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can fool some like journalists and
perhaps those in certain industries, but you can’t fool your core readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, as I wrote, novels are all about
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll look at
putting real people in your novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, by all means place real historical people in your novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they are alive, I would recommend not
defaming or vilifying them, but under some circumstances, you might.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d be cautious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, Queen Elizabeth plays an important walk-on roll
occasionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I definitely don’t show
her in a negative light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, she is
a good friend and help to my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Part of this comes from the interaction and influence of the Fae and the
gods and goddesses of Britain with the government of Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, since they are reflected worldview, I have the Queen, now, the
King as responsible for the human side of the courts of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Ceridwen is in charge of the Fae and
courts of the gods, the King or Queen is in charge of the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two worlds interact through the office
of the King.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have a very
important character, the Keeper of the Book of the Fae who works for the King
and who oversees the Laws of the Fae for the Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is all reflected worldview, so it
could be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The King isn’t saying.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition to important people, I also include the less important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times I’ll change the names, but keep
the look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written before that real
people don’t make great protagonists, but they do make great general
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you need a character,
there is nothing wrong with looking for a picture and going for a
description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just change the names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless there is some positive need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I use the names of real royalty
in my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also use the names of real people who
are dead as a part of the history of the place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the question at hand is how will we use history in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll cover that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine isn’t just about history—Aine is history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a bring out of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a person from the Gaelic world and
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a place and that place
has moved through time and place to the new and modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My point in using Aine, I want to show her world and her understanding of
the world in contrast to the modern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
modern world will give reality and life to Aine and her history, and her
history will come out in her own revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Indeed, Aine is a revelation of the protagonist, Eoghan, but Eoghan’s
purpose is to express the reality of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is the focus while Eoghan is the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must learn to live in the modern world,
and through this, her world will come out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan will be revealed and Aine be revealed in his wake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of the most powerful ways to
represent history—we bring a person from the past into the modern and through
contrast show off their culture, history, and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, what is Aine’s history like?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned some of the most salient facts about Aine, but not much about
her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine comes from a place where
there is little writing and a lot of Feudal waring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are times without any modern conveniences
and the beginnings of the use of metal and the seven basic machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She lives in a real building and progressive
age for her world, but it is nothing compared to the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food is scarce and security scarcer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In myth, she was either raped or under the
threat of rape all her life long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
intend to not change her history as much as cut it off with some of the
features of her times and her story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Is that it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, there is so much
more, but most of it is embedded in the development of the plots and the story
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try to update you as I put
the actual story together, but at the moment, I’m developing, and not
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll move to the next plot type. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% - I’ve really fallen
in love with the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since
I wrote <i>Children of Light and Darkness</i> which includes a very strong
school plot, I’ve been intrigued and excited about using it when possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It helps that my prepublication writer really
enjoyed this plot in the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because of the characters, I did include a school plot in the next novel
in the series, <i>Warrior of Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since then, I’ve looked for opportunities to have a school plot although
I’ve really not set the novel on the plot as much as the plot on the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, I didn’t start
with the idea of a school plot, it just came out in the writing of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, <i>Essie: Enchantment and the Aos Si</i> didn’t start with any
kind of school plot, but as I developed the novel, the entire idea about Essie
attending a boarding school just leapt from the storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Essie was really my first foray into a
boarding school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are reasons for
using this type of plot and setting, but mostly, it is classically British, but
pretty much dying as we speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea
of putting together young people for the purpose of education and life is a
powerful setting with both positive and negative features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see them all, to a degree, displayed
in the Harry Potty novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of
isolating youth to educate them in magic is as appealing as educating them in
other subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Since Essie, I’ve used school as a setting and a plot in numerous novels,
and it’s not just for youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In many of
my Enchantment novels, I’ve used a university setting for the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed, in Rose, I’ve used a school plot for
youth as well as a military school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bet you didn’t think of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
military school plot or a training school plot is just as useful as a regular
school plot—it just can apply to older individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the training plot is a school plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the training plot almost as much as a dedicated school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training plot can be much more individual
and between fewer characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Sorcha:
Enchantment and the Curse </i>is a full-on school plot set in a training
situation and almost entirely one on one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are powerful plots and great tools for the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In spite of the fact that the school plot is
only found in about 10% of the classics, don’t let that fool you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dedicated training and schooling is a
relatively new idea in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
accomplished early in human history, but it is still a pretty new idea to be
applied to large groups and the whole of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think about the basis for most education
and learning in the past and you should get my meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I do plan to involve Aine, the novel in a school and training plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I have a few options for Aine and school plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main and most obvious is the training
that Eoghan must accomplish to help Aine integrate into modern society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main question is how much Aine will fight
being educated and trained into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you remember, novels are all about
entertainment and part of entertainment is some satire and irony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is ironic for a person who obviously needs
help and education to neglect and ignore it, but like I wrote, I’m trying to
determine just how much of this I want to push in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is the protagonist while Aine is the
focus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan as the protagonist must get Aine to accept the training and education
he will provide her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because Aine really
wants Eoghan to love her, I don’t think that will be much of a
problem—especially, since Aine wants to learn and wants to please him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training scenario will move a pace with
the initial revelation of Aine in the world, plus with their travels and her
integration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
opportunity that I’ve contemplated for this novel from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The telic flaw in this novel is about Eoghan’s lack of integration in his
place and time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has much to do with
his own training and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
didn’t go to school, that is university, like most of his peers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t go to the military for education
and training like most of his peers in his business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for him, and one I’ve
contemplated from the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
originally wanted Eoghan and Seoirse to meet each other at Sandhurst or
Cranwell, but I don’t think that’s an option with the way the novel development
is going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I also have the Isle of Shadows for training female warriors and the other
Isle for training male warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a
hankering to bring Aine to the Isle of Shadows and Eoghan to the other
Isle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides a training and
school situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Isle of Shadows
was developed by Rose to train her little goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since Aine is a goddess herself, it would be
the perfect place for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question
is then, how to get Eoghan integrated into this process and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel is foremost about him, Aine is just
the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you see there are places to use this school plot in Aine, and the school
plot is perfect in this training sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll move on to the next plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% - the parallel and the allegory plots
are similar, but not the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
I consider them to be significantly different, but their differences are
somewhat subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can help to define
the easiest of the two, an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The typical allegory for example in literature is <i>Pilgrim’s Progress</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s an allegory of the spiritual life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve defined a parallel before
in simple terms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here, I’ll try:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A parallel is a story, poem, or picture that mirrors an existing story,
poem, or picture for the purpose of reference or expression.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is really what the parallel is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is not intended to reveal a hidden meaning at all, although the
original piece of art could mirror that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So what is a parallel, and how can we use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give an couple of examples.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If your novel mentions, for example, Noah and the flood, that is a reference
to the account about Noah in the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could use this as a figure of speech, the rain was falling like the
time of Noah and the ark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could
incorporate all kinds of figures of speech about Noah, the ark, animals, and so
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of these continued metaphors
or figures of speech would constitute the use of a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of and reference to Noah in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>novel would produce a reference in terms of
the basis for the novel and an expression of the ideas and concepts about
Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, the proper use of
the parallel about Noah should produce ideas in the reader that expand the
expression of the novel in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the use of a historical figure of speech as a reference back to
another piece of art or literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
hope you can see how powerful this idea is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Another example, I wrote my novel <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Daemon</i>
as a parallel to the Apocryphal book of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not an obvious parallel, unless the reader is familiar with
Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally think everyone
should be familiar with all the Bible including the apocrypha as well as all
the Greek myths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is that all
Western art and literature is based on these first the Bible and second Greek
myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you aren’t familiar, you are at
a great disadvantage in understanding literature and art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, I based <i>Aksinya</i> on Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallels are obvious to anyone familiar
with Tobit, even the name of the Demon is the same, and the resolution of the
telic flaw follows the resolution of Sara’s problem with the demon in Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why Tobit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It builds an historical and literary foundation around a subject that
hasn’t been written about much, escaping the clutches and contract with a
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty of works, well a
few, about humans contracting with demons, but very very few about humans
getting out of a contract with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s just not done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tobit was the
first I know of, and <i>Aksinya </i>is a parallel of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next, I’ll look at possible parallels in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The explanation above is probably my best for a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question is how will I use this in my
proposed novel, Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see two ways
plus the most obvious—I guess you could say three ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The most obvious is the parallel plot built into the idea of Aine, the
character herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The history and myth
of Aine is a parallel in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
brining in the story of Aine is a parallel plot and that’s why I picked it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incorporation of a historical based or a
reflective worldview is a parallel, and that’s exactly why I like using them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Although most people aren’t familiar with Aine and her history, readers are
generally familiar and knowledgeable about the basic ideas of the Gaelic and
Celtic worlds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, explanations and
information will be necessary to help the reader understand the world of Aine
and Aine as a mythical person, but the parallel exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also what I did with <i>Aksinya</i>
to a degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter the subject of
the parallel, you need to explain some parts about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, for <i>Aksinya</i>, I didn’t do much of
that, the story and parallel plots for Tobit are obvious in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just mentioned the focus a few times in
context and that was it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Aine, I’ll
have to do more than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although most
people know generally what Gaelic and Celtic mean, they don’t know much about
the cultures and the history of the cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I will do is explain them in context and from Aine’s mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will make it even better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first parallel in Aine is the basic story
of Aine and her world, her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This, by the way is one of the reasons I’m writing the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not into education or educating through a novel or any fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fiction and novels are all about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason I’m using the Gaelic and Celtic
culture is because it’s a new and interesting culture to most people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The revelation of the culture is a huge part
of the novel and a huge part of the entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes novels and fiction fun to
me—that’s what I want to give and express to my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll get to the next potential
parallels in Aine—the less obvious ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The other two ways to bring a parallel plot into Aine is through figures of
speech, as I wrote before in general, and through intentional analogous events
related to myth or history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is basic good writing technique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know this has really fallen by the wayside in modern writing, but it’s
literally the bread and butter of great writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A writer who doesn’t understand the use of
figures of speech and especially the use of deep and involved figures of speech
is just not going to be considered beyond their lifetimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lack of figures of speech in general writing
will just lead to not being published, while the lack of in depth figures of
speech will lead to being forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hey, we just want to be published, who cares about creating a
classic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Frankly, a classic is a classic because of the depth of the parallels and
the integration of the novel into the classic world of literature, art, and
poetry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This seems to be an area that is
wholly missed in modern writing and publishing, but hey, no one will remember
most of what people memorize or understand today: celebrities, political
figures, sports teams, most artists, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Think about those whom you can remember from 100 or 200 years ago—there
are a few standouts, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Edison, Shakespeare,
Dickins, but I bet you can’t name a single musician (other than composers),
actor or actress (maybe Booth, but not because of his acting), or any sports
figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nobody cares because their lives
were basically meaningless—they created nothing and left nothing behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be harsh, but literature is the
means to remember and parallel their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is one of the reasons I recommend the use of the parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to remember the meaningless, but to
remember the people, places, and events of the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain other writers in the past felt
the same way.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>By referring to Noah, you remember the historical account of Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By referring to Daniel, you remember the
historical account of Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By
mentioning Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle, to name just three, you remember the
golden age (so to speak, of Greece).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
really isn’t the classical golden age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, to throw in the phrase, golden age of Greece or Golden Age of
Greece, you are building on a parallel, not a strictly historical parallel, but
a real and reflected world parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
same is true with Noah or Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical source is somewhat questioned, but the reflected for both is real—to
express their parallel in a figure of speech or in an in depth parallel, you
are expressing and handing off a knowledge of the past and of humanity that
needs to be continued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
there is more than just history or the historical account that is important in
the expression of a parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the
example of Aine, until I mentioned and wrote about Aine, you probably didn’t
even know such a myth or a possible historical person existed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you did, you might have pushed her away as
just some myth or ancient person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the novel, Aine, I want to bring Aine alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, there are all kinds of
people, events, places, and reflected world ideas and realities (said tongue in
cheek) that come with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All their
stories and their existence is worth remembering and exploring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If anything, within the confines of
entertainment, fiction is all about remembering and revealing a story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal with Aine is totally entertainment,
but within that fabric of entertainment, I want you to see the story of Aine
and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallel will be all the
history surrounding Aine and the history from the time of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, I’ll bring in figures of
speech that reflect Aine and her times as well as from other places, myths, and
sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you don’t get them or
fully understand them, they are expressed and remembered in the context of the
novel—when you see them again in art or literature, you might remember and
realize a deeper context about that piece of art of literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although fiction is all about entertainment,
I never said literature is self-contained or isolated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exact opposite is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, the other two, less obvious types of parallel in Aine will be figures of
speech and the use of other myths and history to bring out the story of
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t details as much as an
overall plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could try to drag up
some details, especially about the other myths and history I’ll include as
parallels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Those other myths are broadly what I call the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point in using a reflected worldview is to
provide a universal connection between all the major and minor myth and
supernatural structures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a true
universal connection found specifically in Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are unfamiliar with this, I’ll try to
explain it in basic terms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you recognize the great truth in C.S. Lewis’ <i>Mere Christianity</i>
where he notes that the supernatural either came from within the creation or
without the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
without, it’s God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
within it’s not God but the creation of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, about God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do need to
point out that the three means to know truth: historical method, logic, and
scientific method proves that God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Specifically, Emmanual Kant’s philosophy proves the not God can’t exist
(you can’t prove a true, you can only prove a not false); the big bang proves
the telic cause of the universe must exist (a telic cause is defined as God);
and finally, the historical method relates in the New Testament the interaction
of God in the process of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
Lewis writes, this evidence of God’s interaction comes from without the
creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we usually term
miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the supernatural
from within creation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point about the supernatural from within the creation is that it
proves God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was what Bram Stoker
the author of <i>Dracula</i> and a very dedicated Catholic was attempting to
show with his character and his novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Dracula</i>
is the most abbreviated and expurgated novel in common use to remove all the
prayer and God language—not to improve the novel, but because the SAS felt they
needed to keep all that God and Christian stuff from its young readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are the same book haters who abbreviated
and expurgated <i>Fahrenheit 451</i> a book about governments burning and
expurgating books. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that as Lewis notes, the moment
we bring up the supernatural in the creation, we are expressing the actions not
of God but of the forces God allows in the creation and those forces naturally
point to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use this in my novels as
the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain
how they fit into the world and the novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, gods and goddesses could exist in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The typical explanation, from the Old
Testament is that they were created by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In my novels, I acknowledge their creation by God and note that they
were put in charge of helping humanity and eventually pointing to the God of
creation in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not alone in
this view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tertullian writes in his
philosophical works about the commonality of Christian imagery in pagan
cultural antiquity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cross and other
symbols as well as the components of the mysterium such as baptism, renaming,
robing, meal with the deity, and many others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These components were already features of Judaism, but made Christianity
look much like a mysterium and led to many Greeks coming to the new variant of
Judaism in the first Century and later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I take the standpoint that gods and goddesses exist in two
varieties, the bound and the unbound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of their purpose was to point to the God in the future, but now to
follow that God and to do the same in this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are those who do follow the God and
those who do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is
much turmoil in the world caused by the remnants of the old and those god and
goddesses caught up in incidents from the past—Aine is just such a being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the undergirding philosophy I use in
the reflected worldview, but it is an undergirding idea and not a focus of the
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I resolve the
question of how gods and goddesses can exist in the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is also the issue of the Fae as well as
other beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll address this next as
well as explain about the bound and unbound.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I’ve been developing my reflected worldview and novels’ supernatural
structure for a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to put together a focus of physical structural and logic to build the world
where gods, goddesses, dragons, the Fae, and other beings can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the ideas I had to confront was the
concept of the bound and unbound gods and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I built these from the concept of the gods
and goddesses who were born, lived, and died within certain cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This came from my <i>Aegypt (Ancient Light) </i>novels
where I posited that the Goddess of Light and Darkness were twins and chosen from
their children after their deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
actually waffled a bit on this information and didn’t provide any complete
details until my later novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, the idea of a goddess or god who was born then lived and then died comes
from the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic ideas of the primary earth goddess who controls
the seasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Anglo-Saxon culture this
was Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seasons were spring,
the maiden, summer, the woman, and winter, the crone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen supposedly lived and died in a cycle
of generations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods and
goddesses were confined and held to a certain place of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sometimes meant they couldn’t leave
their areas of authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods
and goddesses were stuck in their places and are immortal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unbound are more like normal humans but
have skills, abilities, and powers beyond human kin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, my point in creating these unbound deities was to build my dynasties in <i>Ancient
Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters and
protagonists who populated these novels from the first Leora Bolang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This produced a great series of novels, but I
had other ambitions especially based on Kathrin (Ceridwen) from <i>Children of
Light and Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the
protagonist of this novel, but an important person and character in the other
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made for an interesting and
entertaining series, but that didn’t end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, Aine is a novel about Eoghan but with the focus of a bound and
regular goddess, Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t the
first novel I’ve written with a bound goddess as the focus, but it may be the
second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, the point is to create
this reflected worldview that can fit in all these supernatural creatures and
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is allowing them
to exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only creature I haven’t
been able to fit in is ghosts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts
are just a little outside the ideas and especially the logic of the normal,
real worldview as well as the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts are something many think exist, but
there is no or little basis for their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t run across a reason for ghosts, yet
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, I should move on to
the allegory plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% - I think the parallel plot is one of
the most powerful and useful plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can use it almost everywhere will all kinds of degrees and details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can go from a figure of speech as a part
of a plot to a full-on parallel to define a scene or a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A parallel can just exist to enrich any plot
or story—it doesn’t have to have a reason as much as a presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, the allegory must have both:
reason and presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a good
definition of an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main problem for me with an allegory is that it is indeed hidden
teaching or proselytizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For that
reason alone, I’m not a fan of the allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s not to say I don’t enjoy a good allegory or that I can’t
appreciate both the parallel and the historical basis of the allegory—I just
think we should leave fiction for entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moment a writer tells me he or she wants
to change the world, I want to ask—why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
people can barely write a decent paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of those few who can, most can’t write an entertaining paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps one in a million can write an
entertaining paragraph, but how many of those can write an entertaining
paragraph that also includes some hidden meaning?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a billion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a trillion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why, with the million novels and books
published every year should I have to put up with a single one that isn’t
entertaining, but that’s good for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You may read those.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go for
the entertaining ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We read fiction to be entertained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
readers and students ask me all the time: why don’t you write more technical
works about history?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is
simple: most people are bored by technical writing of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written about 100 papers—you can see
them on the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I sit down to
write fiction, I’m writing 100% to entertain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to entertain myself first, and I hope that also entertains my
readers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hidden meaning in
my writing—I hope not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t put it
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to put one in there
and I don’t want to have to tease one out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now about non-hidden meanings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
shouldn’t be any special messages in the plots or the text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention educating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel may have some notes of
education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to express an idea
in science, spy craft, or history to you, I’ll have to show it to you or
explain it to you in a dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
necessary for the entertainment to come through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to explain to you about the
reflected worldview, I surely need to show that reflected world to you—you
might meet a dragon or a member of the Fae Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just good writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On the other hand, I don’t include any extraneous information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are not about education or informing although
some education and informing must go one—just read my published historical
novels <i>Centurion</i>, <i>The Second Mission</i>, or <i>Aegypt </i>and see
what I mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History is something the
novelist shows you, and that’s entertaining and entertainment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, about the allegory—I don’t intend for there to be any allegories in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll look at fantasy world, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% - this is the bread and butter of
my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at the fantasy
world as a plot just a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
obvious that this is a setting plot, but even more, for years and years, I
imagined this was a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not, but that took me a long time to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go through the three basic
worldviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are overall settings
for any novel or writer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is
the real—this is the worldview and world that most people perceive as
real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That doesn’t meant there might be
disagreements or even conflict about what is real, but the real is generally
grounded in science and a normal understanding of history and existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is where most novels live or
die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s where most writers go to and
come from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the normal for most
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then you have the created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a world and a worldview that is in no way tied to history,
science, or the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get the
wrong idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created can be based
wholly in science, but it isn’t known or existing science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be based in created or future
science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created worldview is
created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a projection or an
extrapolation, or just made up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Science
fiction is all a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Full
on fantasy is usually created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Harry Potty is a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it’s called magic realism, but that is
usually just another type of created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The created worldview is a great worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used it for my science fiction, but not for
my usually or supernatural fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
big difference between the real and the created is the created includes stuff
the author made up about the world, science, the supernatural, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That doesn’t mean it can’t or doesn’t include elements of the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I wrote, that’s just an extrapolated or a
projected world from the real into the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the reflected worldview is where my novels lie, and where I
think most of the best part of the world exists.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview reflects what most people or some people think
exists in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this is
the worldview most people hold but have no idea they hold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural and things that go bump in
the night can exist in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are just imagination in the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All those wonderful ideas about faith, worship,
God, gods, angels, and other supernatural beings are all part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a worldview that most
people hold to be fact, kind of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
explain more, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This might not be the best way to explain the reflected worldview, but it
will be a different way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go over
the three and only three means to know truth: historical, logical, scientific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are based in the historical method,
logic, and the scientific method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical method is also called the evidentiary method and is used to prove
non-repeatable events (like those in history).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The scientific method is used to prove repeatable events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can’t be used to prove non-repeatable
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t know about these
two basic methods of proving truth, you really need to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modern world depends on the scientific
method and the historical method is how you know what is true in history as
well as it’s used in the courts to take away your rights (or return them to
you).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, most people need to
be familiar with the historical and the scientific methods; however, there is
also logic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Greek, who invented these three means to know truth, realized that many
things in the real or physical world are not measurable or normally
knowable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What? You might ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks were interested mainly in
mathematics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Math is perfectly
repeatable, but it is not repeatable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not like scientific phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can’t repeat a math equation and get a statistical average based on
the results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For normal math equation,
there is a single answer or a set of answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not a real world phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is a concept only existing in logic or reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other things like this in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks noted that thoughts
and emotions are both not provable by the historical or the scientific
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are not measurable in any
normal sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the modern world math,
emotions, and thoughts are all similarly unmeasurable and fit in these
categories, but we’ve found other similar problems mainly workload, but even in
science certain events are considered non-repeatable or only repeatable on a
grand scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there is the
supernatural.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you go to church or you believe in a god or in the God, you accept there
is a supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural
can’t be proven with the scientific method—that’s not to say certain elements
in the world don’t point to the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You might begin to touch the supernatural with the historical
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People have reported
supernatural events since the beginning of human history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the real proof of the supernatural
comes from logic and from philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you didn’t know, the entire purpose of philosophy until Emmanual Kant was
to prove God exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emmanual Kant
produced a philosophical proof that has yet to be disproven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In it, he proved the not God can’t
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In logic you can’t prove a
true—you can only prove a false, a not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kany proved the not God can’t exist therefore logic proved God must
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does this have to do with
the reflected worldview?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shows what
we always knew, the supernatural must exist because God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more, and I’ll give it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You could argue the reflected worldview is the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go that far, at least from a writing
standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world of the
supernatural is filled with great things to write about some could be and
likely are true, but many others aren’t true and are likely not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question, especially for the writer,
is what is reflected and what is real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d say for writing it doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What matters in writing fiction is entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I write using the reflected worldview because it’s fun and entertaining to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To find the supernatural in
unexpected places or to see the secrets of the world around the supernatural,
that is fun and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further,
to invoke the ideas we have about our normal world, but then to overlay those
ideas with new ones that fit into the reflected world—that is really powerful
and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, to
imagine a dragon who knows his place and why he was created, or a dragon who
knows his place but not why he exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are epic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The supernatural world has rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>The
Golden Bough</i> Sir James Frazer tried to define the supernatural for the
purpose of dispelling that it could ever exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He really failed, but he produced a wonderful work that shows the basis
for the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His writing really
defines the basis for the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, he didn’t provide us any real helpful guidance because in
the reflected worldview, we aren’t looking for proof, we are presenting the
world as humans understand it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reflected
worldview is reflected because you can find so much data and writing about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not writing about fiction
perse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m writing about the information
you might find by making any library or internet search.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example about Asmodeus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What about Asmodeus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Asmodeus is my
demon from <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Deamon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The only problem, is Asmodeus isn’t my
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do a little searching, you
will find he is the demon from <i>Tobit</i>, the apocryphal book and there is a
lot of information about him from <i>Tobit</i> on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, for his name to be used in <i>Tobit</i>,
you know it must have existed before then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is Asmodeus real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He exists in
history, in literature, in art, and in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a great representative for the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same can be
said for the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to the Fae,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are a little most complex, but we need to fit them into the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place,
all supernatural beings have an origin and a reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That origin and that reason may be clouded in
myth or lost in word of mouth, but usually, you can find the origin stories
(myths) and pull together the history of such beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are the regular supernatural,
those deities and ideas we know very well from history and writing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In British myth from
the Christianization Era, the idea of the neutral angels became some idea in
the myths surrounding the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are the fairies and fairy creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s likely the Fae existed as an idea well before the Christian Era in
Britian, but the Christianization provided some explanation for their existence
and like many ancient ideas in Britain, they became associated with
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the British myth, the Fae were originally the neutral angels in the
battle between Satan and God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, no
neutral angels are mentioned in the Bible or the Apocryphal documents, but the
British have a long history of many cultures Picts, Welsh, Celtic, Gaelic,
Anglo-Saxon, Vikings, and Normans that were against each other, allied with
each other, or neutral to each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These were important and defining characteristics of the overall British
culture and society from the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea of the neutral angels appealed very strongly in this cultural
soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In this myth of the Fae, the demons were cast into hell, only to be seen
occasionally, the good angels who supported God kept their positions of
authority in the heavens and continued to be messengers of the God, while the
neutral angels were cast down to the earth to await either repentance or
damnation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This particular idea that the
Fae are a type of fallen angel is what drives the Fae myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll look at these details, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the Fae is immense in British myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It goes well beyond the simple idea of small
beings flitting around a garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
comprise four groups and courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
courts being rulers of certain areas in the British Isles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are three Seelie courts and one
Unseelie court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of the Seelie
and the Unseelie are generally that the Unseelie is evil or opposed to
humanity, but the reality is much more complex than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use my novels to look in depth at these
very peculiar beings and groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Unseelie are supposed to be evil, but the Seelie are equally cruel and
capricious to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Unseelie have
there own problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most do live by
preying on humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is likely the
biggest difference, but the Seelie are equally harmful to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is the list of the Fae courts and their
leaders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seelie - Daoine Sidhe – General Britain and Scotland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Oberon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Titania<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fae of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg" title="Tylwyth Teg"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tylwyth Teg</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Tylwyth Teg are Welsh Fae</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pryderi fab
Pwyll <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigfa" title="Cigfa"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Cigfa</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon" title="Rhiannon"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rhiannon</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Manawyadan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Irish <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídhe</span></strong> (singular <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídh) Tuatha
Dé Danann</span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Art Óenfer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Achtan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unseelie – all of Britain, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Morgan le Fey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Madoc Morfryn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The overall leader or queen of the Fae is Essie, the Aos Si.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes from my novels, and I developed
this character and idea as the physical being made by God to help the Fae find
their way in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This gets very
complex since if you note the name of the main or head Seelie court is the
Daoine Sidhe, the children of Dana-ana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dana-ana is the name of the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic goddess of the spring
and the manifestation of the maiden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was also the main goddess of the Fae and the supposed bound god leader of the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets more complex in the
mythology.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Ceridwen is the unbound goddess who represents the maiden, the mother, and
the crone in Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and Gaelic mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sovereign goddess of all, but is
reborn in each generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is born,
lives, and dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use her in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen rules the courts of the
gods, man, and the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s not that
good of a goddess, but I give her some improvement in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point of this is that the idea of the Fae is very deep in British
mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has legs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As authors we sometimes have to bring all the
ideas of myth together and the myths themselves allow us to do this and see
these relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is really very
interesting is the connection of the myths to Christianity and the old pagan
beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They provide some connection
from the ancient past to the more modern and then into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This then is the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to believe in the Fae to be
enraptured by the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to
believe in anything to want to see the ideas of ancient peoples in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We call this magic realism and,
as I note, the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can also look at other mythical/historical creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, what about other creatures and beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For years, I wrote, don’t write about vampires, but then I wrote a
really fun novel about a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
your usual vampire, but I think the main point was what I was exploring in my
Enchantment novels—the redemption of beings whom we don’t think can be
redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was the entire point of
my vampire novel—I was writing about a vampire who could be redeemed and how
she could be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or perhaps, you
could say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was writing about how a
vampire of any kind could be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That was the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Again, also, how can a vampire fit into the reflected worldview from a logic
standpoint?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I concluded that a vampire
was missing a key element of the human construction of sarx, psuche, and
pneuma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A vampire doesn’t have a
physical or sarx presence in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are intellect, psuche and freewill, pneuma, but not physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must renew themselves monthly at the
full moon by taking on the essence, blood of a human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That renews their sarx existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why they can’t be seen in a mirror or
in silver as in normal photography, but in electronic photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also will be destroyed if the sunlike
hits them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s my idea of a vampire
from the myth and historical notions of a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the fun part of the reflected worldview—the author can create
logical extensions and reasons why a supernatural being can exist in the world,
and build around that supernatural being a reality that means they must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I did with the Fae and with my
vampires—yes, I wrote about another vampire, but not in detail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The entertainment comes from the development of such beings and introducing
them and building them into the real world—the reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned it before, but one of the main points of the reflected
worldview is that the reader should be able to make a search for your
supernatural being and find a whole slate of information about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should be able to have a background
based on the creature that submits to scrutiny and that fits into the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very different than the
created worldview of Harry Potty that is not found in myth or in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, the author can produce a real
world with a sufficient suspension of disbelief that results in a world that is
created, but not based on a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some would state that the Harry Potty
worldview is a hybrid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does indeed
incorporate elements of the real, the reflected, and a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay, but the problem is that it
isn’t based on the strength of history or myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what I’m aiming for, a worldview based on history and myth that
intrigues my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I want
in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine herself is based on a real (mythical and historical goddess).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has a history and a reality from
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is she real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is reflected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were large cultural and societal groups
who believed in and worshiped her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are people today, I’m sure, who accept her as history and or as myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some might still say they believe in
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could ask who believes in Zeus today?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actual answer might be astounding to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Basically the entire educated world believes in Zeus as a mythical and
historically based being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the
absolute and correct answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many
still believe in him as a god and a real being?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entirely different question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The answer is many less than those who know he is a mythological and
historical being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, Zeus stands in
history and in myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The belief and
religion of Zeus spans thousands of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His myths are indisputable, but mythological.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine in some ways is similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
mythology came out of a less literate and later society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her religion, pantheon, and history were
purged away by Christianity and other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had much less affect on the world than
Zeus, but she sits as a real mythical being in the pantheon and history of
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more about Aine that I
want to use.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine is one of the Fae queens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is an important and interesting concept in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote already that the idea of the Fae were
contained and explained as the neutral angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself predates Christianity in Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the fact she is revered in history
as a Fae queen means the Fae predated Christianity (we knew that), it means
Aine was seen as both positive and negative in her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also means she was seen as worldly and
unworldly—having a foot on the earth and one in heaven, but banished to the
earthly lands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fae also presumes glamour
as opposed to magic or sorcery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should
mention about both before we continue to the next plot type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the supernatural is filled with magic and miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magic comes from within the creation and
miracles comes from outside the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic is based on faith in the creation while miracles comes from
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the reflected worldview, I developed the concept of glamour, which is the
miracles of the Fae and the gods and goddesses in the world and magic which is
the action of the belief in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a very important idea in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for this is that in some way you
need to define magic in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, you should define the action of miracles in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is this important? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, magic needs some explanation in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a totally illogical and
unreasonable magic system like the one in Harry Potty or you can have a well
researched one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, I use the
magic system defined by PEI Bonewitz based on <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This system uses the “laws of magic” as described in <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is completely different than glamour
which is inherent in beings from outside of creation or whose powers come from
outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The neutral angels
who were exiled to earth are obviously beings from outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and goddesses gained their power
from the God who made them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also
have glamour. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In general, I don’t write positively abut magic, but rather do about glamour
or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find this to be natural
in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
adverse to seeing magic as positive in some ways, I just usually don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My main point is that you must have and
present some method based in reason and logic about how your magic system
works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really don’t care how it
works—it just needs to be logical in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally use a real magic system based on
the reflected laws of magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question
of “real” is illusive just as I discussed before—so, you can see that based in
reason and logic, you can develop a system based on whatever you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trick is reason and logic—it has to make
sense to your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do suggest
actually blocking out such a system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
I wrote, I haven’t really dug into a positive magic use or system in my writing,
and if I did, I’d use the system I described to you generally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I would give you the full frontal on this system, but it is complex and
detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to study it yourself
to be about to integrate it in your worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will find that some of the systems of magic in gaming systems can be
adapted to a novel and to a magic system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s a much better start and state than what Harry Potty uses which is
basically nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just advise not
having a magic system with no rules or no basis for operating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s how you get to Harry Potty and
silliness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silliness is right out,
although most readers might not notice it unless you have a bestseller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you do have a choice—magic or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic works under certain rules and concepts controlled by human
beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miracles come from God and are
miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t have to have any
basis in rules or laws—except those rules or laws put in place by the miracle
makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an important point I
make in my novels, and this is a very important point in writing either a
reflected or a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You do
see this expressed in various novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In other words, magic can be unlimited as miracles are, but then you need
some means of restricting the power or use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Having a natural system of operation like laws an rules for the magic
self-limits the magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not everyone can
do it, and not everyone has the power—it requires some degree of skill and
study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, those who can
do miracles can just do them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might
need some degree of training and study, but they are basically unlimited except
through their power and skills or through other limitations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, the humans can’t use glamour except through special
items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The glamour users are all the
Fae, gods, and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This places
very specific limitations as well as controls on the users.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, the powers of all these beings is
limited by their purpose in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They don’t have unlimited power or capability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any system you develop or that you reflect
in your worldview, you need to figure all this out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I guess I’ll conclude with how I’ll use all of this in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I mentioned, Aine is a goddess and a bound goddess at that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means she is immortal, and her purpose
just as all goddesses and gods is to eventually point to the God of
creation—the God who created her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is her purpose just as every human has a similar purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem with humanity and with goddesses
is that both have freewill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The object
of freewill is what makes the main problems for humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goddesses are supposed to be a little
different, but as myth shows us, they really aren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other problem with Aine is that she is a
Fae queen and can use glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll add
that she can also turn into a red horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What’s the point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are fallen (neutral) angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gods and goddesses are made or created beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are different than human beings, but
they were made by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think
Aine was mistakenly made a Fae queen, she was declared a Fae queen because of
her position and power in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think it was her acts against her actual position that led to her downfall and
her situation, thus she was declared a Fae queen even before her end in the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine has more problems than the
normal god or goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is somewhat
indifferent to her responsibilities and her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes her like the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of acting like her peers in
submitting to the work of the people and the work of God, she confounded God
and didn’t act to the benefit of the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She ended up where she is because she was too much in the world and not
enough into her responsibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thus, Aine has some real problems that could cause her trouble in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, she is paired with the
one person who could really help her, Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is gentle and kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s
very responsible and controlled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just
doesn’t know fully what he wants to be or do in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will help him and he will help her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the soul of the novel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about fantasy world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My fantasy
world is the real world with the reflected thrown in just as it is in this
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People believe in the
supernatural as they desire and as they approach life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many who would never accept the idea of a
dragon, the Fae, gods or goddesses, or a vampire, will readily accept the God
and Christianity or other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the supernatural, and this isn’t to make God or Christianity
equal to the other elements of the supernatural, however, logically, they all
have a similar basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point,
and that is exactly why the supernatural appeals to so many people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I want to point out again, Bram
Stoker wrote <i>Dracula</i> as well as his other novels on the supernatural to
prove the existence of the God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C.S.
Lewis would agree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural in
literature should point to the real supernatural in the world, and that means
God.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is ultimately what Aine shows in the world, and I think that’s a very
good and entertaining thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move
on. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% - the prison plot is one of the best
plots you can use to build entertainment and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used it many times in all kinds of
flavors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The full-on prison plot is like
that in <i>The Count of Monte Christo</i> and <i>The Man in the Iron Mask</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In these the protagonist faces and
experiences long term prison supposedly for false reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting there, being there, then escaping or
getting out are all drivers of the overall plot and the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you haven’t read these novels, you need
to, but the full-on prison plot isn’t the only way to use the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i> has a
type of prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sara is stuck in the school and a type of prison as the forced teacher and a
maid for the household.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She eventually
is helped to escape her prison in the attic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are other ways to play this scenario.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>One of the best ways and the way I work this is with short term
detention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if your
characters are arrested and taken in by the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this in many variants in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if your characters aren’t
arrested, but if they are accosted by a criminal or see a crime, the police
will want them to come and give a statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be kept in place for a while and that’s a type of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this too, and it’s a fun way to use
the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other means
of having a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to
that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts as a basic full-on prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have Aine imprisoned in a crypt and Eoghan releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s about as prison as you can get.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a lady who was imprisoned in a
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s been there for a long
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of her basic nature, she
doesn’t have some of the real problems of the normal human prisoner, but she
has been in there for ages, and Eoghan finds and releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of this is that Aine falls madly for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I really hate to say she falls in love with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love and Aine are kind of foreign concepts
because of her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s just say she is smitten forever because he saved her from her
continuous imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did I mention
she’s been there a long long time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve played this before in my novels, but not to this degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other novels, people might have been
released from captivity, but not in this fashion and not really for this long
of cogent imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
none of my other characters have been aware of their long term imprisonment,
not like Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can guess how happy
she is to be released, plus, Eoghan might be the only person in the world who
can and world release her.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Many who might release her, would not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the few who could even know or detect
her, might not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a
kind and gentle man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would release
Aine just because he is a great guy, but this will cause problems for him and
for the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will be part of the
entertainment in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about other prison plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
might throw one in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prison plots are
just so easy to use and to get into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, all I need is for Aine or Eoghan or Eva to do something a little
illegal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, they will be
escaping justice, so to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will
be hunted eventually by Stela and the Organization, or that’s my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The police might be looking for them actively
as in criminally, or for them generally, as in missing person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t decided how I want to work this or
how I want to present this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will
come with the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, the prison
plot can be just tossed in when the author needs it or wants it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not a fan of writing where the author places a tensioned scene with
repercussions that suddenly disappear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, if the police or others are after your characters, don’t
just let them shrug it off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There needs
to be a result and resolution based on the circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there isn’t, why even bring in the peril
in the first place?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think this is an important point of writing, but to really do it justice,
I need to think about it, and perhaps make it the next topic under the prison
plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Peril is like a Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps
I need to explain the Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov, the famous playwright wrote that if a playwright introduces a
gun in act one, someone must shoot it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His point was that when a writer places a
setting element in a play, he or she should turn it into a creative element in
the next act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true to a large
degree in novels as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel,
not every setting element needs to become a creative element, but especially
with important elements, we shouldn’t introduce them and not use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel, because of the magnitude of the
setting elements, not every single one needs to be promoted to creative
elements, but why describe a setting element if you aren’t going to use
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the main point here is not
just the use of the setting elements, but rather, introducing peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peril in a scene is the development of
tension—tension without release is worthless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, let’s not build tension if we don’t release the
tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the previous example, don’t
introduce a strained situation like an illegality or an incident without
resolving it in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically,
I find irrationality in shows or novels to be terrible writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great author doesn’t necessarily clean up
ever loose end and tie it up with a bow, but each incident of note needs a
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try an example using the
prison plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>, Rose goes out to find and rescue
a couple of girls in her house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
finds them in peril with a couple of women who are selling them beer and
cigarettes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the girls are attacked,
Rose fights back and using her very great skills stops their attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the process, Robyn calls the police and
the other girls from her house come to help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The conclusion of the event is that Rose is injured and brought to
hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are picked up by
the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teachers and
headmistress get involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is
this, all of these situations need to be seen through to the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of Rose in hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of the girls and Rose with the
police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem of the teachers, and
finally, the criminals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these
need to be addressed and resolved to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This completes the peril with appropriate
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point with the prison plot is that this is an appropriate release and
circumstance in the appropriate situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, sending Rose to hospital is one example of the prison
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Placing the criminals in prison is
another example of a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to reasonably and rationally complete an introduced peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This just makes sense to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any writing, it really bothers me when a
situation isn’t resolved effectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps this is just a problem for those who have complex circumstances,
but it does seem to be a problem of many movies and some writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect it causes a real problem for many unpublished
writers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42% - I’ll move to
the item plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great plot and
very easy to appropriately introduce to any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can just throw it in at will for a single
scene, or build it carefully through scenes to act as a telic element.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always say go big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I already wrote about the ring in <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the
Warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The ring moves on the down
low through the entire novel slowly gathering more and more mojo until it
becomes a telic element near the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the best way to work an item in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With items, you have McGuffins as well as real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin is an item that exists solely to
move a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has no real value,
worth, or maybe existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>McGuffins are
common in some modern novels, but I like items of real value and worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like my magic items to be magical, and my
other items to be used and usable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if you introduce a gun…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now a
gun can be used in many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
shoot it, the target is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can also use it other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is
true of the knife or any other weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s true, if you introduce a weapon, you should use it, but use means a
lot of different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to
stop here and move forward next about the different types of items and how you
can use them in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, there are McGuffins and real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A McGuffin could be an actual and real item, or it could be something
just made up of even false or non-existent like the Maltese Falcon in the novel
of the same name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a fan of the
McGuffin, but I do see their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
McGuffin can be very worthwhile in a real worldview novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could also be used in a reflected
worldview novel, but the question is why not give a real power or ability to an
item?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m into that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the most interesting use of an item
is the secret or secret capability of the item that the protagonist or other
character discovers in the revelation of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the case with Angelica’s ring
from my novel <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have items of power whose capability or
abilities are hidden or secret.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then, there are items whose capabilities are obvious like a gun or a
knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These have obvious capabilities,
but potentially many abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, you can shoot a gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means
a lot of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gun can be shot at
someone or just in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
used to hunt or fired at a target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the points that are most obvious about a gun, but a gun can be used in many
other ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can use a gun as a tool, in the sense of striking a person or a
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun can be mishandled—resulting
in firing or misfiring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
cleaned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be used to
threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a paperweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be an item that causes fear or that
reduces fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all, the gun is a very
useful tool in every potential use from shooting to just an item to a threat or
a positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guns are highly
versatile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knives are too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Knives are very useful tools like guns, but their use and potential use is
even more varied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus a knife can’t
usually go off unexpectedly although there can be accidents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at these items and their potential,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We don’t need to just write about potentially dangerous items, because most
items are dangerous depending on their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A book, for example, could be used as a bludgeon, but you can also read
it, tear it up, use parts for scrap, burn it, use it as a door stop, and
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that there are
nefarious uses for any item, and items can be used in all kinds of ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I proposed a novel I call bookgirl where the main item is a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of the book was to include a clue
in the margins or on a title page that led the protagonist and the
protagonist’s helper to a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is a normal use for such an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this case, the book isn’t a McGuffin and it isn’t supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book is an item with a real use to
forward the plot through not just its existence but, rather, its contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, on to knives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A knife is a very common item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could have an inscription on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could use it to harm or just to cut your meat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could threaten or make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
knife is an innocuous item until it isn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov could not have written, if you introduce a knife in the first Act
someone must be stabbed with it in the second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s because the knife has many more uses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess you could write, if you introduce the
knife in act one, someone needs to open a letter with it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the entire point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For an
author, the use of the gun might not be for it to fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the use of the knife might not be
to cause harm or to threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The knife
could include an inscription that moves the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other use of a knife could be
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could have great real
power like a spell or a capability or it could lend a capability to the
user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done this before too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t just make stuff up about items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I research items from myth and history to provide a basis for the
item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I used Arthur’s
dagger from history and myth in one of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point about items is that they have many uses in plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use the item plot in
Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I’ll add a supernatural item into Aine, but I’m not sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t researched this enough, but there
are four great items of the Celtic and Gaelic Seelie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These would rightly be part of the
supernatural items Aine might use and control, but the Gaelic Seelie, the Irish
<strong>Aes Sídhe</strong> (singular <strong>Aes Sídh) Tuatha Dé Danann guard
these as great treasures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There would be
little opportunity and little reason for Aine and Eoghan to seek them in
Ireland or use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are always
possibilities.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>I was mainly thinking about normal items that might really get Aine
a go’n.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, some personal item
that belonged to Eoghan that he gifted her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Gaelic aren’t as nutso about gifts and gift giving as the
Anglo-Saxons, but they do have their craziness as a culture about gifts and
welcoming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Eoghan were to gift her
something, he would have a very difficult time getting it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps parts of his clothing which he gives
to Aine when he finds her in the state of nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many more possibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Another fun one might be a gun or a knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun would be interesting because Aine would
have to use it and learn about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
could provide great entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are a host of items that could attract Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Plus there is this thing about people who come from item poor
cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They tend to want to hord and get
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see this in the World War
Two generation. They had nothing, so as they gained wealth, they gained
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People who have all the stuff
they every wanted like some later USA generations tend to not see much value in
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some cultures, like the Japanese,
want stuff, but have little room for that stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these are cultural, and Aine is one of
those little stuff kinds of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
will want to have and own things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
there are other things Aine might acquire and desire.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Desire and acquire, this is a very interesting plot type in the item
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants things and things in
the Gaelic culture mean wealth and power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This includes stuff we usually don’t think much about like animals,
land, titles, responsibility—all these are things, items, a person like Aine
could and would want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would equally
want this for Eoghan because she will assume Eoghan is hers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is a cultural thing mixed with an
Aine thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cultural because, Aine will
want and desire him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will assume
that he is hers and that he rescued her for himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes, in the ancient world people did rescue others without much or
any reluctance, but you have to realize the mind of the ancient world and the
Gaelic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I rescue a person of
equal rank to me, that person owe me a wearguild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue places a burden of repayment on the
rescued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true of any rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a person of greater rank rescues one of
lower rank, the one of lower rank can be required to become a servant of a
slave of the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is called a
thane in Anglo-Saxon society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
especially true if the rescuer is of noble rank and the other is common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might be a free thane or a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aine is of a noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
discuss her place in this rescue que with Eoghan next.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes, rank is an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
thing to be achieved as well as a possession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a fantastic type of item to use in rank based cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of the reasons I like to write in
British and French settings—rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aine has rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a Fae
Queen—that’s important, but not in the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the human courts don’t have any
authority in the Fae courts and vice versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine has no rank in the human courts based on her Fae rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Aine is also a goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and the goddesses have authority,
but not over general humans or their courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They do have authority over their worshipers, but that’s about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can kill, attack, and bully humans, but
that is considered a high crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
too refined to act that way, plus, she has no followers anymore—not in the
modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She might try to get some.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>What about noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
depends on which tale you accept and which ones you don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to ignore all the late tales and
focus on the early ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine was so
beautiful and desirable that an Irish king tried to rape her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This usually means that Aine was outside of the
king’s rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine was a Fae Queen and a
goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was desired because of her
power, skills, and her beauty not her rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If Aine were of a princess or even the daughter of another high noble,
the king would simply ask for her hand in marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tried to rape her—he had no legitimate
claim on her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, she wasn’t so stupid
to allow him to take her that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
means that Aine’s rank wasn’t noble or at least not high enough to marry a
king.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be a problem for her in
the modern world.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aine will assume she is taken as a free thane by Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has status, but not rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she learns his true rank, it will be
even worse for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will know, by
his name, that he is from high nobility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She will not know, he comes from the lineage of kings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will provide some great
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into that, next.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes, Aine has a problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
was a problem created by her captors and those who entombed her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They knew that if she was ever rescued, she
would fall as a captive to whoever let her go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The king she dethroned and who tried to rape her, wanted to punish her
as much as he could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He couldn’t kill
her, so he thought of the next best thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To be entombed and not able to escape, but then in escape to be made a
captive and a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her only hope was
to be freed by a woman of high rank—then Aine could at least become a
lady-in-waiting—that has rank and hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
Aine was released by a slave or a thane, she would owe them money or work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A drudge for a slave.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Eoghan might be the worst to rescue her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Eoghan, he can claim her as a free thane
or as a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no nobility, and
he is the nobility of a king.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
similar to the situation that led to her entombment as well as the dethronement
of the original king.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>However, Eoghan is a modern man with modern sensibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will treat her like a princess, but expect
nothing else from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will throw
her off her culture and her knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure how I want to play this, but I want to make it very
powerful in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want Aine to be
consumed with it while she wants to give herself to Eoghan, and he won’t have
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, eventually, but he isn’t
easily won or wooed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My prepublication
reader might not like that, but perhaps, I’ll build the modern chasing from the
standpoint of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Rank is the thing that will be the most powerful item in this
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be the problem and the
plot that builds great fun in the novel—plus it will show the main point of the
ancient cultures and societies I’m writing about and revealing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tomorrow,
I’ll start with these plots and evaluate how and which I’ll use in this new
novel Aine. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More
tomorrow.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For more information, you can visit my
author site </span><a href="http://www.theendofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.ldalford.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ldalford.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and my individual
novel websites:</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.ancientlight.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.aegyptnovel.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.aegyptnovel.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><a href="http://www.centurionnovel.com/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.centurionnovel.com</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://</span></a><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor.com/"><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.</span></a><a href="http://www.aseasonofhonor/"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">aseasonofhonor</span></a><span style="font-family: ""serif"",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.com</span><span style="font-family: "Sylfaen",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-61183380706771886032024-02-26T05:08:00.001-06:002024-02-26T05:08:00.140-06:00Writing - part xxx606 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Items, Rank in Aine<p>26 February 2024, Writing - part xxx606 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Items, Rank in Aine</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
guess I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) – the first stop in Greece was
Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tour was great, but the
lunch okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have used a Greek
salad and a Mythus beer, but there was an okay buffet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been to Greece many times before and to
Olympus more than once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I set a couple
of my novels in Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like
Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve even had my characters go
to Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just as I described
it and just as I remembered it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
they have a new entry and gatehouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s where we write about setting and the setting plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just by picking Greece and places in Greece as a setting, I’ve enacted a
setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be Greece as
a setting, and the reality is that Greece is a setting while a setting plot is a
setting that automatically starts a type of plot based wholly on the setting,
so, no, Greece is not a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greece
is just a type of setting, and a great setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In a setting plot, the setting itself determines the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clearer as we develop the
idea of a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great type of
setting, like Greece, makes for a great setting—a great place to launch a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I choose very specific places or
setting for my novels and my plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you haven’t noticed, I choose settings based very specifically on my
protagonist and my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
novels I set in Greece are there because of the protagonist and the
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Setting plots are similar,
but different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, a setting
plot is a setting plot because of the type of plot as compared to the type of
setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really won’t get deeply into
the details of building a setting, but suffice to say, the initial setting of
the novel is critical to the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
comes from the protagonist and the setting of the initial scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there, the scenes build on their input
and output sequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how we
might use setting plots in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% - I don’t
intend to use any type of this plot although I think you can use a limited end
of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to explain how
the setting creates or develops the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In this case, if you have an end of the world setting, you will have an
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t get
away from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true of most (all)
setting plots, and this is the problem with the setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have a certain type of setting, you
pretty much must include that setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is especially true of the end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I can’t imagine how you can’t have
the end of the world plot without an end of the world setting and visa
versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the bigger question is can you set up an end of the world plot that
isn’t really about the end of the world—the answer is, yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a matter of fact, Harry Potty is a limited
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How’s that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty is a limited end of the world
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of the world is the end of
the wizarding world and the Harry Potty world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Really, who cares?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, who
cares about the end of the wizarding world that no one except the magic folks
can even know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of Harry Potty’s
world doesn’t mean any negative affect on the rest of the world, but it gives
you an understanding of how to write a limited end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If it is the end of something important like a business, an era, a nation,
an idea, a philosophy, a theology, or anything like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything that is valuable and that will
change people’s lives or existence can be developed into an end of the world
type plot, and used very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m opposed to the end of the world plot because since Noah, it has been
stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There really was an end of the
world, the rest are just facetious and silly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean really, the closest humanity has come
to the end of the world is a nuclear war, but it hasn’t happened and even the
couple of nuclear events that we know affected humanity, didn’t come close to
destroying the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, such an
event, like the bombing of a city or destruction can be a limited end of the
world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the case of Aine, I could present an end of the world she knows, but that
would only affect her and no one else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An end of the world plot of any size must affect a large number of
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One or two isn’t enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A business might be enough, but it should
affect more than a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should really
affect a community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I don’t think an
end of the world plot is suitable for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A limited end of the world plot might be a great fit in some
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t recommend an all out end
of the world plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% - the war plot is perhaps
the most useful plot in all literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was totally misused and not used enough during the Victorian
Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason the Victorians were
embarrassed by sex, sickness, toilet work, basics of work, household stuff, and
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why they didn’t like to write about
war is silly to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the few war
plots you get are real classics from the era, like Dickens, <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The few war plots from this era are usually classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how can you use the war plot?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can obviously go for the full-on war plot—you can place your novel in a
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That setting can be either in the
midst of the fighting, in support of the fighting, the home front with the
soldiers, the home front with non-fighters, or about anything else you can
think of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This variety is what makes the
war plot and the war setting so powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also brings up the question why the Victorians didn’t use the war
plot when there were wars going on all around them and during their times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just didn’t like the war setting, I
guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the war plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my writing I use the cold war concept to develop my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all of my writing has a war plot or
setting, but much of it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
of my published science fiction has a war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of my other fiction is set either during
wars or in cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence
setting (which is a war setting) makes for a great war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give you some ideas and write about
it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the intelligence business, there is overt and covert operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of these support a war setting and a war
plot—they aren’t about hot wars, usually, they are all about cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the basis for my work in the
military.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the war setting in many
if not most of my writing, and if it isn’t a war setting or plot, the novels or
characters have a connection to the intelligence business and therefore to the
war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Essie:
Enchantment and the Aos Si</i>, the Aos Si is characterized as being at war
with Ceridwen and therefore with England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, in the same novel, Mrs. Lyons is the wife of Lt Col Lyons
who runs the Organization a language intelligence service and operation under
the MI structure (it used to be MI-19).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, even this novel that is only loosely connected to a war setting is
really a war plot with a war setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Who would imagine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The intelligence structure and operations make for great war settings even
when they are not full-on war settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the type of environment (setting) I like to work with and in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be like this, too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, Eoghan and his family are connected to the intelligence structure
through the Organization (MI-19) and Stela, a branch under the Organization
that protects Britain from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This automatically places the setting in a type of war setting—it is an
intelligence and cold war type setup, but the challenge is from the
supernatural as well as the other political and hegemonic enemies of
Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence agents and
operatives are working to protect and help protect Britain even if there is no
hot war going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll describe more
about how I’ll use this plot and setting, next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have Eoghan who is an agent for Stela—even if he doesn’t fully understand
what Stela is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steal, I’ll remind you is
the British intelligence agency under the Organization that is the past
MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll write about the MI
structure just for kicks and grins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In WWII, the MI structure included MI-1 through MI-19 excluding MI-13 and
MI-18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just weren’t used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the MIs except MI-5, MI-6, and MI-19 were
absorbed into MI-5 and MI-6 or other military and civilian government
agencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know what happened to MI-5
and MI-6—they are still around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big
question is what happened to MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have no real idea, but MI-19 was the prisoner interrogation arm of the MI
structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It handled mostly Germans,
but obviously all the other prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, you need to be able to speak the languages of the
prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every military intelligence
system or structure must have a foreign language group attached to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A foreign language group handles three levels
of language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Basic language intelligence – this
is the detailed knowledge of a foreign language for the purpose of training,
translations, and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
operatives who may be first language speakers of the foreign language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These people understand, for example, English
and their primary language very well, their language perfectly, but may have
accents and not a perfect understanding of English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can’t pass as a British citizen in their
appearance or their English pronunciation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Mid-grade language intelligence –
these are British citizens whose primary language is usually British English,
but their secondary language is good, but not perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their appearance usually doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t need to look or sound like a
perfect British citizen, but they usually need to seem like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the operatives who usually
accomplish prisoner interrogations and expatriate and defector debriefings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can additionally occasionally be used as
basic language operatives, but usually their secondary language skills aren’t
good enough to be basic language operatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, they have accents in their secondary language that makes them
unusable in the highest classification of language spies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Language intelligence agents—these
are British citizens whose primary language is British English, who have one or
more secondary languages that they learned in the country of question, and who
look undoubtably like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their language skill in English is perfect with no foreign accent and
their secondary language skill is street level with no British accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are your covert agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should note that there is a subgroup of
these agents who might understand a secondary language perfectly, but have some
accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are less useful, but can
play a role as an agent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters
I usually write about are these agents.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let me explain a little bit about language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll do that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where is MI-19?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nations don’t get rid
of their most powerful intelligence organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why in my novels, MI-19 became, the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They support foreign
language operations and provide foreign language operatives and agents to the
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their agents and operatives are
found in the other military intelligence agencies, MI-5 and MI-6, and
specifically in the foreign office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
of the Organization’s operatives are in the Organization, but some are shared
with other intelligence and government offices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The greatest use of agents is in the foreign office and in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are many uses for language intelligence assets, but the highest use is
the covert surveillance of foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This usually happens around the embassies and foreign dignitaries like ambassadors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most common overt and covert operations
are just listening through all kinds of means to foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For listening, in this sense, you don’t need
the really high end level three language intelligence agents—you just need operatives
at the first level. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, for covert
operations, you must have level three agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What exactly does a level three agent do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In language intelligence, these are listeners
who, look like they could never be listeners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the backbone of covert language operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the main, these are the young and totally
British looking secretaries, guards, muscle, and lower level people who are
full-on language experts with intimate understanding of the targeted language
or languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might accompany an
ambassador in all kinds of capacities, and they act in these capacities, but
their real reason for being is that they can surreptitiously listen and report
on conversations around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
rarely known to the ambassador or British secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They never let on their language skills
because that would compromise their covert positions and the
effectiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If an enemy sees a lower
level pure British looking subject in a group, they are very likely to
communicate openly with other members of their own group in a way that might
give up great intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, these
agents can check translators and translations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reports go secretly through the intel system and come back to the
ambassador or secretary via classified means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Meanwhile, no one expects the lower level secretary to the ambassador or
secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The enemy feels like they can
speak plainly around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also
why guards and muscle make great covert language agents—who would expect the
MI-6 muscle protecting an ambassador or secretary to know the language?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially those who don’t look like the culture
or society in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why
looking like a common British citizen is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember the first language and covert agent
of the Brits in India?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least the
first written about in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
you remember <i>Kim</i> by Rudyard Kipling?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Kim was a child who was brought up and lived on the streets of India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the child of a Brit and an
Irishman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked nothing like the
Indians around him, but he knew their languages at the street level, and he
knew the people and their culture at an intimate level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was, for all practical purposes, an Indian
person in the body of a British citizen—this is the perfect language
intelligence asset and agent (spy).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
do you get a person like this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll show
you that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Like Kim, language spies and agents, in general, came and come from those
children born of British citizens who grew up in foreign environments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are many times the children of foreign
secretaries, ambassadors, and military people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the British empire wound down and caved in on itself, another and
better source became more prevalent—missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children of foreign secretaries and
ambassadors are only a small resource and tend to be of the class that doesn’t
need much employment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British
military has been reduced to mostly embassy assignments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Missionaries go to very exotic locations,
live there, and have children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
children grow up learning the languages on the street—they are the main modern
source of the level three language agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only other source comes from mixed families, however, there are a
couple of problems with these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first
is that a great language agent looks completely British and not like they could
ever understand the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
allows covert actions and operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The other is accent and street wise understanding of the culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless properly trained, many mixed families
don’t pass the necessary accents and street understanding of their own cultures
as well as the British culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are
necessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are also infiltration operations and covert operations within groups
as agents, however, these are less common and there is an obvious tendency to use
local people and not citizens in these operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A British citizen caught in covert operations
within another country faces exposure, punishment, and potentially death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, a foreign national caught
operating either legally or illegally in their own nation can be tried for
treason, but usually such indirect connections, especially in the third world,
are difficult to expose and more difficult to prosecute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact a citizen is selling or discovering
information for Britian in their own nation usually has a commercial reason,
however, if a little military or other information happens to make it into the
briefing, who’s to say it wasn’t just for commercial reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how do you use these language experts,
and how will I use them in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the language experts, operatives and agents from the Organization
and Stela in my novels as embassy secretaries and muscle as well as operatives
in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I follow the main
tenants of the language intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many of my characters are shares from the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They work in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t written about MI-5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not as familiar with their operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might ask why I write about the French
and British language intelligence and intelligence operations when I’m not
British or French.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is
easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to work for the US
government in Special Missions and Special Operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t write about those operations, but I
can write about the similar British and French operations because they are
similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, I will use the Organization and Stela as the main agencies of Eoghan
and his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my finished novel, <i>Deirdre:
Enchantment and the School </i>Dierdre and Sorcha met Elaina who is the mother
of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elaina was recruited by Luna
Bolang for Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has issues and
powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already mentioned about this,
and they directly affect Eoghan and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Much of the novel will be about the problem of Aine which is that she is a goddess
and Stela would be very interested in her is they knew about her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the secret and one of the
mysteries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The readers and Eoghan will
know who Aine is from the beginning, but the fun use of the reveal of this
secret will be a driver in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both the reveal and the threat of revelation will be the fun and
entertaining part of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
will have a lot to do with Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela because of the supernatural, but the
Organization because of the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is where we get the language intelligence and the war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan is trained in modern English, Celtic, Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon, the Fae
language, and maybe other ancient British languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are his language skills for the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These re his intelligence
skills, and he will need them. He will have to be the communicator and
translator for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His sister, Eva,
will be about to communicate in these languages as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The war will be a cold one that threatens to become a hot one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The war will be the silent one between the
supernatural forces, the gods, goddesses, Fae, and other creatures and the
humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is some degree of conflict
between humans and the Fae because of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other creatures have their disputes with humans as well—that is Eoghan’s
job, to make things right with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is supernatural, so she will fit into the bailiwick of Eoghan and
his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem will be that
Eoghan and Eva will want to keep Aine’s existence and being on the down
low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be many reasons for
this, but if you can imagine that Aine is not just a goddess, but a Fae Queen,
as well as a symbol of the power of Ireland, then you might be able to see some
of the real issues she could cause, or that her presence could cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be the war setting and the war
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not a full on setting or
plot, but it’s like the cold war with secrets and secret actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how this all works out, but that’s
about it for the war setting and plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% - if you notice there
are only two classics that have an anti-war plot—the reason should be obvious
to the most casual observer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who
has any knowledge of history knows that anti-war is much more dangerous for
humans than war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History shows that a
war can completely end not just a nation but a society and a culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Carthaginians, for example, were completely
eradicated as a people, a culture, and a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were about the most evil culture known
to man—infant slaughter (sacrifice) and other atrocities, and the Romans
finally got tired of fighting them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the third war against them, they annihilated their people, their capital, tore
it down and salted the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
great day for humanity, but a lesson for the ages that war can indeed solve a
problem and end real evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The trite claim that war doesn’t solve anything is haunted by the ghosts of
the Carthaginians—war did, indeed solve all their problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, you might think that we should promote
anti-war so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so, we should promote security like the
Greeks and Romans so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the lesson of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anit-war is considered an irrational idea and
plot, and although many have used it, there are only two classics and they are
basically worthless, in my opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus
anti-war doesn’t provide a great setting or plot anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you want to use an anti-war plot, I’d recommend it as a satire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t intend to use the anti-war plot in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might introduce a little satire
about anti-war because of just who Aine is, but I don’t know how I might
introduce or use it at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% - it’s pretty
ironic that three of the most important and earliest novels are based on a
travel plot: <i>Genji</i>, <i>Don Quixote</i>, and <i>Robinson Caruso</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason this is ironic is that many if not
most of the novels between the earliest and the modern tend not to include
travel plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the Victorian Era came
to an end and in Romantic plotted and protagonisted novels we see them take off
with many travel based plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, almost everything Robert Louis Stevenson wrote has a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stevenson was a Romantic writer and one of
the Victorian Era breakout writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
of Dickens’ novels include travel plots, however, most of the Victorians didn’t
change their settings much or move their characters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you remember, one of the major characteristics of the Romantic
protagonist is travel—usually from their rural roots to the urban, at least at
first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What the modern world brought,
along with all the other conveniences was the ability to travel quickly and
easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In England, the train started
this general ability to travel, but the automobile, plane, and others brought
about the revolution in travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
already noted Romantic characters tend to move away from their rural roots to
the urban, they also travel a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
travel plot isn’t just the initial plot, like <i>Robinson Caruso</i> that
starts the novel, it can also be like <i>Don Quixote</i>, and propel the entire
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is interesting is we see this
penchant to travel in the earlier epics just think of <i>The Odessey</i>, <i>The
Iliad</i>, as well as the Arthur, Parzival, and Osorio epics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even Beowulf includes a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s funny that writing seemed to settle down
a little in a certain period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, we see the travel plot well used in the classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My novels all have a Romantic plot and Romantic protagonists, you can guess,
there must be travel plots in all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love travel plots, and you should too. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel plots are primo just because we want to
start our Romantic protagonist in the rural and then move them to an even more
interesting and unfamiliar urban setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The urban setting allows them to really use their special skills—those
generally developed in their original setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Harry Potty runs this a little backward, which is a great use of the
travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her characters generally
start in the urban, but then move to the rural, which is Hogwarts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intermittently, we get movement back and
forth rural to urban and urban to rural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The use of the travel plot is especially well developed in Harry
Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, this is the most
proper use of the travel plot, plus, a novel doesn’t really include a travel
plot unless something happens during the travels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty’s travel plots usually use the
primary travel to introduce new characters, introduce plots, do a little
foreshadowing, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A terrible use
of a travel plot is where your characters just take a bus somewhere, the bus,
train, plane, automobile ride are all opportunities for dialog and
communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dialog from the writer’s
standpoint, and communication from the character’s standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many other things you can do during
the travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>, Rose sets up training for Seoirse during
their helicopter trip from Monmouth to the Isle of Shadows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, Rose trains her cadets, but
we don’t get to see this, we just know of it from the dialog between Seoirse
and his instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great use of a
helicopter trip, that’s just what Rose thought, and one of her tools to continue
to encourage and seduce Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now,
about the use of the travel plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll write about that, next.<i> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts with a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is traveling to a Scottish National Park to get rid of a Fae
issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I write get rid of, I mean
to negotiate and accommodate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are too powerful for even some other Fae to handle, so unless we are writing
about Rose or one of the Fae royalty, there is little chance to defeat the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This traveling gets Eoghan in the
vicinity of Aine and her place of incarceration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The second travel plot is when Aine and Eoghan head back to his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there must be a third and perhaps a
forth travel plot when Aine and Eoghan go to Stela HQ and then to the training
points as required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure at all
how I’ll work this last part out, but the rest is pretty clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the circumstances of this novel point to
the need and development of travel plots to resolve the telic flaw issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recognize that Eoghan is a Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He must move from the rural
to the urban or close enough. He will eventually go from Scotland to London,
definitely a movement from rural to urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, Eoghan will need to move around more than that to
accommodate and work with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
an especially troublesome girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
what makes things fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The travel plots will be introduced as plots or developments for Eoghan,
Aine, and Eva to prosper and to grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be happy to get out from under Eoghan and Eva’s parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their parents are nice, but ewww.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not eww in a nasty sense, but eww in a parental overcontrol
helicopter mother sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’ll
play the father as helping, but I’ll be careful about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t need father to get on the bad side
of mother, especially with her powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is pretty powerful too, but she won’t want to use her powers
against her declared boyfriend’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s not stupid.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We will have and develop a fun travel plot based on all of this, but they
will be supporting and not overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Remember, the overall plot is a redemption plot based on Eoghan’s
needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll work toward that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s my conclusions about the travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure you can write any good modern novel without some travel
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Romantic protagonist demands a
good travel plot, at least moving from the rural to the urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might put this plot ahead of the initial
scene, that’s possible, but difficult to work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if the protagonist mustn’t travel to get
to the urban, there are more reasons for travel and especially in the modern
world and with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel
is just a good common plot in all modern novels—use it when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% - the
totalitarian plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the Victorian Era, everyone except the USA was under a monarchy—wait
for it, a monarchy is always a totalitarian regime therefore all Victorian and
other novels under a government with a king was a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Victorian Era, no one knew or cared
about being in a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, we know better, I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Look, a totalitarian plot is a plot that involves the government as a
non-republic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might even say
non-democratic, but many democratic governments in history have been considered
tyrannical and totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
totalitarian plot is about a plot where the government extends its power into
the realm of normal human operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why most Victorian and other plots aren’t considered
totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The monarch might have
been dictators, but they mainly left the people alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the kings or queens got involved with the
people, negatively, that’s a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In modern Britian, I think there is scope for an easy totalitarian plot, but
most people don’t see the British government that way so it is hard to make
that argument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, I have
used in novels, the Soviet regime, the Chinese Communist Regime, the German
National Socialist (Nazi) regime, and the Vichy French Regime—and these are
definitely totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally, I
have used a science fiction world setting in <i>Escape from Freedom</i> which
is also a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I don’t intend to put a totalitarian plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could, but I don’t think it would resonate
or be very worthwhile for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move to the next plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% - ho ho, this is one
of the best plots ever because it can reside in almost any novel from comedy to
whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to have a
horror novel to include a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All horror is, is a little fear, scaring, or disturbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hey, there are many definitions for horror,
but I think you get the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you can
understand this about fear, scaring, and disturbing, it’s all about feeling and
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the pathos of the reader
not the characters—or rather, the pathos created by the author fills the reader
and not the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want our
readers to feel fear, be scared, or be disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not so much into disturbed because we
aren’t about grossing out our readers, but pulling them a little out of their
comfort zone is what horror is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How do we invoke horror?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’d say it’s all about setting, feeling, and style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, I’m going to ask you to change
up your style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might like to write
unicorns and rainbows—that’s great, but a few dangerous unicorns or ominous
rainbows can move the tension in the scene to horror—okay a little fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m aiming for.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When you present a scene—set a scene that is supposed to be scary and tense,
set it to be scary and tense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s all
that horror is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is that there
is no reason to shy away from a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some people even make a living and write horror based novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novel, <i>Escape from Freedom</i> could be
considered a horror novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go with
that—it’s about a communist totalitarian state in a science fiction world, and
it’s pretty horrific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other
novels, I feel for the scene and interject a little fear when it feels
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point there is to incite the
emotions of the reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like my
readers to feel emotions like fear for my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little horror is just the thing, and when I
write horror, you are supposed to understand: fear, scared, and possibly
disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is even room for your
characters to be disturbing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t mean disturbing in the sense of morality or ethics or crime, there
are many things in life that can be disturbing but not be wrong—like the five
second rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve used
this before, but a character from a starvation culture would never waste food
no matter the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little dirt,
muck, sand or whatever, they would eat it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That might be disturbing to many readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about eating insects or grubs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s disturbing—it’s by definition
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As long as it doesn’t kick the
reader out of the suspension of disbelief, it’s a great means of producing
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use
horror in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the ultimate question about writing—when can I just throw in a plot
I’d like to use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, perhaps not the
ultimate question, but it’s one of the main questions I like to think about in
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we write, we want to
interject plots into a scene so we can use them for entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, we want interject
a horror plot into the scene or perhaps a few scenes for exactly that
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want some entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question then, is how do
we get some of this into Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first scene in Aine is basically pretty creepy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Eoghan in an ancient Anglo-Saxon cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is horror without any other
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to keep this
going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will build the scene with more
and more horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a horror
novel, but the beginning is filled with horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is the perfect use of the horror plot in a horror
scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This horror is produced by the
circumstances and the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
scene progresses, the action and the narration in the scene develops this
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What can be more horrific than a
person held captive for thousands of years and finally released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s maybe more of a tail of salvation and
rescue, but the point is this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine who
has been held captive for thousands of years is released into the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is dirty, naked, confused, upset, and
very happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who wouldn’t be if they were
released from that kind of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is the situation and circumstances Aine and Eoghan find themselves in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Aine, and we have Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a scary setting and scary
circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to use these
in a horror plot to entertain our readers—that’s my point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use the circumstances and the setting
to build the plot into a horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this way, we have chosen a plot and a horror plot, at that.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t always and
everywhere interject a horror plot, but there are many times when I can. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, the circumstances fit the idea
and situation of the horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this case, I want to accentuate and use the plots involved to build a horror
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to make the writing
more exciting and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we can see that in this novel, the horror plot is a natural fit
especially for the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will
get harder and harder to interject such a plot in the later points of the
novel, or it should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it
shouldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main idea here is that in
writing in we pick and choose scenes to increase the tension in the
scene—horror is a natural tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
suspect there are other opportunities to use horror in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just have to get to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the power of writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We build scenes and add plots to support
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horror is a powerful and easy to
use type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will use it through
Aine, and perhaps more than I’m expressing at this moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% - here is a great
plot but one I’m not certain I can use in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I might be able to fit it in, but it might be difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been used, not so much as a plot, but
as a pathos developer in older novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can pretty much see the evolution of the children setting to a plot
in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dickens introduced
children in <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, but there is really no children’s
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plot is adult with children as
part of the setting to provide some pathos—think Tiny Tim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where the children’s plot comes into its own is as the Victorian Era gives
way to the modern and the modern Romantic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea of real children in a plot comes basically from the very
important novel <i>What Katy Did</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was a seminal novel for children and about children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children were the focus and they weren’t
handled like young adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
children with the thoughts and feelings of children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps some of the most interesting novels
out of this period of great change are Mark Twain’s novels for boys and girls
as well as Robert Louis Stevenson and <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the bridge had been crossed, the concept
of writing novels for children drove the further idea of novels wholly about
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We move from Robert Louis
Stevenson’s and Mark Twain’s children being pushed into the adult world with
little help from adults to the novels of Brazil and others where the children
are children facing real but not adult problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are uniquely children’s plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It is still a children plot when children are introduced into an adult novel
either as students or as wards and just kids in a family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this in my <i>Aegypt </i>(<i>Ancient
Light</i>) novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, the Bolang
Children became a necessary part of the novel and drove plots and scenes that
led directly to saving their mother and father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again, I don’t see this in Aine, but I will write, next, how Aine could
include a children’s plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To build a children’s plot, we need children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youth will work, but the characters must be
handled like children and not like adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The best ways to do this is first, make children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this for <i>Aegypt</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bolong’s had four children and the
children were children for two novels and grew up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second is to train children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is using a training or teaching plot
with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve incorporated these
types of plots in my novels but not usually with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>Essie: Assignment and the Aos Si</i>, I
had the childlike person Essie being raised by Mrs. Lyons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a great and entertaining novel and
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, you can bring in children
in other ways—usually not as the protagonist’s children or as students, but as
walk-ons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is perhaps the best way
to introduce a children’s plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>How could we develop this in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could make her a preschool teacher, ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t think so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This might take
too long to build for Aine, but it is an interesting way to write the novel—at
least bring her into a special class for special children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That might be a fun show and tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is have Eoghan bring Aine for show and
tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is worth thinking about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could use Aine as a show and tell for many
other classes and training involving the Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I want to have Aine and Eoghan have a child this quickly, we
are moving in that direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, I present the first blush of love (meeting and romance).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sometimes play the second stage of love
(marriage).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to build on the third
stage of love, that is after marriage sometimes with children and many times
without.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Perhaps the way I’ll do this is with bringing in other people’s
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great method and one
I’ve done a few times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I should
have mentioned in the last paragraph that I routinely bring in the first stage
of love in a novel and then use the protagonists later after they have had
children and been married as side characters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That seems to be very successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of Aine, I’m certain I have a
host of children and youth I could being into her life and Eoghan’s life for
this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is the
Ceridwen in this generation who happens to be about two years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to being Rose and Seoirse in as her adopted
parents for many reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a sideline,
this is how I develop long term stories and storylines in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote about Rose because she was a very
interesting and powerful protagonist, but in the back of my mind, I’ve had a
need to bring in the foster parent for Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a foreshadowed and active theme deep
in the novels since I brought in Kathrin, the last Ceridwen and included her in
multiple novels as a protagonist and as a side character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the way of building worlds for your
novels and not just stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% - it’s all
historical, baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, for many
novels that’s not true, but it’s a character and author’s issue and not an
issue with the historical plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assert
that every novel that isn’t science fiction or created fantasy must be or
should be historical in nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t use made up places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
use made up history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t use made up
people (who really exist).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do modify information
based on potential history, but all my made up stuff is based in history and
might be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do change places to
meet the needs of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I make up
all the main, major, and protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My novels are all reflected worldview—so they all include the history of
the times and the world and the place, but they also include those ideas that
things people think might or have faith could exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels are historical to the highest
degree I can make them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is kind of a difficult subject to address because I understand exactly
what I am expressing, but I’m not certain many people understand the idea of
plotting a novel in history and reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll try to give some examples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the broadest sense, my novels include a British intelligence agency I
call the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This agency is
based in MI-19 from World War II.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone
in the business knows language intelligence is one of the foundations of
national security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where did MI-19
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I give it a new name and some new
work, and I fit it into the world of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is there the Organization in Britain?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m sure something is still there, it’s classified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what the Organization is like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a step above the highest classified
levels of MI-5 and MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, it supplies
shares to both, and to other intelligence organizations like the Foreign
Office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this is based on history and
the historical.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then I also have Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela is the
part of the Organization that protects Britian from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not really based on real history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This organization is based on the history I
developed in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be
in the Organization because it was founded by Bruce Lyons who ran MI-19 at the
end of World War Two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce was a major
character in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
all based on the reflected worldview from my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That reflected worldview is completely based
on history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can that be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview is based on what people believe and not what is
necessarily real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone knows about vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are they real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some ages most people believed in
vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, everyone knows what a
vampire is, but do they really believe in vampires?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A reflected worldview allows vampires to
exist in the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a
real worldview, there can’t be vampires, but in a reflected worldview there
certainly can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about any
supernatural creature or being you know about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They can exist in a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, a great reflected worldview can give reasons why and how such
creatures can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also provides
reasons how such creatures might coexist with humans in the real world and yet
normal humans have no idea such creatures are around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The historical is more than just what really happened in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The historical includes the real, the
imagined, and the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do I
know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, every Sunday, along with
other days, Christians go to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Shabat, Jewish people go to synagogue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise,
others of other religious groups go to their own services and ceremonies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of their creeds and theology is based in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, Christianity and
Judaism are both historically based religions—they are wholly based in historical
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others not so much, but the
focus of all of them are aspects of the supernatural in the world and in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition, the feelings and perceptions of people may not be real—they may
be caused and affected by emotions and imagination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are still real, and they are
historical, but they aren’t like historical events, however, they can be
recorded and, as I noted, they are real parts of history, they just aren’t the
kinds of things you can take a picture of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s the main point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel,
Aine, if someone searches for information about Aine, the world of Aine, the
world of Eoghan, and their times, that’s history, they will find exactly the
world I will describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I
will include all the historical reflected worldview stuff in a cohesive fashion
that will interact with and interweave the real and completely historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also provide reasons and show how this
reflected world coexists with our own, but we don’t usually see or perceive
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You all know the drill.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Only the sensitive can perceive the world of the Fae or the creatures of the
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally, people get a
glimpse through some revelation of the supernatural, but usually, we assume it
is there around us, we just don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s an example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I know of a great restaurant in New Mexico that is in an old hacienda
mansion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the rooms is reputed to
be haunted by a maid with whom one of the sons of the house fell in love, but
they were never allowed to marry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ghost of the maid supposedly haunts this room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We always tell the story and then tell our fellow diners to sit in each
corner of the room and see if they can feel the presence of the ghost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many if not all will say one of the corners
is colder than the others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great story,
fun test, is it real or Memorex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
telling, I think it’s a perfect image of the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look closer into the historical and the
reflected, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What I want to do and what I recommend in all writing is to ground your
writing in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact my
third rule of writing is this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">3. Ground your
readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is a very general statement for something that to me is very
specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I mean and what I do is
to set my writing in the real and the reflected world, and most specifically
the history and places of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My characters don’t just go to some place in some town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters live in a real place (as real
as possible), in a real town, where the streets, places, and spaces are all
real, and where the insides of the buildings are all the real insides with the
same furniture, if I can get to that level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, I don’t ever make up what I don’t have to make up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me explain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When I need a place for a setting, for example, I research that place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of my novel, <i>Rose: Enchantment
and the Flower</i>, I looked for a possible haunted house in the Orkney
Islands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted the Orkneys for the
isolation and the place because I was going to use a nuclear smuggling
operation by the Chinese and the Russians as the main reason for both Shiggy
and Robyn’s parents being assigned there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My research gave me Viera Lodge, which is luckily on the market for sale
with all kinds of pictures and a house plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I could use this place for my setting and my character, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t need to make up a place, I just
needed to use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the
details had to be made up because not all the information we need to write is
in the descriptions and such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know
exactly what I’m adding and what I’m doing with the information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can get details for travel and for streets
and for places from the satellite maps and other map information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is so much more to this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If I need a place, like a lake or a river or a creek or a forest or a
building or a clearing, guess where you can research and find this
information?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, I had to find
maps or visit these places or at the extreme just make it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The specific was hard to find, but the
general was always there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, I can
get all this information, and I can provide it in the settings of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters no longer just travel, they go
on Gooseberry Street to the A901 to their destination, and so on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, my characters wear real
clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When one of my prepublication readers provided comments on <i>Sister of
Light</i>, he mentioned that I should specifically say the clothing designers
and more details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took this to
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a character, Rose, who is
playing an act as a debutant and aristocrat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her clothing is not just the best, it is designer clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She rarely wears less than 10,000 pounds
worth of clothing at any time, and that’s including her handmade French
knickers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll explain more
about this, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With the research tools available to the writer today, it is very easy to
include specific and exacting details in our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I mentioned, I research all my
settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is just looking
at a satellite map.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I can, I’ll get
to the street view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m doing research
with the tools available that would require travel and experience to write
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you how I did it in
the past.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All my novels include extensive and extensively researched settings and
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For <i>Aegypt</i>, I took out
every map I could get from the library and from atlases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I studied the places and read books on my
setting (Tunisia) as well as the French Foreign Legion that was the basis for
this novel set in 1926.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I additionally
read hundreds of books on hieroglyphics and ancient Egypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this information, I was able to set,
describe, and write about the subject, Tunisia, Fort Saint, the people, my
characters, the Foreign Legion, as well as all of the other places around Fort
Saint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t able to travel there for
professional and diplomatic reasons, but a great novel, <i>Aegypt</i> and the
first novel in the <i>Ancient Light</i> series was birthed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, instead of two years worth of
research, I could have written <i>Aegypt </i>in about a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took five years to research and write <i>Centurion</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All my novels are filled with complete
historical accuracy, at least the best I could achieve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I’ve aged and gained experience, the
novels have become better and even more detailed and accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I wanted to express about
clothing and especially woman’s clothing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, one of my author friends who also provided me some great
comments about <i>Sister of Light</i>, the second <i>Aegypt </i>and <i>Ancient
Light </i>novel, recommended I give very specific details about the clothing
Leora Bolang wore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Leora provided a striking vision in
pale-blue silk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wore a dress Paul
had bought for her the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although the gown came from a rack on the <i>rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honore</i>, it flowed over her body as though its designer had only her
in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modestly slit hemline
floated on air; it just kissed the top of her petite, high-heeled <i>Arnoult</i>
slippers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A thin silken cord encircled
her neck and allowed the teasing neckline to accentuate her gentle bosom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To complete the ensemble, she grasped a small
gold colored clutch with three-quarter length gloves that matched the azure of
her dress.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At the time, the ability to accomplish research on women’s and men’s
clothing wasn’t as good as it is today, plus I had to work with fashion and
fashions from 1927 and not today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
required a little more in depth study, but I think you get the point,
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For my more modern novels, I can simply research on the internet the
clothing styles and designer fashions I want my characters to wear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, much or many of the outfits my
characters wear are ready made, but still, to cloth them in each scene, I look
at fashion and I describe the clothing from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing clothing that is from the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing it in
settings from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s an
example from <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">By
that time, Bob was taking away the last of the empty trunks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn rummaged through her clothing, “Hey
Rose, what kind of stuff should we change into?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She held up a frock.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Rose
went over to her, “Do you have jeans and a nice top?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“Do
you think they’ll be wearing jeans?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“I
can promise you they all will be.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
went to her drawers and pulled out a pair of Dolce & Gabbana jeans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were slightly distressed and faded with
embroidered butterflies. The Dolce & Gabbana logo was engraved in gold on
the front left pocket while a pink patch marked the back pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also pulled out a white embellished Gucci
woolen top with a slight nautical flare.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
couldn’t help herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She towed Leora
out of the door of the room, “Leora, did you realize Lady Tash is planning to
wear a thousand-pound pair of jeans to supper in a catered girl’s school
cafeteria?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
tapped her chin, “The top cost a bit more than that, but who can tell the
aristocracy what they can or can’t wear.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
grabbed her hand, “I thought she was one of yours.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She whispered, “This is not the girl from
Rousay.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then louder, “How is this Lady
supposed to look after my Robyn?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
held back her laughter, “Lady Tash is Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need not worry a single bit about her or
your Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can assure you of that.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
took a concerned glance back into the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the level of detail I’m able to provide my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope I’m giving sufficient description for
the general reading crowd, but anyone who recognizes the designers and the brands
will understand even more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I
tried to show with the dialog surrounding the clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I balance the clothing
description, the clothing specifics, and the understanding of the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the tip of the iceberg, so to
speak in placing history and realism in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look a little more at the setting, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll go over it again, because this is all
about how to interject the historical, real, and reflected into your
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, like a
restaurant, I go researching just the place I need in the place I need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Sorcha: Enchantment and
the Curse</i>, I needed a place for my characters to have a nice dinner in Edwinstowe
near Nottingham Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just found the
perfect place for my characters to eat and have a little discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used descriptions of the place enhanced
with a little fiction and the actual menus to describe the meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of this, I didn’t have to make up
anything, I just used what existed in the real world to reflect the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, I used reflect in the exact
sense of the reflected worldview because that worldview is pretty much the same
in the sense of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I use this concept of research for all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, I don’t make up fiction,
I use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you think this is
unusual or in some way not kosher in writing, think about the bigger types of
images and places writers use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I
included New York, London, Dublin, or any other main city in the world, no one
would bat an eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If my characters
visited Times Square or Trafalgar Square or the Spanish Steps in Rome, no one
would think that odd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So why would it be
odd to use the Denny’s down the street in some Podunk town for a place or some
swanky steak joint in Tulsa?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t
and you should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should interject the
real and real places throughout your writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You should give directions and street names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should put in real dates and real people
and places as well as real brands and stuff—at least in the West.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t do it in Japan—mentioning a brand or
some real places can get you in jail there, but not here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you do get jittery about it, you can just make up the name and use the
place—that’s always an option, but I think you dilute the power of the
historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I don’t do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I’m going to have some negative
experience, I don’t use the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
characters might have some terrible misadventure in some real place, but if it
will be a negative, I don’t use a real brand or a real company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect this is an important topic to write
about, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you need to go negative, go fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of my writing isn’t about the place as much as it’s about the
characters, but if I did need a negative company or brand, I’m not going to
make a social statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all the
criticism in the world, you might ask, why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Novels are not about social statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They aren’t about political statements or science statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had my characters make reasoned
statements about what I think are obvious problems in the world, but I’m very
careful about these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, German National Socialists make a great enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s Nazis if you didn’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nazi is an acronym for National Socialist in
German.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are everyone’s most evil
creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another is the International
Socialists—that is the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other International Socialists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all evil and criminal—they make
great criminals and bad guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrorists
are also fair game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
really bad groups and nations that are worth using as the “bad guys” in your
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This keeps you away from the
potential for not holding to a universal enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, you might say, but there are those who support terrorists, Nazis, and
Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say, most of them can’t
read and won’t read my novels anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don’t want them for my readers unless they want to change—I guess there is even
hope for Nazis and Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
from a writer’s standpoint, if you need a bad guy, they are your bad guy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I stay away from brands and companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll tell you why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every company I’ve ever worked for has wanted
to make money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you harm or kill your
customers, you don’t make money--in fact, you go broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked in the aviation industry on every
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In aviation, the individuals, the
company, and all the management would do anything to prevent any kind of
problem, accident, or issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give
you an example, when maintenance accidentally dropped a drop tank and put a
small dent in it, the company spent thousands to fix the dent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Air Force, the tank would have stayed
dented and been used forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Governments don’t really care about people, but companies really
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, a single problem by a
customer can break a company, a government has no other competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are there bad companies and people out there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure there are, but there are many more bad
governments, and governments can take your life, liberty, and property from
you—a company can’t, not unless they are a criminal cartel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, if I need bad guys, I do go for criminals, terrorists, and
governments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty enough of
these to go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you really want
to go for a brand or business, I’d advise you to work for them for a year
before bad mouthing them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Realize, most
of your readers are people with jobs and some degree of education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can fool some like journalists and
perhaps those in certain industries, but you can’t fool your core readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, as I wrote, novels are all about
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll look at
putting real people in your novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, by all means place real historical people in your novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they are alive, I would recommend not
defaming or vilifying them, but under some circumstances, you might.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d be cautious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, Queen Elizabeth plays an important walk-on roll
occasionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I definitely don’t show
her in a negative light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, she is
a good friend and help to my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Part of this comes from the interaction and influence of the Fae and the
gods and goddesses of Britain with the government of Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, since they are reflected worldview, I have the Queen, now, the
King as responsible for the human side of the courts of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Ceridwen is in charge of the Fae and
courts of the gods, the King or Queen is in charge of the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two worlds interact through the office
of the King.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have a very
important character, the Keeper of the Book of the Fae who works for the King
and who oversees the Laws of the Fae for the Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is all reflected worldview, so it
could be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The King isn’t saying.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition to important people, I also include the less important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times I’ll change the names, but keep
the look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written before that real
people don’t make great protagonists, but they do make great general
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you need a character,
there is nothing wrong with looking for a picture and going for a
description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just change the names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless there is some positive need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I use the names of real royalty
in my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also use the names of real people who
are dead as a part of the history of the place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the question at hand is how will we use history in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll cover that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine isn’t just about history—Aine is history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a bring out of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a person from the Gaelic world and
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a place and that place
has moved through time and place to the new and modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My point in using Aine, I want to show her world and her understanding of
the world in contrast to the modern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
modern world will give reality and life to Aine and her history, and her
history will come out in her own revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Indeed, Aine is a revelation of the protagonist, Eoghan, but Eoghan’s
purpose is to express the reality of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is the focus while Eoghan is the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must learn to live in the modern world,
and through this, her world will come out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan will be revealed and Aine be revealed in his wake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of the most powerful ways to
represent history—we bring a person from the past into the modern and through
contrast show off their culture, history, and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, what is Aine’s history like?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned some of the most salient facts about Aine, but not much about
her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine comes from a place where
there is little writing and a lot of Feudal waring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are times without any modern conveniences
and the beginnings of the use of metal and the seven basic machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She lives in a real building and progressive
age for her world, but it is nothing compared to the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food is scarce and security scarcer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In myth, she was either raped or under the
threat of rape all her life long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
intend to not change her history as much as cut it off with some of the
features of her times and her story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Is that it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, there is so much
more, but most of it is embedded in the development of the plots and the story
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try to update you as I put
the actual story together, but at the moment, I’m developing, and not
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll move to the next plot type. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% - I’ve really fallen
in love with the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since
I wrote <i>Children of Light and Darkness</i> which includes a very strong
school plot, I’ve been intrigued and excited about using it when possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It helps that my prepublication writer really
enjoyed this plot in the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because of the characters, I did include a school plot in the next novel
in the series, <i>Warrior of Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since then, I’ve looked for opportunities to have a school plot although
I’ve really not set the novel on the plot as much as the plot on the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, I didn’t start
with the idea of a school plot, it just came out in the writing of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, <i>Essie: Enchantment and the Aos Si</i> didn’t start with any
kind of school plot, but as I developed the novel, the entire idea about Essie
attending a boarding school just leapt from the storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Essie was really my first foray into a
boarding school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are reasons for
using this type of plot and setting, but mostly, it is classically British, but
pretty much dying as we speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea
of putting together young people for the purpose of education and life is a
powerful setting with both positive and negative features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see them all, to a degree, displayed
in the Harry Potty novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of
isolating youth to educate them in magic is as appealing as educating them in
other subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Since Essie, I’ve used school as a setting and a plot in numerous novels,
and it’s not just for youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In many of
my Enchantment novels, I’ve used a university setting for the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed, in Rose, I’ve used a school plot for
youth as well as a military school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bet you didn’t think of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
military school plot or a training school plot is just as useful as a regular
school plot—it just can apply to older individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the training plot is a school plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the training plot almost as much as a dedicated school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training plot can be much more individual
and between fewer characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Sorcha:
Enchantment and the Curse </i>is a full-on school plot set in a training
situation and almost entirely one on one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are powerful plots and great tools for the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In spite of the fact that the school plot is
only found in about 10% of the classics, don’t let that fool you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dedicated training and schooling is a
relatively new idea in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
accomplished early in human history, but it is still a pretty new idea to be
applied to large groups and the whole of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think about the basis for most education
and learning in the past and you should get my meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I do plan to involve Aine, the novel in a school and training plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I have a few options for Aine and school plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main and most obvious is the training
that Eoghan must accomplish to help Aine integrate into modern society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main question is how much Aine will fight
being educated and trained into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you remember, novels are all about
entertainment and part of entertainment is some satire and irony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is ironic for a person who obviously needs
help and education to neglect and ignore it, but like I wrote, I’m trying to
determine just how much of this I want to push in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is the protagonist while Aine is the
focus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan as the protagonist must get Aine to accept the training and education
he will provide her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because Aine really
wants Eoghan to love her, I don’t think that will be much of a
problem—especially, since Aine wants to learn and wants to please him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training scenario will move a pace with
the initial revelation of Aine in the world, plus with their travels and her
integration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
opportunity that I’ve contemplated for this novel from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The telic flaw in this novel is about Eoghan’s lack of integration in his
place and time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has much to do with
his own training and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
didn’t go to school, that is university, like most of his peers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t go to the military for education
and training like most of his peers in his business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for him, and one I’ve
contemplated from the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
originally wanted Eoghan and Seoirse to meet each other at Sandhurst or
Cranwell, but I don’t think that’s an option with the way the novel development
is going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I also have the Isle of Shadows for training female warriors and the other
Isle for training male warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a
hankering to bring Aine to the Isle of Shadows and Eoghan to the other
Isle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides a training and
school situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Isle of Shadows
was developed by Rose to train her little goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since Aine is a goddess herself, it would be
the perfect place for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question
is then, how to get Eoghan integrated into this process and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel is foremost about him, Aine is just
the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you see there are places to use this school plot in Aine, and the school
plot is perfect in this training sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll move on to the next plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% - the parallel and the allegory plots
are similar, but not the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
I consider them to be significantly different, but their differences are
somewhat subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can help to define
the easiest of the two, an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The typical allegory for example in literature is <i>Pilgrim’s Progress</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s an allegory of the spiritual life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve defined a parallel before
in simple terms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here, I’ll try:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A parallel is a story, poem, or picture that mirrors an existing story,
poem, or picture for the purpose of reference or expression.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is really what the parallel is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is not intended to reveal a hidden meaning at all, although the
original piece of art could mirror that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So what is a parallel, and how can we use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give an couple of examples.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If your novel mentions, for example, Noah and the flood, that is a reference
to the account about Noah in the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could use this as a figure of speech, the rain was falling like the
time of Noah and the ark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could
incorporate all kinds of figures of speech about Noah, the ark, animals, and so
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of these continued metaphors
or figures of speech would constitute the use of a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of and reference to Noah in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>novel would produce a reference in terms of
the basis for the novel and an expression of the ideas and concepts about
Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, the proper use of
the parallel about Noah should produce ideas in the reader that expand the
expression of the novel in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the use of a historical figure of speech as a reference back to
another piece of art or literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
hope you can see how powerful this idea is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Another example, I wrote my novel <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Daemon</i>
as a parallel to the Apocryphal book of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not an obvious parallel, unless the reader is familiar with
Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally think everyone
should be familiar with all the Bible including the apocrypha as well as all
the Greek myths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is that all
Western art and literature is based on these first the Bible and second Greek
myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you aren’t familiar, you are at
a great disadvantage in understanding literature and art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, I based <i>Aksinya</i> on Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallels are obvious to anyone familiar
with Tobit, even the name of the Demon is the same, and the resolution of the
telic flaw follows the resolution of Sara’s problem with the demon in Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why Tobit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It builds an historical and literary foundation around a subject that
hasn’t been written about much, escaping the clutches and contract with a
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty of works, well a
few, about humans contracting with demons, but very very few about humans
getting out of a contract with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s just not done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tobit was the
first I know of, and <i>Aksinya </i>is a parallel of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next, I’ll look at possible parallels in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The explanation above is probably my best for a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question is how will I use this in my
proposed novel, Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see two ways
plus the most obvious—I guess you could say three ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The most obvious is the parallel plot built into the idea of Aine, the
character herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The history and myth
of Aine is a parallel in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
brining in the story of Aine is a parallel plot and that’s why I picked it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incorporation of a historical based or a
reflective worldview is a parallel, and that’s exactly why I like using them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Although most people aren’t familiar with Aine and her history, readers are
generally familiar and knowledgeable about the basic ideas of the Gaelic and
Celtic worlds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, explanations and
information will be necessary to help the reader understand the world of Aine
and Aine as a mythical person, but the parallel exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also what I did with <i>Aksinya</i>
to a degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter the subject of
the parallel, you need to explain some parts about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, for <i>Aksinya</i>, I didn’t do much of
that, the story and parallel plots for Tobit are obvious in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just mentioned the focus a few times in
context and that was it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Aine, I’ll
have to do more than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although most
people know generally what Gaelic and Celtic mean, they don’t know much about
the cultures and the history of the cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I will do is explain them in context and from Aine’s mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will make it even better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first parallel in Aine is the basic story
of Aine and her world, her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This, by the way is one of the reasons I’m writing the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not into education or educating through a novel or any fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fiction and novels are all about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason I’m using the Gaelic and Celtic
culture is because it’s a new and interesting culture to most people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The revelation of the culture is a huge part
of the novel and a huge part of the entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes novels and fiction fun to
me—that’s what I want to give and express to my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll get to the next potential
parallels in Aine—the less obvious ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The other two ways to bring a parallel plot into Aine is through figures of
speech, as I wrote before in general, and through intentional analogous events
related to myth or history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is basic good writing technique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know this has really fallen by the wayside in modern writing, but it’s
literally the bread and butter of great writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A writer who doesn’t understand the use of
figures of speech and especially the use of deep and involved figures of speech
is just not going to be considered beyond their lifetimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lack of figures of speech in general writing
will just lead to not being published, while the lack of in depth figures of
speech will lead to being forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hey, we just want to be published, who cares about creating a
classic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Frankly, a classic is a classic because of the depth of the parallels and
the integration of the novel into the classic world of literature, art, and
poetry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This seems to be an area that is
wholly missed in modern writing and publishing, but hey, no one will remember
most of what people memorize or understand today: celebrities, political
figures, sports teams, most artists, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Think about those whom you can remember from 100 or 200 years ago—there
are a few standouts, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Edison, Shakespeare,
Dickins, but I bet you can’t name a single musician (other than composers),
actor or actress (maybe Booth, but not because of his acting), or any sports
figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nobody cares because their lives
were basically meaningless—they created nothing and left nothing behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be harsh, but literature is the
means to remember and parallel their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is one of the reasons I recommend the use of the parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to remember the meaningless, but to
remember the people, places, and events of the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain other writers in the past felt
the same way.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>By referring to Noah, you remember the historical account of Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By referring to Daniel, you remember the
historical account of Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By
mentioning Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle, to name just three, you remember the
golden age (so to speak, of Greece).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
really isn’t the classical golden age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, to throw in the phrase, golden age of Greece or Golden Age of
Greece, you are building on a parallel, not a strictly historical parallel, but
a real and reflected world parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
same is true with Noah or Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical source is somewhat questioned, but the reflected for both is real—to
express their parallel in a figure of speech or in an in depth parallel, you
are expressing and handing off a knowledge of the past and of humanity that
needs to be continued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
there is more than just history or the historical account that is important in
the expression of a parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the
example of Aine, until I mentioned and wrote about Aine, you probably didn’t
even know such a myth or a possible historical person existed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you did, you might have pushed her away as
just some myth or ancient person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the novel, Aine, I want to bring Aine alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, there are all kinds of
people, events, places, and reflected world ideas and realities (said tongue in
cheek) that come with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All their
stories and their existence is worth remembering and exploring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If anything, within the confines of
entertainment, fiction is all about remembering and revealing a story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal with Aine is totally entertainment,
but within that fabric of entertainment, I want you to see the story of Aine
and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallel will be all the
history surrounding Aine and the history from the time of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, I’ll bring in figures of
speech that reflect Aine and her times as well as from other places, myths, and
sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you don’t get them or
fully understand them, they are expressed and remembered in the context of the
novel—when you see them again in art or literature, you might remember and
realize a deeper context about that piece of art of literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although fiction is all about entertainment,
I never said literature is self-contained or isolated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exact opposite is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, the other two, less obvious types of parallel in Aine will be figures of
speech and the use of other myths and history to bring out the story of
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t details as much as an
overall plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could try to drag up
some details, especially about the other myths and history I’ll include as
parallels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Those other myths are broadly what I call the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point in using a reflected worldview is to
provide a universal connection between all the major and minor myth and
supernatural structures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a true
universal connection found specifically in Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are unfamiliar with this, I’ll try to
explain it in basic terms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you recognize the great truth in C.S. Lewis’ <i>Mere Christianity</i>
where he notes that the supernatural either came from within the creation or
without the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
without, it’s God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
within it’s not God but the creation of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, about God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do need to
point out that the three means to know truth: historical method, logic, and
scientific method proves that God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Specifically, Emmanual Kant’s philosophy proves the not God can’t exist
(you can’t prove a true, you can only prove a not false); the big bang proves
the telic cause of the universe must exist (a telic cause is defined as God);
and finally, the historical method relates in the New Testament the interaction
of God in the process of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
Lewis writes, this evidence of God’s interaction comes from without the
creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we usually term
miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the supernatural
from within creation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point about the supernatural from within the creation is that it
proves God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was what Bram Stoker
the author of <i>Dracula</i> and a very dedicated Catholic was attempting to
show with his character and his novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Dracula</i>
is the most abbreviated and expurgated novel in common use to remove all the
prayer and God language—not to improve the novel, but because the SAS felt they
needed to keep all that God and Christian stuff from its young readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are the same book haters who abbreviated
and expurgated <i>Fahrenheit 451</i> a book about governments burning and
expurgating books. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that as Lewis notes, the moment
we bring up the supernatural in the creation, we are expressing the actions not
of God but of the forces God allows in the creation and those forces naturally
point to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use this in my novels as
the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain
how they fit into the world and the novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, gods and goddesses could exist in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The typical explanation, from the Old
Testament is that they were created by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In my novels, I acknowledge their creation by God and note that they
were put in charge of helping humanity and eventually pointing to the God of
creation in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not alone in
this view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tertullian writes in his
philosophical works about the commonality of Christian imagery in pagan
cultural antiquity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cross and other
symbols as well as the components of the mysterium such as baptism, renaming,
robing, meal with the deity, and many others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These components were already features of Judaism, but made Christianity
look much like a mysterium and led to many Greeks coming to the new variant of
Judaism in the first Century and later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I take the standpoint that gods and goddesses exist in two
varieties, the bound and the unbound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of their purpose was to point to the God in the future, but now to
follow that God and to do the same in this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are those who do follow the God and
those who do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is
much turmoil in the world caused by the remnants of the old and those god and
goddesses caught up in incidents from the past—Aine is just such a being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the undergirding philosophy I use in
the reflected worldview, but it is an undergirding idea and not a focus of the
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I resolve the
question of how gods and goddesses can exist in the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is also the issue of the Fae as well as
other beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll address this next as
well as explain about the bound and unbound.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I’ve been developing my reflected worldview and novels’ supernatural
structure for a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to put together a focus of physical structural and logic to build the world
where gods, goddesses, dragons, the Fae, and other beings can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the ideas I had to confront was the
concept of the bound and unbound gods and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I built these from the concept of the gods
and goddesses who were born, lived, and died within certain cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This came from my <i>Aegypt (Ancient Light) </i>novels
where I posited that the Goddess of Light and Darkness were twins and chosen from
their children after their deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
actually waffled a bit on this information and didn’t provide any complete
details until my later novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, the idea of a goddess or god who was born then lived and then died comes
from the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic ideas of the primary earth goddess who controls
the seasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Anglo-Saxon culture this
was Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seasons were spring,
the maiden, summer, the woman, and winter, the crone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen supposedly lived and died in a cycle
of generations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods and
goddesses were confined and held to a certain place of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sometimes meant they couldn’t leave
their areas of authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods
and goddesses were stuck in their places and are immortal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unbound are more like normal humans but
have skills, abilities, and powers beyond human kin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, my point in creating these unbound deities was to build my dynasties in <i>Ancient
Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters and
protagonists who populated these novels from the first Leora Bolang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This produced a great series of novels, but I
had other ambitions especially based on Kathrin (Ceridwen) from <i>Children of
Light and Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the
protagonist of this novel, but an important person and character in the other
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made for an interesting and
entertaining series, but that didn’t end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, Aine is a novel about Eoghan but with the focus of a bound and
regular goddess, Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t the
first novel I’ve written with a bound goddess as the focus, but it may be the
second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, the point is to create
this reflected worldview that can fit in all these supernatural creatures and
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is allowing them
to exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only creature I haven’t
been able to fit in is ghosts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts
are just a little outside the ideas and especially the logic of the normal,
real worldview as well as the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts are something many think exist, but
there is no or little basis for their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t run across a reason for ghosts, yet
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, I should move on to
the allegory plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% - I think the parallel plot is one of
the most powerful and useful plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can use it almost everywhere will all kinds of degrees and details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can go from a figure of speech as a part
of a plot to a full-on parallel to define a scene or a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A parallel can just exist to enrich any plot
or story—it doesn’t have to have a reason as much as a presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, the allegory must have both:
reason and presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a good
definition of an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main problem for me with an allegory is that it is indeed hidden
teaching or proselytizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For that
reason alone, I’m not a fan of the allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s not to say I don’t enjoy a good allegory or that I can’t
appreciate both the parallel and the historical basis of the allegory—I just
think we should leave fiction for entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moment a writer tells me he or she wants
to change the world, I want to ask—why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
people can barely write a decent paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of those few who can, most can’t write an entertaining paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps one in a million can write an
entertaining paragraph, but how many of those can write an entertaining
paragraph that also includes some hidden meaning?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a billion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a trillion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why, with the million novels and books
published every year should I have to put up with a single one that isn’t
entertaining, but that’s good for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You may read those.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go for
the entertaining ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We read fiction to be entertained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
readers and students ask me all the time: why don’t you write more technical
works about history?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is
simple: most people are bored by technical writing of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written about 100 papers—you can see
them on the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I sit down to
write fiction, I’m writing 100% to entertain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to entertain myself first, and I hope that also entertains my
readers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hidden meaning in
my writing—I hope not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t put it
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to put one in there
and I don’t want to have to tease one out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now about non-hidden meanings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
shouldn’t be any special messages in the plots or the text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention educating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel may have some notes of
education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to express an idea
in science, spy craft, or history to you, I’ll have to show it to you or
explain it to you in a dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
necessary for the entertainment to come through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to explain to you about the
reflected worldview, I surely need to show that reflected world to you—you
might meet a dragon or a member of the Fae Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just good writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On the other hand, I don’t include any extraneous information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are not about education or informing although
some education and informing must go one—just read my published historical
novels <i>Centurion</i>, <i>The Second Mission</i>, or <i>Aegypt </i>and see
what I mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History is something the
novelist shows you, and that’s entertaining and entertainment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, about the allegory—I don’t intend for there to be any allegories in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll look at fantasy world, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% - this is the bread and butter of
my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at the fantasy
world as a plot just a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
obvious that this is a setting plot, but even more, for years and years, I
imagined this was a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not, but that took me a long time to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go through the three basic
worldviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are overall settings
for any novel or writer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is
the real—this is the worldview and world that most people perceive as
real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That doesn’t meant there might be
disagreements or even conflict about what is real, but the real is generally
grounded in science and a normal understanding of history and existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is where most novels live or
die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s where most writers go to and
come from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the normal for most
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then you have the created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a world and a worldview that is in no way tied to history,
science, or the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get the
wrong idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created can be based
wholly in science, but it isn’t known or existing science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be based in created or future
science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created worldview is
created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a projection or an
extrapolation, or just made up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Science
fiction is all a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Full
on fantasy is usually created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Harry Potty is a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it’s called magic realism, but that is
usually just another type of created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The created worldview is a great worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used it for my science fiction, but not for
my usually or supernatural fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
big difference between the real and the created is the created includes stuff
the author made up about the world, science, the supernatural, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That doesn’t mean it can’t or doesn’t include elements of the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I wrote, that’s just an extrapolated or a
projected world from the real into the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the reflected worldview is where my novels lie, and where I
think most of the best part of the world exists.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview reflects what most people or some people think
exists in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this is
the worldview most people hold but have no idea they hold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural and things that go bump in
the night can exist in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are just imagination in the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All those wonderful ideas about faith, worship,
God, gods, angels, and other supernatural beings are all part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a worldview that most
people hold to be fact, kind of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
explain more, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This might not be the best way to explain the reflected worldview, but it
will be a different way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go over
the three and only three means to know truth: historical, logical, scientific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are based in the historical method,
logic, and the scientific method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical method is also called the evidentiary method and is used to prove
non-repeatable events (like those in history).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The scientific method is used to prove repeatable events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can’t be used to prove non-repeatable
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t know about these
two basic methods of proving truth, you really need to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modern world depends on the scientific
method and the historical method is how you know what is true in history as
well as it’s used in the courts to take away your rights (or return them to
you).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, most people need to
be familiar with the historical and the scientific methods; however, there is
also logic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Greek, who invented these three means to know truth, realized that many
things in the real or physical world are not measurable or normally
knowable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What? You might ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks were interested mainly in
mathematics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Math is perfectly
repeatable, but it is not repeatable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not like scientific phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can’t repeat a math equation and get a statistical average based on
the results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For normal math equation,
there is a single answer or a set of answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not a real world phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is a concept only existing in logic or reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other things like this in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks noted that thoughts
and emotions are both not provable by the historical or the scientific
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are not measurable in any
normal sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the modern world math,
emotions, and thoughts are all similarly unmeasurable and fit in these
categories, but we’ve found other similar problems mainly workload, but even in
science certain events are considered non-repeatable or only repeatable on a
grand scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there is the
supernatural.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you go to church or you believe in a god or in the God, you accept there
is a supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural
can’t be proven with the scientific method—that’s not to say certain elements
in the world don’t point to the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You might begin to touch the supernatural with the historical
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People have reported
supernatural events since the beginning of human history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the real proof of the supernatural
comes from logic and from philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you didn’t know, the entire purpose of philosophy until Emmanual Kant was
to prove God exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emmanual Kant
produced a philosophical proof that has yet to be disproven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In it, he proved the not God can’t
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In logic you can’t prove a
true—you can only prove a false, a not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kany proved the not God can’t exist therefore logic proved God must
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does this have to do with
the reflected worldview?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shows what
we always knew, the supernatural must exist because God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more, and I’ll give it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You could argue the reflected worldview is the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go that far, at least from a writing
standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world of the
supernatural is filled with great things to write about some could be and
likely are true, but many others aren’t true and are likely not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question, especially for the writer,
is what is reflected and what is real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d say for writing it doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What matters in writing fiction is entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I write using the reflected worldview because it’s fun and entertaining to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To find the supernatural in
unexpected places or to see the secrets of the world around the supernatural,
that is fun and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further,
to invoke the ideas we have about our normal world, but then to overlay those
ideas with new ones that fit into the reflected world—that is really powerful
and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, to
imagine a dragon who knows his place and why he was created, or a dragon who
knows his place but not why he exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are epic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The supernatural world has rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>The
Golden Bough</i> Sir James Frazer tried to define the supernatural for the
purpose of dispelling that it could ever exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He really failed, but he produced a wonderful work that shows the basis
for the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His writing really
defines the basis for the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, he didn’t provide us any real helpful guidance because in
the reflected worldview, we aren’t looking for proof, we are presenting the
world as humans understand it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reflected
worldview is reflected because you can find so much data and writing about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not writing about fiction
perse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m writing about the information
you might find by making any library or internet search.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example about Asmodeus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What about Asmodeus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Asmodeus is my
demon from <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Deamon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The only problem, is Asmodeus isn’t my
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do a little searching, you
will find he is the demon from <i>Tobit</i>, the apocryphal book and there is a
lot of information about him from <i>Tobit</i> on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, for his name to be used in <i>Tobit</i>,
you know it must have existed before then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is Asmodeus real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He exists in
history, in literature, in art, and in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a great representative for the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same can be
said for the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to the Fae,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are a little most complex, but we need to fit them into the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place,
all supernatural beings have an origin and a reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That origin and that reason may be clouded in
myth or lost in word of mouth, but usually, you can find the origin stories
(myths) and pull together the history of such beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are the regular supernatural,
those deities and ideas we know very well from history and writing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In British myth from
the Christianization Era, the idea of the neutral angels became some idea in
the myths surrounding the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are the fairies and fairy creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s likely the Fae existed as an idea well before the Christian Era in
Britian, but the Christianization provided some explanation for their existence
and like many ancient ideas in Britain, they became associated with
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the British myth, the Fae were originally the neutral angels in the
battle between Satan and God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, no
neutral angels are mentioned in the Bible or the Apocryphal documents, but the
British have a long history of many cultures Picts, Welsh, Celtic, Gaelic,
Anglo-Saxon, Vikings, and Normans that were against each other, allied with
each other, or neutral to each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These were important and defining characteristics of the overall British
culture and society from the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea of the neutral angels appealed very strongly in this cultural
soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In this myth of the Fae, the demons were cast into hell, only to be seen
occasionally, the good angels who supported God kept their positions of
authority in the heavens and continued to be messengers of the God, while the
neutral angels were cast down to the earth to await either repentance or
damnation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This particular idea that the
Fae are a type of fallen angel is what drives the Fae myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll look at these details, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the Fae is immense in British myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It goes well beyond the simple idea of small
beings flitting around a garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
comprise four groups and courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
courts being rulers of certain areas in the British Isles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are three Seelie courts and one
Unseelie court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of the Seelie
and the Unseelie are generally that the Unseelie is evil or opposed to
humanity, but the reality is much more complex than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use my novels to look in depth at these
very peculiar beings and groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Unseelie are supposed to be evil, but the Seelie are equally cruel and
capricious to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Unseelie have
there own problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most do live by
preying on humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is likely the
biggest difference, but the Seelie are equally harmful to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is the list of the Fae courts and their
leaders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seelie - Daoine Sidhe – General Britain and Scotland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Oberon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Titania<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fae of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg" title="Tylwyth Teg"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tylwyth Teg</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Tylwyth Teg are Welsh Fae</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pryderi fab
Pwyll <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigfa" title="Cigfa"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Cigfa</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon" title="Rhiannon"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rhiannon</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Manawyadan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Irish <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídhe</span></strong> (singular <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídh) Tuatha
Dé Danann</span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Art Óenfer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Achtan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unseelie – all of Britain, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Morgan le Fey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Madoc Morfryn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The overall leader or queen of the Fae is Essie, the Aos Si.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes from my novels, and I developed
this character and idea as the physical being made by God to help the Fae find
their way in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This gets very
complex since if you note the name of the main or head Seelie court is the
Daoine Sidhe, the children of Dana-ana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dana-ana is the name of the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic goddess of the spring
and the manifestation of the maiden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was also the main goddess of the Fae and the supposed bound god leader of the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets more complex in the
mythology.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Ceridwen is the unbound goddess who represents the maiden, the mother, and
the crone in Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and Gaelic mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sovereign goddess of all, but is
reborn in each generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is born,
lives, and dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use her in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen rules the courts of the
gods, man, and the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s not that
good of a goddess, but I give her some improvement in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point of this is that the idea of the Fae is very deep in British
mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has legs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As authors we sometimes have to bring all the
ideas of myth together and the myths themselves allow us to do this and see
these relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is really very
interesting is the connection of the myths to Christianity and the old pagan
beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They provide some connection
from the ancient past to the more modern and then into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This then is the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to believe in the Fae to be
enraptured by the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to
believe in anything to want to see the ideas of ancient peoples in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We call this magic realism and,
as I note, the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can also look at other mythical/historical creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, what about other creatures and beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For years, I wrote, don’t write about vampires, but then I wrote a
really fun novel about a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
your usual vampire, but I think the main point was what I was exploring in my
Enchantment novels—the redemption of beings whom we don’t think can be
redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was the entire point of
my vampire novel—I was writing about a vampire who could be redeemed and how
she could be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or perhaps, you
could say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was writing about how a
vampire of any kind could be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That was the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Again, also, how can a vampire fit into the reflected worldview from a logic
standpoint?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I concluded that a vampire
was missing a key element of the human construction of sarx, psuche, and
pneuma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A vampire doesn’t have a
physical or sarx presence in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are intellect, psuche and freewill, pneuma, but not physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must renew themselves monthly at the
full moon by taking on the essence, blood of a human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That renews their sarx existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why they can’t be seen in a mirror or
in silver as in normal photography, but in electronic photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also will be destroyed if the sunlike
hits them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s my idea of a vampire
from the myth and historical notions of a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the fun part of the reflected worldview—the author can create
logical extensions and reasons why a supernatural being can exist in the world,
and build around that supernatural being a reality that means they must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I did with the Fae and with my
vampires—yes, I wrote about another vampire, but not in detail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The entertainment comes from the development of such beings and introducing
them and building them into the real world—the reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned it before, but one of the main points of the reflected
worldview is that the reader should be able to make a search for your
supernatural being and find a whole slate of information about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should be able to have a background
based on the creature that submits to scrutiny and that fits into the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very different than the
created worldview of Harry Potty that is not found in myth or in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, the author can produce a real
world with a sufficient suspension of disbelief that results in a world that is
created, but not based on a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some would state that the Harry Potty
worldview is a hybrid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does indeed
incorporate elements of the real, the reflected, and a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay, but the problem is that it
isn’t based on the strength of history or myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what I’m aiming for, a worldview based on history and myth that
intrigues my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I want
in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine herself is based on a real (mythical and historical goddess).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has a history and a reality from
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is she real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is reflected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were large cultural and societal groups
who believed in and worshiped her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are people today, I’m sure, who accept her as history and or as myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some might still say they believe in
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could ask who believes in Zeus today?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actual answer might be astounding to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Basically the entire educated world believes in Zeus as a mythical and
historically based being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the
absolute and correct answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many
still believe in him as a god and a real being?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entirely different question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The answer is many less than those who know he is a mythological and
historical being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, Zeus stands in
history and in myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The belief and
religion of Zeus spans thousands of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His myths are indisputable, but mythological.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine in some ways is similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
mythology came out of a less literate and later society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her religion, pantheon, and history were
purged away by Christianity and other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had much less affect on the world than
Zeus, but she sits as a real mythical being in the pantheon and history of
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more about Aine that I
want to use.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine is one of the Fae queens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is an important and interesting concept in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote already that the idea of the Fae were
contained and explained as the neutral angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself predates Christianity in Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the fact she is revered in history
as a Fae queen means the Fae predated Christianity (we knew that), it means
Aine was seen as both positive and negative in her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also means she was seen as worldly and
unworldly—having a foot on the earth and one in heaven, but banished to the
earthly lands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fae also presumes glamour
as opposed to magic or sorcery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should
mention about both before we continue to the next plot type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the supernatural is filled with magic and miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magic comes from within the creation and
miracles comes from outside the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic is based on faith in the creation while miracles comes from
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the reflected worldview, I developed the concept of glamour, which is the
miracles of the Fae and the gods and goddesses in the world and magic which is
the action of the belief in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a very important idea in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for this is that in some way you
need to define magic in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, you should define the action of miracles in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is this important? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, magic needs some explanation in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a totally illogical and
unreasonable magic system like the one in Harry Potty or you can have a well
researched one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, I use the
magic system defined by PEI Bonewitz based on <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This system uses the “laws of magic” as described in <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is completely different than glamour
which is inherent in beings from outside of creation or whose powers come from
outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The neutral angels
who were exiled to earth are obviously beings from outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and goddesses gained their power
from the God who made them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also
have glamour. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In general, I don’t write positively abut magic, but rather do about glamour
or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find this to be natural
in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
adverse to seeing magic as positive in some ways, I just usually don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My main point is that you must have and
present some method based in reason and logic about how your magic system
works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really don’t care how it
works—it just needs to be logical in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally use a real magic system based on
the reflected laws of magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question
of “real” is illusive just as I discussed before—so, you can see that based in
reason and logic, you can develop a system based on whatever you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trick is reason and logic—it has to make
sense to your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do suggest
actually blocking out such a system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
I wrote, I haven’t really dug into a positive magic use or system in my writing,
and if I did, I’d use the system I described to you generally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I would give you the full frontal on this system, but it is complex and
detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to study it yourself
to be about to integrate it in your worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will find that some of the systems of magic in gaming systems can be
adapted to a novel and to a magic system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s a much better start and state than what Harry Potty uses which is
basically nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just advise not
having a magic system with no rules or no basis for operating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s how you get to Harry Potty and
silliness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silliness is right out,
although most readers might not notice it unless you have a bestseller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you do have a choice—magic or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic works under certain rules and concepts controlled by human
beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miracles come from God and are
miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t have to have any
basis in rules or laws—except those rules or laws put in place by the miracle
makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an important point I
make in my novels, and this is a very important point in writing either a
reflected or a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You do
see this expressed in various novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In other words, magic can be unlimited as miracles are, but then you need
some means of restricting the power or use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Having a natural system of operation like laws an rules for the magic
self-limits the magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not everyone can
do it, and not everyone has the power—it requires some degree of skill and
study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, those who can
do miracles can just do them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might
need some degree of training and study, but they are basically unlimited except
through their power and skills or through other limitations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, the humans can’t use glamour except through special
items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The glamour users are all the
Fae, gods, and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This places
very specific limitations as well as controls on the users.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, the powers of all these beings is
limited by their purpose in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They don’t have unlimited power or capability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any system you develop or that you reflect
in your worldview, you need to figure all this out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I guess I’ll conclude with how I’ll use all of this in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I mentioned, Aine is a goddess and a bound goddess at that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means she is immortal, and her purpose
just as all goddesses and gods is to eventually point to the God of
creation—the God who created her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is her purpose just as every human has a similar purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem with humanity and with goddesses
is that both have freewill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The object
of freewill is what makes the main problems for humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goddesses are supposed to be a little
different, but as myth shows us, they really aren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other problem with Aine is that she is a
Fae queen and can use glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll add
that she can also turn into a red horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What’s the point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are fallen (neutral) angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gods and goddesses are made or created beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are different than human beings, but
they were made by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think
Aine was mistakenly made a Fae queen, she was declared a Fae queen because of
her position and power in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think it was her acts against her actual position that led to her downfall and
her situation, thus she was declared a Fae queen even before her end in the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine has more problems than the
normal god or goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is somewhat
indifferent to her responsibilities and her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes her like the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of acting like her peers in
submitting to the work of the people and the work of God, she confounded God
and didn’t act to the benefit of the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She ended up where she is because she was too much in the world and not
enough into her responsibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thus, Aine has some real problems that could cause her trouble in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, she is paired with the
one person who could really help her, Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is gentle and kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s
very responsible and controlled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just
doesn’t know fully what he wants to be or do in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will help him and he will help her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the soul of the novel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about fantasy world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My fantasy
world is the real world with the reflected thrown in just as it is in this
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People believe in the
supernatural as they desire and as they approach life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many who would never accept the idea of a
dragon, the Fae, gods or goddesses, or a vampire, will readily accept the God
and Christianity or other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the supernatural, and this isn’t to make God or Christianity
equal to the other elements of the supernatural, however, logically, they all
have a similar basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point,
and that is exactly why the supernatural appeals to so many people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I want to point out again, Bram
Stoker wrote <i>Dracula</i> as well as his other novels on the supernatural to
prove the existence of the God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C.S.
Lewis would agree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural in
literature should point to the real supernatural in the world, and that means
God.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is ultimately what Aine shows in the world, and I think that’s a very
good and entertaining thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move
on. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% - the prison plot is one of the best
plots you can use to build entertainment and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used it many times in all kinds of
flavors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The full-on prison plot is like
that in <i>The Count of Monte Christo</i> and <i>The Man in the Iron Mask</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In these the protagonist faces and
experiences long term prison supposedly for false reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting there, being there, then escaping or
getting out are all drivers of the overall plot and the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you haven’t read these novels, you need
to, but the full-on prison plot isn’t the only way to use the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i> has a
type of prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sara is stuck in the school and a type of prison as the forced teacher and a
maid for the household.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She eventually
is helped to escape her prison in the attic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are other ways to play this scenario.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>One of the best ways and the way I work this is with short term
detention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if your
characters are arrested and taken in by the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this in many variants in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if your characters aren’t
arrested, but if they are accosted by a criminal or see a crime, the police
will want them to come and give a statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be kept in place for a while and that’s a type of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this too, and it’s a fun way to use
the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other means
of having a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to
that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts as a basic full-on prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have Aine imprisoned in a crypt and Eoghan releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s about as prison as you can get.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a lady who was imprisoned in a
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s been there for a long
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of her basic nature, she
doesn’t have some of the real problems of the normal human prisoner, but she
has been in there for ages, and Eoghan finds and releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of this is that Aine falls madly for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I really hate to say she falls in love with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love and Aine are kind of foreign concepts
because of her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s just say she is smitten forever because he saved her from her
continuous imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did I mention
she’s been there a long long time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve played this before in my novels, but not to this degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other novels, people might have been
released from captivity, but not in this fashion and not really for this long
of cogent imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
none of my other characters have been aware of their long term imprisonment,
not like Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can guess how happy
she is to be released, plus, Eoghan might be the only person in the world who
can and world release her.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Many who might release her, would not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the few who could even know or detect
her, might not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a
kind and gentle man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would release
Aine just because he is a great guy, but this will cause problems for him and
for the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will be part of the
entertainment in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about other prison plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
might throw one in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prison plots are
just so easy to use and to get into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, all I need is for Aine or Eoghan or Eva to do something a little
illegal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, they will be
escaping justice, so to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will
be hunted eventually by Stela and the Organization, or that’s my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The police might be looking for them actively
as in criminally, or for them generally, as in missing person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t decided how I want to work this or
how I want to present this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will
come with the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, the prison
plot can be just tossed in when the author needs it or wants it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not a fan of writing where the author places a tensioned scene with
repercussions that suddenly disappear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, if the police or others are after your characters, don’t
just let them shrug it off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There needs
to be a result and resolution based on the circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there isn’t, why even bring in the peril
in the first place?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think this is an important point of writing, but to really do it justice,
I need to think about it, and perhaps make it the next topic under the prison
plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Peril is like a Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps
I need to explain the Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov, the famous playwright wrote that if a playwright introduces a
gun in act one, someone must shoot it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His point was that when a writer places a
setting element in a play, he or she should turn it into a creative element in
the next act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true to a large
degree in novels as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel,
not every setting element needs to become a creative element, but especially
with important elements, we shouldn’t introduce them and not use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel, because of the magnitude of the
setting elements, not every single one needs to be promoted to creative
elements, but why describe a setting element if you aren’t going to use
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the main point here is not
just the use of the setting elements, but rather, introducing peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peril in a scene is the development of
tension—tension without release is worthless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, let’s not build tension if we don’t release the
tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the previous example, don’t
introduce a strained situation like an illegality or an incident without
resolving it in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically,
I find irrationality in shows or novels to be terrible writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great author doesn’t necessarily clean up
ever loose end and tie it up with a bow, but each incident of note needs a
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try an example using the
prison plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>, Rose goes out to find and rescue
a couple of girls in her house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
finds them in peril with a couple of women who are selling them beer and
cigarettes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the girls are attacked,
Rose fights back and using her very great skills stops their attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the process, Robyn calls the police and
the other girls from her house come to help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The conclusion of the event is that Rose is injured and brought to
hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are picked up by
the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teachers and
headmistress get involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is
this, all of these situations need to be seen through to the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of Rose in hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of the girls and Rose with the
police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem of the teachers, and
finally, the criminals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these
need to be addressed and resolved to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This completes the peril with appropriate
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point with the prison plot is that this is an appropriate release and
circumstance in the appropriate situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, sending Rose to hospital is one example of the prison
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Placing the criminals in prison is
another example of a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to reasonably and rationally complete an introduced peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This just makes sense to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any writing, it really bothers me when a
situation isn’t resolved effectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps this is just a problem for those who have complex circumstances,
but it does seem to be a problem of many movies and some writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect it causes a real problem for many unpublished
writers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42% - I’ll move to
the item plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great plot and
very easy to appropriately introduce to any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can just throw it in at will for a single
scene, or build it carefully through scenes to act as a telic element.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always say go big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I already wrote about the ring in <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the
Warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The ring moves on the down
low through the entire novel slowly gathering more and more mojo until it
becomes a telic element near the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the best way to work an item in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With items, you have McGuffins as well as real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin is an item that exists solely to
move a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has no real value,
worth, or maybe existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>McGuffins are
common in some modern novels, but I like items of real value and worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like my magic items to be magical, and my
other items to be used and usable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if you introduce a gun…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now a
gun can be used in many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
shoot it, the target is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can also use it other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is
true of the knife or any other weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s true, if you introduce a weapon, you should use it, but use means a
lot of different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to
stop here and move forward next about the different types of items and how you
can use them in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, there are McGuffins and real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A McGuffin could be an actual and real item, or it could be something
just made up of even false or non-existent like the Maltese Falcon in the novel
of the same name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a fan of the
McGuffin, but I do see their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
McGuffin can be very worthwhile in a real worldview novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could also be used in a reflected
worldview novel, but the question is why not give a real power or ability to an
item?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m into that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the most interesting use of an item
is the secret or secret capability of the item that the protagonist or other
character discovers in the revelation of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the case with Angelica’s ring
from my novel <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have items of power whose capability or
abilities are hidden or secret.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then, there are items whose capabilities are obvious like a gun or a
knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These have obvious capabilities,
but potentially many abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, you can shoot a gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means
a lot of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gun can be shot at
someone or just in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
used to hunt or fired at a target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the points that are most obvious about a gun, but a gun can be used in many
other ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can use a gun as a tool, in the sense of striking a person or a
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun can be mishandled—resulting
in firing or misfiring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
cleaned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be used to
threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a paperweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be an item that causes fear or that
reduces fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all, the gun is a very
useful tool in every potential use from shooting to just an item to a threat or
a positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guns are highly
versatile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knives are too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Knives are very useful tools like guns, but their use and potential use is
even more varied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus a knife can’t
usually go off unexpectedly although there can be accidents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at these items and their potential,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We don’t need to just write about potentially dangerous items, because most
items are dangerous depending on their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A book, for example, could be used as a bludgeon, but you can also read
it, tear it up, use parts for scrap, burn it, use it as a door stop, and
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that there are
nefarious uses for any item, and items can be used in all kinds of ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I proposed a novel I call bookgirl where the main item is a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of the book was to include a clue
in the margins or on a title page that led the protagonist and the
protagonist’s helper to a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is a normal use for such an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this case, the book isn’t a McGuffin and it isn’t supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book is an item with a real use to
forward the plot through not just its existence but, rather, its contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, on to knives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A knife is a very common item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could have an inscription on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could use it to harm or just to cut your meat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could threaten or make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
knife is an innocuous item until it isn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov could not have written, if you introduce a knife in the first Act
someone must be stabbed with it in the second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s because the knife has many more uses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess you could write, if you introduce the
knife in act one, someone needs to open a letter with it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the entire point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For an
author, the use of the gun might not be for it to fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the use of the knife might not be
to cause harm or to threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The knife
could include an inscription that moves the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other use of a knife could be
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could have great real
power like a spell or a capability or it could lend a capability to the
user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done this before too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t just make stuff up about items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I research items from myth and history to provide a basis for the
item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I used Arthur’s
dagger from history and myth in one of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point about items is that they have many uses in plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use the item plot in
Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I’ll add a supernatural item into Aine, but I’m not sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t researched this enough, but there
are four great items of the Celtic and Gaelic Seelie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These would rightly be part of the
supernatural items Aine might use and control, but the Gaelic Seelie, the Irish
<strong>Aes Sídhe</strong> (singular <strong>Aes Sídh) Tuatha Dé Danann guard
these as great treasures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There would be
little opportunity and little reason for Aine and Eoghan to seek them in
Ireland or use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are always
possibilities.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>I was mainly thinking about normal items that might really get Aine
a go’n.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, some personal item
that belonged to Eoghan that he gifted her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Gaelic aren’t as nutso about gifts and gift giving as the
Anglo-Saxons, but they do have their craziness as a culture about gifts and
welcoming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Eoghan were to gift her
something, he would have a very difficult time getting it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps parts of his clothing which he gives
to Aine when he finds her in the state of nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many more possibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Another fun one might be a gun or a knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun would be interesting because Aine would
have to use it and learn about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
could provide great entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are a host of items that could attract Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Plus there is this thing about people who come from item poor
cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They tend to want to hord and get
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see this in the World War
Two generation. They had nothing, so as they gained wealth, they gained
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People who have all the stuff
they every wanted like some later USA generations tend to not see much value in
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some cultures, like the Japanese,
want stuff, but have little room for that stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these are cultural, and Aine is one of
those little stuff kinds of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
will want to have and own things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
there are other things Aine might acquire and desire.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Desire and acquire, this is a very interesting plot type in the item
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants things and things in
the Gaelic culture mean wealth and power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This includes stuff we usually don’t think much about like animals,
land, titles, responsibility—all these are things, items, a person like Aine
could and would want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would equally
want this for Eoghan because she will assume Eoghan is hers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is a cultural thing mixed with an
Aine thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cultural because, Aine will
want and desire him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will assume
that he is hers and that he rescued her for himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes, in the ancient world people did rescue others without much or
any reluctance, but you have to realize the mind of the ancient world and the
Gaelic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I rescue a person of
equal rank to me, that person owe me a wearguild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue places a burden of repayment on the
rescued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true of any rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a person of greater rank rescues one of
lower rank, the one of lower rank can be required to become a servant of a
slave of the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is called a
thane in Anglo-Saxon society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
especially true if the rescuer is of noble rank and the other is common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might be a free thane or a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aine is of a noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
discuss her place in this rescue que with Eoghan next.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes, rank is an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
thing to be achieved as well as a possession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a fantastic type of item to use in rank based cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of the reasons I like to write in
British and French settings—rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aine has rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a Fae
Queen—that’s important, but not in the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the human courts don’t have any
authority in the Fae courts and vice versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine has no rank in the human courts based on her Fae rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Aine is also a goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and the goddesses have authority,
but not over general humans or their courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They do have authority over their worshipers, but that’s about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can kill, attack, and bully humans, but
that is considered a high crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
too refined to act that way, plus, she has no followers anymore—not in the
modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She might try to get some.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>What about noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
depends on which tale you accept and which ones you don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to ignore all the late tales and
focus on the early ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine was so
beautiful and desirable that an Irish king tried to rape her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This usually means that Aine was outside of the
king’s rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine was a Fae Queen and a
goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was desired because of her
power, skills, and her beauty not her rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If Aine were of a princess or even the daughter of another high noble,
the king would simply ask for her hand in marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tried to rape her—he had no legitimate
claim on her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, she wasn’t so stupid
to allow him to take her that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
means that Aine’s rank wasn’t noble or at least not high enough to marry a
king.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be a problem for her in
the modern world.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aine will assume she is taken as a free thane by Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has status, but not rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she learns his true rank, it will be
even worse for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will know, by
his name, that he is from high nobility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She will not know, he comes from the liniage of kings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will provide some great
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into that, next.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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I’ll start with these plots and evaluate how and which I’ll use in this new
novel Aine. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-87687748325866841352024-02-25T05:07:00.001-06:002024-02-25T05:07:00.146-06:00Writing - part xxx605 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Items in Aine<p>25 February 2024, Writing - part xxx605 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Items in Aine</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) – the first stop in Greece was
Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tour was great, but the
lunch okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have used a Greek
salad and a Mythus beer, but there was an okay buffet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been to Greece many times before and to
Olympus more than once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I set a couple
of my novels in Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like
Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve even had my characters go
to Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just as I described
it and just as I remembered it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
they have a new entry and gatehouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s where we write about setting and the setting plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just by picking Greece and places in Greece as a setting, I’ve enacted a
setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be Greece as
a setting, and the reality is that Greece is a setting while a setting plot is a
setting that automatically starts a type of plot based wholly on the setting,
so, no, Greece is not a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greece
is just a type of setting, and a great setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In a setting plot, the setting itself determines the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clearer as we develop the
idea of a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great type of
setting, like Greece, makes for a great setting—a great place to launch a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I choose very specific places or
setting for my novels and my plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you haven’t noticed, I choose settings based very specifically on my
protagonist and my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
novels I set in Greece are there because of the protagonist and the
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Setting plots are similar,
but different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, a setting
plot is a setting plot because of the type of plot as compared to the type of
setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really won’t get deeply into
the details of building a setting, but suffice to say, the initial setting of
the novel is critical to the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
comes from the protagonist and the setting of the initial scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there, the scenes build on their input
and output sequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how we
might use setting plots in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% - I don’t
intend to use any type of this plot although I think you can use a limited end
of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to explain how
the setting creates or develops the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In this case, if you have an end of the world setting, you will have an
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t get
away from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true of most (all)
setting plots, and this is the problem with the setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have a certain type of setting, you
pretty much must include that setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is especially true of the end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I can’t imagine how you can’t have
the end of the world plot without an end of the world setting and visa
versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the bigger question is can you set up an end of the world plot that
isn’t really about the end of the world—the answer is, yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a matter of fact, Harry Potty is a limited
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How’s that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty is a limited end of the world
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of the world is the end of
the wizarding world and the Harry Potty world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Really, who cares?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, who
cares about the end of the wizarding world that no one except the magic folks
can even know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of Harry Potty’s
world doesn’t mean any negative affect on the rest of the world, but it gives
you an understanding of how to write a limited end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If it is the end of something important like a business, an era, a nation,
an idea, a philosophy, a theology, or anything like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything that is valuable and that will
change people’s lives or existence can be developed into an end of the world
type plot, and used very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m opposed to the end of the world plot because since Noah, it has been
stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There really was an end of the
world, the rest are just facetious and silly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean really, the closest humanity has come
to the end of the world is a nuclear war, but it hasn’t happened and even the
couple of nuclear events that we know affected humanity, didn’t come close to
destroying the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, such an
event, like the bombing of a city or destruction can be a limited end of the
world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the case of Aine, I could present an end of the world she knows, but that
would only affect her and no one else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An end of the world plot of any size must affect a large number of
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One or two isn’t enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A business might be enough, but it should
affect more than a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should really
affect a community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I don’t think an
end of the world plot is suitable for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A limited end of the world plot might be a great fit in some
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t recommend an all out end
of the world plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% - the war plot is perhaps
the most useful plot in all literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was totally misused and not used enough during the Victorian
Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason the Victorians were
embarrassed by sex, sickness, toilet work, basics of work, household stuff, and
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why they didn’t like to write about
war is silly to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the few war
plots you get are real classics from the era, like Dickens, <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The few war plots from this era are usually classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how can you use the war plot?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can obviously go for the full-on war plot—you can place your novel in a
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That setting can be either in the
midst of the fighting, in support of the fighting, the home front with the
soldiers, the home front with non-fighters, or about anything else you can
think of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This variety is what makes the
war plot and the war setting so powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also brings up the question why the Victorians didn’t use the war
plot when there were wars going on all around them and during their times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just didn’t like the war setting, I
guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the war plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my writing I use the cold war concept to develop my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all of my writing has a war plot or
setting, but much of it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
of my published science fiction has a war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of my other fiction is set either during
wars or in cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence
setting (which is a war setting) makes for a great war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give you some ideas and write about
it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the intelligence business, there is overt and covert operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of these support a war setting and a war
plot—they aren’t about hot wars, usually, they are all about cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the basis for my work in the
military.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the war setting in many
if not most of my writing, and if it isn’t a war setting or plot, the novels or
characters have a connection to the intelligence business and therefore to the
war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Essie:
Enchantment and the Aos Si</i>, the Aos Si is characterized as being at war
with Ceridwen and therefore with England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, in the same novel, Mrs. Lyons is the wife of Lt Col Lyons
who runs the Organization a language intelligence service and operation under
the MI structure (it used to be MI-19).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, even this novel that is only loosely connected to a war setting is
really a war plot with a war setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Who would imagine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The intelligence structure and operations make for great war settings even
when they are not full-on war settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the type of environment (setting) I like to work with and in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be like this, too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, Eoghan and his family are connected to the intelligence structure
through the Organization (MI-19) and Stela, a branch under the Organization
that protects Britain from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This automatically places the setting in a type of war setting—it is an
intelligence and cold war type setup, but the challenge is from the
supernatural as well as the other political and hegemonic enemies of
Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence agents and
operatives are working to protect and help protect Britain even if there is no
hot war going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll describe more
about how I’ll use this plot and setting, next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have Eoghan who is an agent for Stela—even if he doesn’t fully understand
what Stela is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steal, I’ll remind you is
the British intelligence agency under the Organization that is the past
MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll write about the MI
structure just for kicks and grins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In WWII, the MI structure included MI-1 through MI-19 excluding MI-13 and
MI-18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just weren’t used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the MIs except MI-5, MI-6, and MI-19 were
absorbed into MI-5 and MI-6 or other military and civilian government
agencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know what happened to MI-5
and MI-6—they are still around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big
question is what happened to MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have no real idea, but MI-19 was the prisoner interrogation arm of the MI
structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It handled mostly Germans,
but obviously all the other prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, you need to be able to speak the languages of the
prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every military intelligence
system or structure must have a foreign language group attached to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A foreign language group handles three levels
of language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Basic language intelligence – this
is the detailed knowledge of a foreign language for the purpose of training,
translations, and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
operatives who may be first language speakers of the foreign language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These people understand, for example, English
and their primary language very well, their language perfectly, but may have
accents and not a perfect understanding of English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can’t pass as a British citizen in their
appearance or their English pronunciation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Mid-grade language intelligence –
these are British citizens whose primary language is usually British English,
but their secondary language is good, but not perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their appearance usually doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t need to look or sound like a
perfect British citizen, but they usually need to seem like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the operatives who usually
accomplish prisoner interrogations and expatriate and defector debriefings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can additionally occasionally be used as
basic language operatives, but usually their secondary language skills aren’t
good enough to be basic language operatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, they have accents in their secondary language that makes them
unusable in the highest classification of language spies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Language intelligence agents—these
are British citizens whose primary language is British English, who have one or
more secondary languages that they learned in the country of question, and who
look undoubtably like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their language skill in English is perfect with no foreign accent and
their secondary language skill is street level with no British accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are your covert agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should note that there is a subgroup of
these agents who might understand a secondary language perfectly, but have some
accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are less useful, but can
play a role as an agent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters
I usually write about are these agents.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let me explain a little bit about language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll do that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where is MI-19?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nations don’t get rid
of their most powerful intelligence organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why in my novels, MI-19 became, the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They support foreign
language operations and provide foreign language operatives and agents to the
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their agents and operatives are
found in the other military intelligence agencies, MI-5 and MI-6, and
specifically in the foreign office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
of the Organization’s operatives are in the Organization, but some are shared
with other intelligence and government offices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The greatest use of agents is in the foreign office and in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are many uses for language intelligence assets, but the highest use is
the covert surveillance of foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This usually happens around the embassies and foreign dignitaries like ambassadors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most common overt and covert operations
are just listening through all kinds of means to foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For listening, in this sense, you don’t need
the really high end level three language intelligence agents—you just need operatives
at the first level. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, for covert
operations, you must have level three agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What exactly does a level three agent do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In language intelligence, these are listeners
who, look like they could never be listeners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the backbone of covert language operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the main, these are the young and totally
British looking secretaries, guards, muscle, and lower level people who are
full-on language experts with intimate understanding of the targeted language
or languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might accompany an
ambassador in all kinds of capacities, and they act in these capacities, but
their real reason for being is that they can surreptitiously listen and report
on conversations around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
rarely known to the ambassador or British secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They never let on their language skills
because that would compromise their covert positions and the
effectiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If an enemy sees a lower
level pure British looking subject in a group, they are very likely to
communicate openly with other members of their own group in a way that might
give up great intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, these
agents can check translators and translations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reports go secretly through the intel system and come back to the
ambassador or secretary via classified means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Meanwhile, no one expects the lower level secretary to the ambassador or
secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The enemy feels like they can
speak plainly around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also
why guards and muscle make great covert language agents—who would expect the
MI-6 muscle protecting an ambassador or secretary to know the language?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially those who don’t look like the culture
or society in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why
looking like a common British citizen is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember the first language and covert agent
of the Brits in India?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least the
first written about in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
you remember <i>Kim</i> by Rudyard Kipling?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Kim was a child who was brought up and lived on the streets of India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the child of a Brit and an
Irishman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked nothing like the
Indians around him, but he knew their languages at the street level, and he
knew the people and their culture at an intimate level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was, for all practical purposes, an Indian
person in the body of a British citizen—this is the perfect language
intelligence asset and agent (spy).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
do you get a person like this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll show
you that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Like Kim, language spies and agents, in general, came and come from those
children born of British citizens who grew up in foreign environments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are many times the children of foreign
secretaries, ambassadors, and military people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the British empire wound down and caved in on itself, another and
better source became more prevalent—missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children of foreign secretaries and
ambassadors are only a small resource and tend to be of the class that doesn’t
need much employment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British
military has been reduced to mostly embassy assignments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Missionaries go to very exotic locations,
live there, and have children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
children grow up learning the languages on the street—they are the main modern
source of the level three language agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only other source comes from mixed families, however, there are a
couple of problems with these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first
is that a great language agent looks completely British and not like they could
ever understand the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
allows covert actions and operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The other is accent and street wise understanding of the culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless properly trained, many mixed families
don’t pass the necessary accents and street understanding of their own cultures
as well as the British culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are
necessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are also infiltration operations and covert operations within groups
as agents, however, these are less common and there is an obvious tendency to use
local people and not citizens in these operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A British citizen caught in covert operations
within another country faces exposure, punishment, and potentially death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, a foreign national caught
operating either legally or illegally in their own nation can be tried for
treason, but usually such indirect connections, especially in the third world,
are difficult to expose and more difficult to prosecute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact a citizen is selling or discovering
information for Britian in their own nation usually has a commercial reason,
however, if a little military or other information happens to make it into the
briefing, who’s to say it wasn’t just for commercial reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how do you use these language experts,
and how will I use them in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the language experts, operatives and agents from the Organization
and Stela in my novels as embassy secretaries and muscle as well as operatives
in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I follow the main
tenants of the language intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many of my characters are shares from the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They work in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t written about MI-5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not as familiar with their operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might ask why I write about the French
and British language intelligence and intelligence operations when I’m not
British or French.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is
easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to work for the US
government in Special Missions and Special Operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t write about those operations, but I
can write about the similar British and French operations because they are
similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, I will use the Organization and Stela as the main agencies of Eoghan
and his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my finished novel, <i>Deirdre:
Enchantment and the School </i>Dierdre and Sorcha met Elaina who is the mother
of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elaina was recruited by Luna
Bolang for Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has issues and
powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already mentioned about this,
and they directly affect Eoghan and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Much of the novel will be about the problem of Aine which is that she is a goddess
and Stela would be very interested in her is they knew about her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the secret and one of the
mysteries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The readers and Eoghan will
know who Aine is from the beginning, but the fun use of the reveal of this
secret will be a driver in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both the reveal and the threat of revelation will be the fun and
entertaining part of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
will have a lot to do with Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela because of the supernatural, but the
Organization because of the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is where we get the language intelligence and the war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan is trained in modern English, Celtic, Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon, the Fae
language, and maybe other ancient British languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are his language skills for the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These re his intelligence
skills, and he will need them. He will have to be the communicator and
translator for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His sister, Eva,
will be about to communicate in these languages as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The war will be a cold one that threatens to become a hot one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The war will be the silent one between the
supernatural forces, the gods, goddesses, Fae, and other creatures and the
humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is some degree of conflict
between humans and the Fae because of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other creatures have their disputes with humans as well—that is Eoghan’s
job, to make things right with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is supernatural, so she will fit into the bailiwick of Eoghan and
his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem will be that
Eoghan and Eva will want to keep Aine’s existence and being on the down
low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be many reasons for
this, but if you can imagine that Aine is not just a goddess, but a Fae Queen,
as well as a symbol of the power of Ireland, then you might be able to see some
of the real issues she could cause, or that her presence could cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be the war setting and the war
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not a full on setting or
plot, but it’s like the cold war with secrets and secret actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how this all works out, but that’s
about it for the war setting and plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% - if you notice there
are only two classics that have an anti-war plot—the reason should be obvious
to the most casual observer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who
has any knowledge of history knows that anti-war is much more dangerous for
humans than war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History shows that a
war can completely end not just a nation but a society and a culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Carthaginians, for example, were completely
eradicated as a people, a culture, and a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were about the most evil culture known
to man—infant slaughter (sacrifice) and other atrocities, and the Romans
finally got tired of fighting them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the third war against them, they annihilated their people, their capital, tore
it down and salted the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
great day for humanity, but a lesson for the ages that war can indeed solve a
problem and end real evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The trite claim that war doesn’t solve anything is haunted by the ghosts of
the Carthaginians—war did, indeed solve all their problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, you might think that we should promote
anti-war so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so, we should promote security like the
Greeks and Romans so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the lesson of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anit-war is considered an irrational idea and
plot, and although many have used it, there are only two classics and they are
basically worthless, in my opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus
anti-war doesn’t provide a great setting or plot anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you want to use an anti-war plot, I’d recommend it as a satire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t intend to use the anti-war plot in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might introduce a little satire
about anti-war because of just who Aine is, but I don’t know how I might
introduce or use it at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% - it’s pretty
ironic that three of the most important and earliest novels are based on a
travel plot: <i>Genji</i>, <i>Don Quixote</i>, and <i>Robinson Caruso</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason this is ironic is that many if not
most of the novels between the earliest and the modern tend not to include
travel plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the Victorian Era came
to an end and in Romantic plotted and protagonisted novels we see them take off
with many travel based plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, almost everything Robert Louis Stevenson wrote has a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stevenson was a Romantic writer and one of
the Victorian Era breakout writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
of Dickens’ novels include travel plots, however, most of the Victorians didn’t
change their settings much or move their characters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you remember, one of the major characteristics of the Romantic
protagonist is travel—usually from their rural roots to the urban, at least at
first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What the modern world brought,
along with all the other conveniences was the ability to travel quickly and
easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In England, the train started
this general ability to travel, but the automobile, plane, and others brought
about the revolution in travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
already noted Romantic characters tend to move away from their rural roots to
the urban, they also travel a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
travel plot isn’t just the initial plot, like <i>Robinson Caruso</i> that
starts the novel, it can also be like <i>Don Quixote</i>, and propel the entire
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is interesting is we see this
penchant to travel in the earlier epics just think of <i>The Odessey</i>, <i>The
Iliad</i>, as well as the Arthur, Parzival, and Osorio epics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even Beowulf includes a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s funny that writing seemed to settle down
a little in a certain period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, we see the travel plot well used in the classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My novels all have a Romantic plot and Romantic protagonists, you can guess,
there must be travel plots in all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love travel plots, and you should too. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel plots are primo just because we want to
start our Romantic protagonist in the rural and then move them to an even more
interesting and unfamiliar urban setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The urban setting allows them to really use their special skills—those
generally developed in their original setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Harry Potty runs this a little backward, which is a great use of the
travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her characters generally
start in the urban, but then move to the rural, which is Hogwarts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intermittently, we get movement back and
forth rural to urban and urban to rural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The use of the travel plot is especially well developed in Harry
Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, this is the most
proper use of the travel plot, plus, a novel doesn’t really include a travel
plot unless something happens during the travels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty’s travel plots usually use the
primary travel to introduce new characters, introduce plots, do a little
foreshadowing, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A terrible use
of a travel plot is where your characters just take a bus somewhere, the bus,
train, plane, automobile ride are all opportunities for dialog and
communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dialog from the writer’s
standpoint, and communication from the character’s standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many other things you can do during
the travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>, Rose sets up training for Seoirse during
their helicopter trip from Monmouth to the Isle of Shadows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, Rose trains her cadets, but
we don’t get to see this, we just know of it from the dialog between Seoirse
and his instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great use of a
helicopter trip, that’s just what Rose thought, and one of her tools to continue
to encourage and seduce Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now,
about the use of the travel plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll write about that, next.<i> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts with a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is traveling to a Scottish National Park to get rid of a Fae
issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I write get rid of, I mean
to negotiate and accommodate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are too powerful for even some other Fae to handle, so unless we are writing
about Rose or one of the Fae royalty, there is little chance to defeat the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This traveling gets Eoghan in the
vicinity of Aine and her place of incarceration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The second travel plot is when Aine and Eoghan head back to his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there must be a third and perhaps a
forth travel plot when Aine and Eoghan go to Stela HQ and then to the training
points as required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure at all
how I’ll work this last part out, but the rest is pretty clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the circumstances of this novel point to
the need and development of travel plots to resolve the telic flaw issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recognize that Eoghan is a Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He must move from the rural
to the urban or close enough. He will eventually go from Scotland to London,
definitely a movement from rural to urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, Eoghan will need to move around more than that to
accommodate and work with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
an especially troublesome girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
what makes things fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The travel plots will be introduced as plots or developments for Eoghan,
Aine, and Eva to prosper and to grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be happy to get out from under Eoghan and Eva’s parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their parents are nice, but ewww.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not eww in a nasty sense, but eww in a parental overcontrol
helicopter mother sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’ll
play the father as helping, but I’ll be careful about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t need father to get on the bad side
of mother, especially with her powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is pretty powerful too, but she won’t want to use her powers
against her declared boyfriend’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s not stupid.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We will have and develop a fun travel plot based on all of this, but they
will be supporting and not overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Remember, the overall plot is a redemption plot based on Eoghan’s
needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll work toward that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s my conclusions about the travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure you can write any good modern novel without some travel
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Romantic protagonist demands a
good travel plot, at least moving from the rural to the urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might put this plot ahead of the initial
scene, that’s possible, but difficult to work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if the protagonist mustn’t travel to get
to the urban, there are more reasons for travel and especially in the modern
world and with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel
is just a good common plot in all modern novels—use it when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% - the
totalitarian plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the Victorian Era, everyone except the USA was under a monarchy—wait
for it, a monarchy is always a totalitarian regime therefore all Victorian and
other novels under a government with a king was a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Victorian Era, no one knew or cared
about being in a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, we know better, I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Look, a totalitarian plot is a plot that involves the government as a
non-republic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might even say
non-democratic, but many democratic governments in history have been considered
tyrannical and totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
totalitarian plot is about a plot where the government extends its power into
the realm of normal human operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why most Victorian and other plots aren’t considered
totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The monarch might have
been dictators, but they mainly left the people alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the kings or queens got involved with the
people, negatively, that’s a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In modern Britian, I think there is scope for an easy totalitarian plot, but
most people don’t see the British government that way so it is hard to make
that argument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, I have
used in novels, the Soviet regime, the Chinese Communist Regime, the German
National Socialist (Nazi) regime, and the Vichy French Regime—and these are
definitely totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally, I
have used a science fiction world setting in <i>Escape from Freedom</i> which
is also a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I don’t intend to put a totalitarian plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could, but I don’t think it would resonate
or be very worthwhile for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move to the next plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% - ho ho, this is one
of the best plots ever because it can reside in almost any novel from comedy to
whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to have a
horror novel to include a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All horror is, is a little fear, scaring, or disturbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hey, there are many definitions for horror,
but I think you get the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you can
understand this about fear, scaring, and disturbing, it’s all about feeling and
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the pathos of the reader
not the characters—or rather, the pathos created by the author fills the reader
and not the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want our
readers to feel fear, be scared, or be disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not so much into disturbed because we
aren’t about grossing out our readers, but pulling them a little out of their
comfort zone is what horror is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How do we invoke horror?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’d say it’s all about setting, feeling, and style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, I’m going to ask you to change
up your style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might like to write
unicorns and rainbows—that’s great, but a few dangerous unicorns or ominous
rainbows can move the tension in the scene to horror—okay a little fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m aiming for.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When you present a scene—set a scene that is supposed to be scary and tense,
set it to be scary and tense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s all
that horror is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is that there
is no reason to shy away from a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some people even make a living and write horror based novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novel, <i>Escape from Freedom</i> could be
considered a horror novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go with
that—it’s about a communist totalitarian state in a science fiction world, and
it’s pretty horrific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other
novels, I feel for the scene and interject a little fear when it feels
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point there is to incite the
emotions of the reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like my
readers to feel emotions like fear for my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little horror is just the thing, and when I
write horror, you are supposed to understand: fear, scared, and possibly
disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is even room for your
characters to be disturbing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t mean disturbing in the sense of morality or ethics or crime, there
are many things in life that can be disturbing but not be wrong—like the five
second rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve used
this before, but a character from a starvation culture would never waste food
no matter the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little dirt,
muck, sand or whatever, they would eat it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That might be disturbing to many readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about eating insects or grubs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s disturbing—it’s by definition
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As long as it doesn’t kick the
reader out of the suspension of disbelief, it’s a great means of producing
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use
horror in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the ultimate question about writing—when can I just throw in a plot
I’d like to use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, perhaps not the
ultimate question, but it’s one of the main questions I like to think about in
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we write, we want to
interject plots into a scene so we can use them for entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, we want interject
a horror plot into the scene or perhaps a few scenes for exactly that
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want some entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question then, is how do
we get some of this into Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first scene in Aine is basically pretty creepy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Eoghan in an ancient Anglo-Saxon cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is horror without any other
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to keep this
going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will build the scene with more
and more horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a horror
novel, but the beginning is filled with horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is the perfect use of the horror plot in a horror
scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This horror is produced by the
circumstances and the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
scene progresses, the action and the narration in the scene develops this
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What can be more horrific than a
person held captive for thousands of years and finally released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s maybe more of a tail of salvation and
rescue, but the point is this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine who
has been held captive for thousands of years is released into the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is dirty, naked, confused, upset, and
very happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who wouldn’t be if they were
released from that kind of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is the situation and circumstances Aine and Eoghan find themselves in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Aine, and we have Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a scary setting and scary
circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to use these
in a horror plot to entertain our readers—that’s my point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use the circumstances and the setting
to build the plot into a horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this way, we have chosen a plot and a horror plot, at that.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t always and
everywhere interject a horror plot, but there are many times when I can. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, the circumstances fit the idea
and situation of the horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this case, I want to accentuate and use the plots involved to build a horror
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to make the writing
more exciting and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we can see that in this novel, the horror plot is a natural fit
especially for the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will
get harder and harder to interject such a plot in the later points of the
novel, or it should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it
shouldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main idea here is that in
writing in we pick and choose scenes to increase the tension in the
scene—horror is a natural tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
suspect there are other opportunities to use horror in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just have to get to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the power of writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We build scenes and add plots to support
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horror is a powerful and easy to
use type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will use it through
Aine, and perhaps more than I’m expressing at this moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% - here is a great
plot but one I’m not certain I can use in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I might be able to fit it in, but it might be difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been used, not so much as a plot, but
as a pathos developer in older novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can pretty much see the evolution of the children setting to a plot
in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dickens introduced
children in <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, but there is really no children’s
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plot is adult with children as
part of the setting to provide some pathos—think Tiny Tim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where the children’s plot comes into its own is as the Victorian Era gives
way to the modern and the modern Romantic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea of real children in a plot comes basically from the very
important novel <i>What Katy Did</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was a seminal novel for children and about children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children were the focus and they weren’t
handled like young adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
children with the thoughts and feelings of children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps some of the most interesting novels
out of this period of great change are Mark Twain’s novels for boys and girls
as well as Robert Louis Stevenson and <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the bridge had been crossed, the concept
of writing novels for children drove the further idea of novels wholly about
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We move from Robert Louis
Stevenson’s and Mark Twain’s children being pushed into the adult world with
little help from adults to the novels of Brazil and others where the children
are children facing real but not adult problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are uniquely children’s plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It is still a children plot when children are introduced into an adult novel
either as students or as wards and just kids in a family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this in my <i>Aegypt </i>(<i>Ancient
Light</i>) novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, the Bolang
Children became a necessary part of the novel and drove plots and scenes that
led directly to saving their mother and father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again, I don’t see this in Aine, but I will write, next, how Aine could
include a children’s plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To build a children’s plot, we need children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youth will work, but the characters must be
handled like children and not like adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The best ways to do this is first, make children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this for <i>Aegypt</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bolong’s had four children and the
children were children for two novels and grew up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second is to train children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is using a training or teaching plot
with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve incorporated these
types of plots in my novels but not usually with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>Essie: Assignment and the Aos Si</i>, I
had the childlike person Essie being raised by Mrs. Lyons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a great and entertaining novel and
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, you can bring in children
in other ways—usually not as the protagonist’s children or as students, but as
walk-ons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is perhaps the best way
to introduce a children’s plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>How could we develop this in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could make her a preschool teacher, ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t think so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This might take
too long to build for Aine, but it is an interesting way to write the novel—at
least bring her into a special class for special children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That might be a fun show and tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is have Eoghan bring Aine for show and
tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is worth thinking about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could use Aine as a show and tell for many
other classes and training involving the Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I want to have Aine and Eoghan have a child this quickly, we
are moving in that direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, I present the first blush of love (meeting and romance).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sometimes play the second stage of love
(marriage).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to build on the third
stage of love, that is after marriage sometimes with children and many times
without.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Perhaps the way I’ll do this is with bringing in other people’s
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great method and one
I’ve done a few times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I should
have mentioned in the last paragraph that I routinely bring in the first stage
of love in a novel and then use the protagonists later after they have had
children and been married as side characters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That seems to be very successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of Aine, I’m certain I have a
host of children and youth I could being into her life and Eoghan’s life for
this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is the
Ceridwen in this generation who happens to be about two years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to being Rose and Seoirse in as her adopted
parents for many reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a sideline,
this is how I develop long term stories and storylines in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote about Rose because she was a very
interesting and powerful protagonist, but in the back of my mind, I’ve had a
need to bring in the foster parent for Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a foreshadowed and active theme deep
in the novels since I brought in Kathrin, the last Ceridwen and included her in
multiple novels as a protagonist and as a side character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the way of building worlds for your
novels and not just stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% - it’s all
historical, baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, for many
novels that’s not true, but it’s a character and author’s issue and not an
issue with the historical plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assert
that every novel that isn’t science fiction or created fantasy must be or
should be historical in nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t use made up places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
use made up history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t use made up
people (who really exist).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do modify information
based on potential history, but all my made up stuff is based in history and
might be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do change places to
meet the needs of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I make up
all the main, major, and protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My novels are all reflected worldview—so they all include the history of
the times and the world and the place, but they also include those ideas that
things people think might or have faith could exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels are historical to the highest
degree I can make them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is kind of a difficult subject to address because I understand exactly
what I am expressing, but I’m not certain many people understand the idea of
plotting a novel in history and reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll try to give some examples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the broadest sense, my novels include a British intelligence agency I
call the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This agency is
based in MI-19 from World War II.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone
in the business knows language intelligence is one of the foundations of
national security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where did MI-19
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I give it a new name and some new
work, and I fit it into the world of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is there the Organization in Britain?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m sure something is still there, it’s classified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what the Organization is like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a step above the highest classified
levels of MI-5 and MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, it supplies
shares to both, and to other intelligence organizations like the Foreign
Office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this is based on history and
the historical.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then I also have Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela is the
part of the Organization that protects Britian from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not really based on real history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This organization is based on the history I
developed in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be
in the Organization because it was founded by Bruce Lyons who ran MI-19 at the
end of World War Two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce was a major
character in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
all based on the reflected worldview from my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That reflected worldview is completely based
on history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can that be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview is based on what people believe and not what is
necessarily real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone knows about vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are they real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some ages most people believed in
vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, everyone knows what a
vampire is, but do they really believe in vampires?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A reflected worldview allows vampires to
exist in the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a
real worldview, there can’t be vampires, but in a reflected worldview there
certainly can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about any
supernatural creature or being you know about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They can exist in a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, a great reflected worldview can give reasons why and how such
creatures can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also provides
reasons how such creatures might coexist with humans in the real world and yet
normal humans have no idea such creatures are around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The historical is more than just what really happened in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The historical includes the real, the
imagined, and the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do I
know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, every Sunday, along with
other days, Christians go to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Shabat, Jewish people go to synagogue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise,
others of other religious groups go to their own services and ceremonies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of their creeds and theology is based in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, Christianity and
Judaism are both historically based religions—they are wholly based in historical
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others not so much, but the
focus of all of them are aspects of the supernatural in the world and in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition, the feelings and perceptions of people may not be real—they may
be caused and affected by emotions and imagination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are still real, and they are
historical, but they aren’t like historical events, however, they can be
recorded and, as I noted, they are real parts of history, they just aren’t the
kinds of things you can take a picture of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s the main point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel,
Aine, if someone searches for information about Aine, the world of Aine, the
world of Eoghan, and their times, that’s history, they will find exactly the
world I will describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I
will include all the historical reflected worldview stuff in a cohesive fashion
that will interact with and interweave the real and completely historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also provide reasons and show how this
reflected world coexists with our own, but we don’t usually see or perceive
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You all know the drill.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Only the sensitive can perceive the world of the Fae or the creatures of the
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally, people get a
glimpse through some revelation of the supernatural, but usually, we assume it
is there around us, we just don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s an example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I know of a great restaurant in New Mexico that is in an old hacienda
mansion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the rooms is reputed to
be haunted by a maid with whom one of the sons of the house fell in love, but
they were never allowed to marry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ghost of the maid supposedly haunts this room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We always tell the story and then tell our fellow diners to sit in each
corner of the room and see if they can feel the presence of the ghost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many if not all will say one of the corners
is colder than the others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great story,
fun test, is it real or Memorex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
telling, I think it’s a perfect image of the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look closer into the historical and the
reflected, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What I want to do and what I recommend in all writing is to ground your
writing in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact my
third rule of writing is this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">3. Ground your
readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is a very general statement for something that to me is very
specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I mean and what I do is
to set my writing in the real and the reflected world, and most specifically
the history and places of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My characters don’t just go to some place in some town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters live in a real place (as real
as possible), in a real town, where the streets, places, and spaces are all
real, and where the insides of the buildings are all the real insides with the
same furniture, if I can get to that level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, I don’t ever make up what I don’t have to make up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me explain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When I need a place for a setting, for example, I research that place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of my novel, <i>Rose: Enchantment
and the Flower</i>, I looked for a possible haunted house in the Orkney
Islands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted the Orkneys for the
isolation and the place because I was going to use a nuclear smuggling
operation by the Chinese and the Russians as the main reason for both Shiggy
and Robyn’s parents being assigned there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My research gave me Viera Lodge, which is luckily on the market for sale
with all kinds of pictures and a house plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I could use this place for my setting and my character, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t need to make up a place, I just
needed to use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the
details had to be made up because not all the information we need to write is
in the descriptions and such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know
exactly what I’m adding and what I’m doing with the information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can get details for travel and for streets
and for places from the satellite maps and other map information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is so much more to this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If I need a place, like a lake or a river or a creek or a forest or a
building or a clearing, guess where you can research and find this
information?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, I had to find
maps or visit these places or at the extreme just make it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The specific was hard to find, but the
general was always there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, I can
get all this information, and I can provide it in the settings of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters no longer just travel, they go
on Gooseberry Street to the A901 to their destination, and so on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, my characters wear real
clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When one of my prepublication readers provided comments on <i>Sister of
Light</i>, he mentioned that I should specifically say the clothing designers
and more details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took this to
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a character, Rose, who is
playing an act as a debutant and aristocrat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her clothing is not just the best, it is designer clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She rarely wears less than 10,000 pounds
worth of clothing at any time, and that’s including her handmade French
knickers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll explain more
about this, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With the research tools available to the writer today, it is very easy to
include specific and exacting details in our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I mentioned, I research all my
settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is just looking
at a satellite map.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I can, I’ll get
to the street view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m doing research
with the tools available that would require travel and experience to write
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you how I did it in
the past.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All my novels include extensive and extensively researched settings and
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For <i>Aegypt</i>, I took out
every map I could get from the library and from atlases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I studied the places and read books on my
setting (Tunisia) as well as the French Foreign Legion that was the basis for
this novel set in 1926.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I additionally
read hundreds of books on hieroglyphics and ancient Egypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this information, I was able to set,
describe, and write about the subject, Tunisia, Fort Saint, the people, my
characters, the Foreign Legion, as well as all of the other places around Fort
Saint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t able to travel there for
professional and diplomatic reasons, but a great novel, <i>Aegypt</i> and the
first novel in the <i>Ancient Light</i> series was birthed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, instead of two years worth of
research, I could have written <i>Aegypt </i>in about a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took five years to research and write <i>Centurion</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All my novels are filled with complete
historical accuracy, at least the best I could achieve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I’ve aged and gained experience, the
novels have become better and even more detailed and accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I wanted to express about
clothing and especially woman’s clothing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, one of my author friends who also provided me some great
comments about <i>Sister of Light</i>, the second <i>Aegypt </i>and <i>Ancient
Light </i>novel, recommended I give very specific details about the clothing
Leora Bolang wore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Leora provided a striking vision in
pale-blue silk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wore a dress Paul
had bought for her the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although the gown came from a rack on the <i>rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honore</i>, it flowed over her body as though its designer had only her
in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modestly slit hemline
floated on air; it just kissed the top of her petite, high-heeled <i>Arnoult</i>
slippers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A thin silken cord encircled
her neck and allowed the teasing neckline to accentuate her gentle bosom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To complete the ensemble, she grasped a small
gold colored clutch with three-quarter length gloves that matched the azure of
her dress.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At the time, the ability to accomplish research on women’s and men’s
clothing wasn’t as good as it is today, plus I had to work with fashion and
fashions from 1927 and not today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
required a little more in depth study, but I think you get the point,
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For my more modern novels, I can simply research on the internet the
clothing styles and designer fashions I want my characters to wear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, much or many of the outfits my
characters wear are ready made, but still, to cloth them in each scene, I look
at fashion and I describe the clothing from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing clothing that is from the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing it in
settings from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s an
example from <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">By
that time, Bob was taking away the last of the empty trunks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn rummaged through her clothing, “Hey
Rose, what kind of stuff should we change into?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She held up a frock.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Rose
went over to her, “Do you have jeans and a nice top?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“Do
you think they’ll be wearing jeans?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“I
can promise you they all will be.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
went to her drawers and pulled out a pair of Dolce & Gabbana jeans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were slightly distressed and faded with
embroidered butterflies. The Dolce & Gabbana logo was engraved in gold on
the front left pocket while a pink patch marked the back pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also pulled out a white embellished Gucci
woolen top with a slight nautical flare.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
couldn’t help herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She towed Leora
out of the door of the room, “Leora, did you realize Lady Tash is planning to
wear a thousand-pound pair of jeans to supper in a catered girl’s school
cafeteria?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
tapped her chin, “The top cost a bit more than that, but who can tell the
aristocracy what they can or can’t wear.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
grabbed her hand, “I thought she was one of yours.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She whispered, “This is not the girl from
Rousay.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then louder, “How is this Lady
supposed to look after my Robyn?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
held back her laughter, “Lady Tash is Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need not worry a single bit about her or
your Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can assure you of that.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
took a concerned glance back into the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the level of detail I’m able to provide my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope I’m giving sufficient description for
the general reading crowd, but anyone who recognizes the designers and the brands
will understand even more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I
tried to show with the dialog surrounding the clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I balance the clothing
description, the clothing specifics, and the understanding of the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the tip of the iceberg, so to
speak in placing history and realism in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look a little more at the setting, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll go over it again, because this is all
about how to interject the historical, real, and reflected into your
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, like a
restaurant, I go researching just the place I need in the place I need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Sorcha: Enchantment and
the Curse</i>, I needed a place for my characters to have a nice dinner in Edwinstowe
near Nottingham Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just found the
perfect place for my characters to eat and have a little discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used descriptions of the place enhanced
with a little fiction and the actual menus to describe the meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of this, I didn’t have to make up
anything, I just used what existed in the real world to reflect the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, I used reflect in the exact
sense of the reflected worldview because that worldview is pretty much the same
in the sense of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I use this concept of research for all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, I don’t make up fiction,
I use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you think this is
unusual or in some way not kosher in writing, think about the bigger types of
images and places writers use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I
included New York, London, Dublin, or any other main city in the world, no one
would bat an eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If my characters
visited Times Square or Trafalgar Square or the Spanish Steps in Rome, no one
would think that odd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So why would it be
odd to use the Denny’s down the street in some Podunk town for a place or some
swanky steak joint in Tulsa?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t
and you should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should interject the
real and real places throughout your writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You should give directions and street names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should put in real dates and real people
and places as well as real brands and stuff—at least in the West.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t do it in Japan—mentioning a brand or
some real places can get you in jail there, but not here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you do get jittery about it, you can just make up the name and use the
place—that’s always an option, but I think you dilute the power of the
historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I don’t do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I’m going to have some negative
experience, I don’t use the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
characters might have some terrible misadventure in some real place, but if it
will be a negative, I don’t use a real brand or a real company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect this is an important topic to write
about, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you need to go negative, go fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of my writing isn’t about the place as much as it’s about the
characters, but if I did need a negative company or brand, I’m not going to
make a social statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all the
criticism in the world, you might ask, why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Novels are not about social statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They aren’t about political statements or science statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had my characters make reasoned
statements about what I think are obvious problems in the world, but I’m very
careful about these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, German National Socialists make a great enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s Nazis if you didn’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nazi is an acronym for National Socialist in
German.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are everyone’s most evil
creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another is the International
Socialists—that is the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other International Socialists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all evil and criminal—they make
great criminals and bad guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrorists
are also fair game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
really bad groups and nations that are worth using as the “bad guys” in your
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This keeps you away from the
potential for not holding to a universal enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, you might say, but there are those who support terrorists, Nazis, and
Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say, most of them can’t
read and won’t read my novels anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don’t want them for my readers unless they want to change—I guess there is even
hope for Nazis and Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
from a writer’s standpoint, if you need a bad guy, they are your bad guy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I stay away from brands and companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll tell you why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every company I’ve ever worked for has wanted
to make money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you harm or kill your
customers, you don’t make money--in fact, you go broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked in the aviation industry on every
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In aviation, the individuals, the
company, and all the management would do anything to prevent any kind of
problem, accident, or issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give
you an example, when maintenance accidentally dropped a drop tank and put a
small dent in it, the company spent thousands to fix the dent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Air Force, the tank would have stayed
dented and been used forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Governments don’t really care about people, but companies really
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, a single problem by a
customer can break a company, a government has no other competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are there bad companies and people out there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure there are, but there are many more bad
governments, and governments can take your life, liberty, and property from
you—a company can’t, not unless they are a criminal cartel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, if I need bad guys, I do go for criminals, terrorists, and
governments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty enough of
these to go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you really want
to go for a brand or business, I’d advise you to work for them for a year
before bad mouthing them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Realize, most
of your readers are people with jobs and some degree of education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can fool some like journalists and
perhaps those in certain industries, but you can’t fool your core readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, as I wrote, novels are all about
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll look at
putting real people in your novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, by all means place real historical people in your novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they are alive, I would recommend not
defaming or vilifying them, but under some circumstances, you might.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d be cautious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, Queen Elizabeth plays an important walk-on roll
occasionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I definitely don’t show
her in a negative light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, she is
a good friend and help to my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Part of this comes from the interaction and influence of the Fae and the
gods and goddesses of Britain with the government of Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, since they are reflected worldview, I have the Queen, now, the
King as responsible for the human side of the courts of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Ceridwen is in charge of the Fae and
courts of the gods, the King or Queen is in charge of the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two worlds interact through the office
of the King.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have a very
important character, the Keeper of the Book of the Fae who works for the King
and who oversees the Laws of the Fae for the Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is all reflected worldview, so it
could be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The King isn’t saying.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition to important people, I also include the less important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times I’ll change the names, but keep
the look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written before that real
people don’t make great protagonists, but they do make great general
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you need a character,
there is nothing wrong with looking for a picture and going for a
description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just change the names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless there is some positive need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I use the names of real royalty
in my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also use the names of real people who
are dead as a part of the history of the place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the question at hand is how will we use history in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll cover that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine isn’t just about history—Aine is history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a bring out of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a person from the Gaelic world and
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a place and that place
has moved through time and place to the new and modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My point in using Aine, I want to show her world and her understanding of
the world in contrast to the modern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
modern world will give reality and life to Aine and her history, and her
history will come out in her own revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Indeed, Aine is a revelation of the protagonist, Eoghan, but Eoghan’s
purpose is to express the reality of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is the focus while Eoghan is the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must learn to live in the modern world,
and through this, her world will come out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan will be revealed and Aine be revealed in his wake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of the most powerful ways to
represent history—we bring a person from the past into the modern and through
contrast show off their culture, history, and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, what is Aine’s history like?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned some of the most salient facts about Aine, but not much about
her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine comes from a place where
there is little writing and a lot of Feudal waring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are times without any modern conveniences
and the beginnings of the use of metal and the seven basic machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She lives in a real building and progressive
age for her world, but it is nothing compared to the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food is scarce and security scarcer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In myth, she was either raped or under the
threat of rape all her life long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
intend to not change her history as much as cut it off with some of the
features of her times and her story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Is that it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, there is so much
more, but most of it is embedded in the development of the plots and the story
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try to update you as I put
the actual story together, but at the moment, I’m developing, and not
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll move to the next plot type. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% - I’ve really fallen
in love with the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since
I wrote <i>Children of Light and Darkness</i> which includes a very strong
school plot, I’ve been intrigued and excited about using it when possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It helps that my prepublication writer really
enjoyed this plot in the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because of the characters, I did include a school plot in the next novel
in the series, <i>Warrior of Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since then, I’ve looked for opportunities to have a school plot although
I’ve really not set the novel on the plot as much as the plot on the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, I didn’t start
with the idea of a school plot, it just came out in the writing of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, <i>Essie: Enchantment and the Aos Si</i> didn’t start with any
kind of school plot, but as I developed the novel, the entire idea about Essie
attending a boarding school just leapt from the storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Essie was really my first foray into a
boarding school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are reasons for
using this type of plot and setting, but mostly, it is classically British, but
pretty much dying as we speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea
of putting together young people for the purpose of education and life is a
powerful setting with both positive and negative features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see them all, to a degree, displayed
in the Harry Potty novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of
isolating youth to educate them in magic is as appealing as educating them in
other subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Since Essie, I’ve used school as a setting and a plot in numerous novels,
and it’s not just for youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In many of
my Enchantment novels, I’ve used a university setting for the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed, in Rose, I’ve used a school plot for
youth as well as a military school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bet you didn’t think of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
military school plot or a training school plot is just as useful as a regular
school plot—it just can apply to older individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the training plot is a school plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the training plot almost as much as a dedicated school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training plot can be much more individual
and between fewer characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Sorcha:
Enchantment and the Curse </i>is a full-on school plot set in a training
situation and almost entirely one on one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are powerful plots and great tools for the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In spite of the fact that the school plot is
only found in about 10% of the classics, don’t let that fool you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dedicated training and schooling is a
relatively new idea in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
accomplished early in human history, but it is still a pretty new idea to be
applied to large groups and the whole of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think about the basis for most education
and learning in the past and you should get my meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I do plan to involve Aine, the novel in a school and training plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I have a few options for Aine and school plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main and most obvious is the training
that Eoghan must accomplish to help Aine integrate into modern society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main question is how much Aine will fight
being educated and trained into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you remember, novels are all about
entertainment and part of entertainment is some satire and irony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is ironic for a person who obviously needs
help and education to neglect and ignore it, but like I wrote, I’m trying to
determine just how much of this I want to push in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is the protagonist while Aine is the
focus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan as the protagonist must get Aine to accept the training and education
he will provide her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because Aine really
wants Eoghan to love her, I don’t think that will be much of a
problem—especially, since Aine wants to learn and wants to please him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training scenario will move a pace with
the initial revelation of Aine in the world, plus with their travels and her
integration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
opportunity that I’ve contemplated for this novel from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The telic flaw in this novel is about Eoghan’s lack of integration in his
place and time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has much to do with
his own training and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
didn’t go to school, that is university, like most of his peers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t go to the military for education
and training like most of his peers in his business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for him, and one I’ve
contemplated from the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
originally wanted Eoghan and Seoirse to meet each other at Sandhurst or
Cranwell, but I don’t think that’s an option with the way the novel development
is going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I also have the Isle of Shadows for training female warriors and the other
Isle for training male warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a
hankering to bring Aine to the Isle of Shadows and Eoghan to the other
Isle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides a training and
school situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Isle of Shadows
was developed by Rose to train her little goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since Aine is a goddess herself, it would be
the perfect place for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question
is then, how to get Eoghan integrated into this process and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel is foremost about him, Aine is just
the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you see there are places to use this school plot in Aine, and the school
plot is perfect in this training sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll move on to the next plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% - the parallel and the allegory plots
are similar, but not the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
I consider them to be significantly different, but their differences are
somewhat subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can help to define
the easiest of the two, an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The typical allegory for example in literature is <i>Pilgrim’s Progress</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s an allegory of the spiritual life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve defined a parallel before
in simple terms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here, I’ll try:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A parallel is a story, poem, or picture that mirrors an existing story,
poem, or picture for the purpose of reference or expression.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is really what the parallel is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is not intended to reveal a hidden meaning at all, although the
original piece of art could mirror that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So what is a parallel, and how can we use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give an couple of examples.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If your novel mentions, for example, Noah and the flood, that is a reference
to the account about Noah in the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could use this as a figure of speech, the rain was falling like the
time of Noah and the ark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could
incorporate all kinds of figures of speech about Noah, the ark, animals, and so
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of these continued metaphors
or figures of speech would constitute the use of a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of and reference to Noah in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>novel would produce a reference in terms of
the basis for the novel and an expression of the ideas and concepts about
Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, the proper use of
the parallel about Noah should produce ideas in the reader that expand the
expression of the novel in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the use of a historical figure of speech as a reference back to
another piece of art or literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
hope you can see how powerful this idea is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Another example, I wrote my novel <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Daemon</i>
as a parallel to the Apocryphal book of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not an obvious parallel, unless the reader is familiar with
Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally think everyone
should be familiar with all the Bible including the apocrypha as well as all
the Greek myths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is that all
Western art and literature is based on these first the Bible and second Greek
myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you aren’t familiar, you are at
a great disadvantage in understanding literature and art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, I based <i>Aksinya</i> on Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallels are obvious to anyone familiar
with Tobit, even the name of the Demon is the same, and the resolution of the
telic flaw follows the resolution of Sara’s problem with the demon in Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why Tobit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It builds an historical and literary foundation around a subject that
hasn’t been written about much, escaping the clutches and contract with a
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty of works, well a
few, about humans contracting with demons, but very very few about humans
getting out of a contract with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s just not done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tobit was the
first I know of, and <i>Aksinya </i>is a parallel of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next, I’ll look at possible parallels in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The explanation above is probably my best for a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question is how will I use this in my
proposed novel, Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see two ways
plus the most obvious—I guess you could say three ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The most obvious is the parallel plot built into the idea of Aine, the
character herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The history and myth
of Aine is a parallel in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
brining in the story of Aine is a parallel plot and that’s why I picked it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incorporation of a historical based or a
reflective worldview is a parallel, and that’s exactly why I like using them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Although most people aren’t familiar with Aine and her history, readers are
generally familiar and knowledgeable about the basic ideas of the Gaelic and
Celtic worlds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, explanations and
information will be necessary to help the reader understand the world of Aine
and Aine as a mythical person, but the parallel exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also what I did with <i>Aksinya</i>
to a degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter the subject of
the parallel, you need to explain some parts about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, for <i>Aksinya</i>, I didn’t do much of
that, the story and parallel plots for Tobit are obvious in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just mentioned the focus a few times in
context and that was it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Aine, I’ll
have to do more than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although most
people know generally what Gaelic and Celtic mean, they don’t know much about
the cultures and the history of the cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I will do is explain them in context and from Aine’s mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will make it even better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first parallel in Aine is the basic story
of Aine and her world, her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This, by the way is one of the reasons I’m writing the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not into education or educating through a novel or any fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fiction and novels are all about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason I’m using the Gaelic and Celtic
culture is because it’s a new and interesting culture to most people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The revelation of the culture is a huge part
of the novel and a huge part of the entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes novels and fiction fun to
me—that’s what I want to give and express to my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll get to the next potential
parallels in Aine—the less obvious ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The other two ways to bring a parallel plot into Aine is through figures of
speech, as I wrote before in general, and through intentional analogous events
related to myth or history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is basic good writing technique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know this has really fallen by the wayside in modern writing, but it’s
literally the bread and butter of great writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A writer who doesn’t understand the use of
figures of speech and especially the use of deep and involved figures of speech
is just not going to be considered beyond their lifetimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lack of figures of speech in general writing
will just lead to not being published, while the lack of in depth figures of
speech will lead to being forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hey, we just want to be published, who cares about creating a
classic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Frankly, a classic is a classic because of the depth of the parallels and
the integration of the novel into the classic world of literature, art, and
poetry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This seems to be an area that is
wholly missed in modern writing and publishing, but hey, no one will remember
most of what people memorize or understand today: celebrities, political
figures, sports teams, most artists, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Think about those whom you can remember from 100 or 200 years ago—there
are a few standouts, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Edison, Shakespeare,
Dickins, but I bet you can’t name a single musician (other than composers),
actor or actress (maybe Booth, but not because of his acting), or any sports
figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nobody cares because their lives
were basically meaningless—they created nothing and left nothing behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be harsh, but literature is the
means to remember and parallel their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is one of the reasons I recommend the use of the parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to remember the meaningless, but to
remember the people, places, and events of the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain other writers in the past felt
the same way.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>By referring to Noah, you remember the historical account of Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By referring to Daniel, you remember the
historical account of Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By
mentioning Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle, to name just three, you remember the
golden age (so to speak, of Greece).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
really isn’t the classical golden age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, to throw in the phrase, golden age of Greece or Golden Age of
Greece, you are building on a parallel, not a strictly historical parallel, but
a real and reflected world parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
same is true with Noah or Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical source is somewhat questioned, but the reflected for both is real—to
express their parallel in a figure of speech or in an in depth parallel, you
are expressing and handing off a knowledge of the past and of humanity that
needs to be continued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
there is more than just history or the historical account that is important in
the expression of a parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the
example of Aine, until I mentioned and wrote about Aine, you probably didn’t
even know such a myth or a possible historical person existed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you did, you might have pushed her away as
just some myth or ancient person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the novel, Aine, I want to bring Aine alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, there are all kinds of
people, events, places, and reflected world ideas and realities (said tongue in
cheek) that come with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All their
stories and their existence is worth remembering and exploring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If anything, within the confines of
entertainment, fiction is all about remembering and revealing a story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal with Aine is totally entertainment,
but within that fabric of entertainment, I want you to see the story of Aine
and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallel will be all the
history surrounding Aine and the history from the time of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, I’ll bring in figures of
speech that reflect Aine and her times as well as from other places, myths, and
sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you don’t get them or
fully understand them, they are expressed and remembered in the context of the
novel—when you see them again in art or literature, you might remember and
realize a deeper context about that piece of art of literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although fiction is all about entertainment,
I never said literature is self-contained or isolated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exact opposite is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, the other two, less obvious types of parallel in Aine will be figures of
speech and the use of other myths and history to bring out the story of
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t details as much as an
overall plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could try to drag up
some details, especially about the other myths and history I’ll include as
parallels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Those other myths are broadly what I call the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point in using a reflected worldview is to
provide a universal connection between all the major and minor myth and
supernatural structures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a true
universal connection found specifically in Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are unfamiliar with this, I’ll try to
explain it in basic terms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you recognize the great truth in C.S. Lewis’ <i>Mere Christianity</i>
where he notes that the supernatural either came from within the creation or
without the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
without, it’s God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
within it’s not God but the creation of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, about God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do need to
point out that the three means to know truth: historical method, logic, and
scientific method proves that God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Specifically, Emmanual Kant’s philosophy proves the not God can’t exist
(you can’t prove a true, you can only prove a not false); the big bang proves
the telic cause of the universe must exist (a telic cause is defined as God);
and finally, the historical method relates in the New Testament the interaction
of God in the process of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
Lewis writes, this evidence of God’s interaction comes from without the
creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we usually term
miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the supernatural
from within creation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point about the supernatural from within the creation is that it
proves God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was what Bram Stoker
the author of <i>Dracula</i> and a very dedicated Catholic was attempting to
show with his character and his novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Dracula</i>
is the most abbreviated and expurgated novel in common use to remove all the
prayer and God language—not to improve the novel, but because the SAS felt they
needed to keep all that God and Christian stuff from its young readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are the same book haters who abbreviated
and expurgated <i>Fahrenheit 451</i> a book about governments burning and
expurgating books. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that as Lewis notes, the moment
we bring up the supernatural in the creation, we are expressing the actions not
of God but of the forces God allows in the creation and those forces naturally
point to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use this in my novels as
the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain
how they fit into the world and the novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, gods and goddesses could exist in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The typical explanation, from the Old
Testament is that they were created by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In my novels, I acknowledge their creation by God and note that they
were put in charge of helping humanity and eventually pointing to the God of
creation in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not alone in
this view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tertullian writes in his
philosophical works about the commonality of Christian imagery in pagan
cultural antiquity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cross and other
symbols as well as the components of the mysterium such as baptism, renaming,
robing, meal with the deity, and many others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These components were already features of Judaism, but made Christianity
look much like a mysterium and led to many Greeks coming to the new variant of
Judaism in the first Century and later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I take the standpoint that gods and goddesses exist in two
varieties, the bound and the unbound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of their purpose was to point to the God in the future, but now to
follow that God and to do the same in this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are those who do follow the God and
those who do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is
much turmoil in the world caused by the remnants of the old and those god and
goddesses caught up in incidents from the past—Aine is just such a being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the undergirding philosophy I use in
the reflected worldview, but it is an undergirding idea and not a focus of the
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I resolve the
question of how gods and goddesses can exist in the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is also the issue of the Fae as well as
other beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll address this next as
well as explain about the bound and unbound.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I’ve been developing my reflected worldview and novels’ supernatural
structure for a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to put together a focus of physical structural and logic to build the world
where gods, goddesses, dragons, the Fae, and other beings can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the ideas I had to confront was the
concept of the bound and unbound gods and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I built these from the concept of the gods
and goddesses who were born, lived, and died within certain cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This came from my <i>Aegypt (Ancient Light) </i>novels
where I posited that the Goddess of Light and Darkness were twins and chosen from
their children after their deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
actually waffled a bit on this information and didn’t provide any complete
details until my later novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, the idea of a goddess or god who was born then lived and then died comes
from the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic ideas of the primary earth goddess who controls
the seasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Anglo-Saxon culture this
was Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seasons were spring,
the maiden, summer, the woman, and winter, the crone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen supposedly lived and died in a cycle
of generations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods and
goddesses were confined and held to a certain place of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sometimes meant they couldn’t leave
their areas of authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods
and goddesses were stuck in their places and are immortal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unbound are more like normal humans but
have skills, abilities, and powers beyond human kin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, my point in creating these unbound deities was to build my dynasties in <i>Ancient
Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters and
protagonists who populated these novels from the first Leora Bolang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This produced a great series of novels, but I
had other ambitions especially based on Kathrin (Ceridwen) from <i>Children of
Light and Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the
protagonist of this novel, but an important person and character in the other
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made for an interesting and
entertaining series, but that didn’t end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, Aine is a novel about Eoghan but with the focus of a bound and
regular goddess, Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t the
first novel I’ve written with a bound goddess as the focus, but it may be the
second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, the point is to create
this reflected worldview that can fit in all these supernatural creatures and
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is allowing them
to exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only creature I haven’t
been able to fit in is ghosts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts
are just a little outside the ideas and especially the logic of the normal,
real worldview as well as the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts are something many think exist, but
there is no or little basis for their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t run across a reason for ghosts, yet
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, I should move on to
the allegory plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% - I think the parallel plot is one of
the most powerful and useful plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can use it almost everywhere will all kinds of degrees and details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can go from a figure of speech as a part
of a plot to a full-on parallel to define a scene or a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A parallel can just exist to enrich any plot
or story—it doesn’t have to have a reason as much as a presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, the allegory must have both:
reason and presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a good
definition of an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main problem for me with an allegory is that it is indeed hidden
teaching or proselytizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For that
reason alone, I’m not a fan of the allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s not to say I don’t enjoy a good allegory or that I can’t
appreciate both the parallel and the historical basis of the allegory—I just
think we should leave fiction for entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moment a writer tells me he or she wants
to change the world, I want to ask—why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
people can barely write a decent paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of those few who can, most can’t write an entertaining paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps one in a million can write an
entertaining paragraph, but how many of those can write an entertaining
paragraph that also includes some hidden meaning?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a billion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a trillion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why, with the million novels and books
published every year should I have to put up with a single one that isn’t
entertaining, but that’s good for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You may read those.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go for
the entertaining ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We read fiction to be entertained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
readers and students ask me all the time: why don’t you write more technical
works about history?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is
simple: most people are bored by technical writing of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written about 100 papers—you can see
them on the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I sit down to
write fiction, I’m writing 100% to entertain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to entertain myself first, and I hope that also entertains my
readers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hidden meaning in
my writing—I hope not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t put it
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to put one in there
and I don’t want to have to tease one out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now about non-hidden meanings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
shouldn’t be any special messages in the plots or the text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention educating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel may have some notes of
education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to express an idea
in science, spy craft, or history to you, I’ll have to show it to you or
explain it to you in a dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
necessary for the entertainment to come through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to explain to you about the
reflected worldview, I surely need to show that reflected world to you—you
might meet a dragon or a member of the Fae Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just good writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On the other hand, I don’t include any extraneous information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are not about education or informing although
some education and informing must go one—just read my published historical
novels <i>Centurion</i>, <i>The Second Mission</i>, or <i>Aegypt </i>and see
what I mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History is something the
novelist shows you, and that’s entertaining and entertainment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, about the allegory—I don’t intend for there to be any allegories in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll look at fantasy world, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% - this is the bread and butter of
my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at the fantasy
world as a plot just a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
obvious that this is a setting plot, but even more, for years and years, I
imagined this was a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not, but that took me a long time to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go through the three basic
worldviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are overall settings
for any novel or writer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is
the real—this is the worldview and world that most people perceive as
real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That doesn’t meant there might be
disagreements or even conflict about what is real, but the real is generally
grounded in science and a normal understanding of history and existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is where most novels live or
die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s where most writers go to and
come from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the normal for most
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then you have the created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a world and a worldview that is in no way tied to history,
science, or the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get the
wrong idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created can be based
wholly in science, but it isn’t known or existing science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be based in created or future
science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created worldview is
created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a projection or an
extrapolation, or just made up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Science
fiction is all a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Full
on fantasy is usually created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Harry Potty is a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it’s called magic realism, but that is
usually just another type of created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The created worldview is a great worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used it for my science fiction, but not for
my usually or supernatural fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
big difference between the real and the created is the created includes stuff
the author made up about the world, science, the supernatural, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That doesn’t mean it can’t or doesn’t include elements of the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I wrote, that’s just an extrapolated or a
projected world from the real into the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the reflected worldview is where my novels lie, and where I
think most of the best part of the world exists.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview reflects what most people or some people think
exists in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this is
the worldview most people hold but have no idea they hold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural and things that go bump in
the night can exist in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are just imagination in the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All those wonderful ideas about faith, worship,
God, gods, angels, and other supernatural beings are all part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a worldview that most
people hold to be fact, kind of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
explain more, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This might not be the best way to explain the reflected worldview, but it
will be a different way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go over
the three and only three means to know truth: historical, logical, scientific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are based in the historical method,
logic, and the scientific method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical method is also called the evidentiary method and is used to prove
non-repeatable events (like those in history).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The scientific method is used to prove repeatable events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can’t be used to prove non-repeatable
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t know about these
two basic methods of proving truth, you really need to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modern world depends on the scientific
method and the historical method is how you know what is true in history as
well as it’s used in the courts to take away your rights (or return them to
you).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, most people need to
be familiar with the historical and the scientific methods; however, there is
also logic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Greek, who invented these three means to know truth, realized that many
things in the real or physical world are not measurable or normally
knowable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What? You might ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks were interested mainly in
mathematics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Math is perfectly
repeatable, but it is not repeatable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not like scientific phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can’t repeat a math equation and get a statistical average based on
the results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For normal math equation,
there is a single answer or a set of answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not a real world phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is a concept only existing in logic or reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other things like this in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks noted that thoughts
and emotions are both not provable by the historical or the scientific
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are not measurable in any
normal sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the modern world math,
emotions, and thoughts are all similarly unmeasurable and fit in these
categories, but we’ve found other similar problems mainly workload, but even in
science certain events are considered non-repeatable or only repeatable on a
grand scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there is the
supernatural.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you go to church or you believe in a god or in the God, you accept there
is a supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural
can’t be proven with the scientific method—that’s not to say certain elements
in the world don’t point to the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You might begin to touch the supernatural with the historical
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People have reported
supernatural events since the beginning of human history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the real proof of the supernatural
comes from logic and from philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you didn’t know, the entire purpose of philosophy until Emmanual Kant was
to prove God exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emmanual Kant
produced a philosophical proof that has yet to be disproven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In it, he proved the not God can’t
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In logic you can’t prove a
true—you can only prove a false, a not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kany proved the not God can’t exist therefore logic proved God must
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does this have to do with
the reflected worldview?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shows what
we always knew, the supernatural must exist because God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more, and I’ll give it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You could argue the reflected worldview is the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go that far, at least from a writing
standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world of the
supernatural is filled with great things to write about some could be and
likely are true, but many others aren’t true and are likely not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question, especially for the writer,
is what is reflected and what is real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d say for writing it doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What matters in writing fiction is entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I write using the reflected worldview because it’s fun and entertaining to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To find the supernatural in
unexpected places or to see the secrets of the world around the supernatural,
that is fun and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further,
to invoke the ideas we have about our normal world, but then to overlay those
ideas with new ones that fit into the reflected world—that is really powerful
and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, to
imagine a dragon who knows his place and why he was created, or a dragon who
knows his place but not why he exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are epic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The supernatural world has rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>The
Golden Bough</i> Sir James Frazer tried to define the supernatural for the
purpose of dispelling that it could ever exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He really failed, but he produced a wonderful work that shows the basis
for the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His writing really
defines the basis for the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, he didn’t provide us any real helpful guidance because in
the reflected worldview, we aren’t looking for proof, we are presenting the
world as humans understand it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reflected
worldview is reflected because you can find so much data and writing about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not writing about fiction
perse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m writing about the information
you might find by making any library or internet search.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example about Asmodeus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What about Asmodeus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Asmodeus is my
demon from <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Deamon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The only problem, is Asmodeus isn’t my
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do a little searching, you
will find he is the demon from <i>Tobit</i>, the apocryphal book and there is a
lot of information about him from <i>Tobit</i> on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, for his name to be used in <i>Tobit</i>,
you know it must have existed before then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is Asmodeus real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He exists in
history, in literature, in art, and in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a great representative for the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same can be
said for the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to the Fae,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are a little most complex, but we need to fit them into the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place,
all supernatural beings have an origin and a reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That origin and that reason may be clouded in
myth or lost in word of mouth, but usually, you can find the origin stories
(myths) and pull together the history of such beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are the regular supernatural,
those deities and ideas we know very well from history and writing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In British myth from
the Christianization Era, the idea of the neutral angels became some idea in
the myths surrounding the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are the fairies and fairy creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s likely the Fae existed as an idea well before the Christian Era in
Britian, but the Christianization provided some explanation for their existence
and like many ancient ideas in Britain, they became associated with
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the British myth, the Fae were originally the neutral angels in the
battle between Satan and God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, no
neutral angels are mentioned in the Bible or the Apocryphal documents, but the
British have a long history of many cultures Picts, Welsh, Celtic, Gaelic,
Anglo-Saxon, Vikings, and Normans that were against each other, allied with
each other, or neutral to each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These were important and defining characteristics of the overall British
culture and society from the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea of the neutral angels appealed very strongly in this cultural
soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In this myth of the Fae, the demons were cast into hell, only to be seen
occasionally, the good angels who supported God kept their positions of
authority in the heavens and continued to be messengers of the God, while the
neutral angels were cast down to the earth to await either repentance or
damnation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This particular idea that the
Fae are a type of fallen angel is what drives the Fae myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll look at these details, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the Fae is immense in British myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It goes well beyond the simple idea of small
beings flitting around a garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
comprise four groups and courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
courts being rulers of certain areas in the British Isles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are three Seelie courts and one
Unseelie court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of the Seelie
and the Unseelie are generally that the Unseelie is evil or opposed to
humanity, but the reality is much more complex than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use my novels to look in depth at these
very peculiar beings and groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Unseelie are supposed to be evil, but the Seelie are equally cruel and
capricious to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Unseelie have
there own problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most do live by
preying on humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is likely the
biggest difference, but the Seelie are equally harmful to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is the list of the Fae courts and their
leaders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seelie - Daoine Sidhe – General Britain and Scotland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Oberon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Titania<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fae of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg" title="Tylwyth Teg"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tylwyth Teg</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Tylwyth Teg are Welsh Fae</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pryderi fab
Pwyll <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigfa" title="Cigfa"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Cigfa</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon" title="Rhiannon"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rhiannon</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Manawyadan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Irish <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídhe</span></strong> (singular <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídh) Tuatha
Dé Danann</span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Art Óenfer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Achtan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unseelie – all of Britain, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Morgan le Fey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Madoc Morfryn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The overall leader or queen of the Fae is Essie, the Aos Si.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes from my novels, and I developed
this character and idea as the physical being made by God to help the Fae find
their way in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This gets very
complex since if you note the name of the main or head Seelie court is the
Daoine Sidhe, the children of Dana-ana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dana-ana is the name of the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic goddess of the spring
and the manifestation of the maiden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was also the main goddess of the Fae and the supposed bound god leader of the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets more complex in the
mythology.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Ceridwen is the unbound goddess who represents the maiden, the mother, and
the crone in Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and Gaelic mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sovereign goddess of all, but is
reborn in each generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is born,
lives, and dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use her in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen rules the courts of the
gods, man, and the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s not that
good of a goddess, but I give her some improvement in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point of this is that the idea of the Fae is very deep in British
mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has legs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As authors we sometimes have to bring all the
ideas of myth together and the myths themselves allow us to do this and see
these relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is really very
interesting is the connection of the myths to Christianity and the old pagan
beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They provide some connection
from the ancient past to the more modern and then into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This then is the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to believe in the Fae to be
enraptured by the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to
believe in anything to want to see the ideas of ancient peoples in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We call this magic realism and,
as I note, the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can also look at other mythical/historical creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, what about other creatures and beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For years, I wrote, don’t write about vampires, but then I wrote a
really fun novel about a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
your usual vampire, but I think the main point was what I was exploring in my
Enchantment novels—the redemption of beings whom we don’t think can be
redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was the entire point of
my vampire novel—I was writing about a vampire who could be redeemed and how
she could be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or perhaps, you
could say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was writing about how a
vampire of any kind could be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That was the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Again, also, how can a vampire fit into the reflected worldview from a logic
standpoint?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I concluded that a vampire
was missing a key element of the human construction of sarx, psuche, and
pneuma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A vampire doesn’t have a
physical or sarx presence in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are intellect, psuche and freewill, pneuma, but not physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must renew themselves monthly at the
full moon by taking on the essence, blood of a human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That renews their sarx existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why they can’t be seen in a mirror or
in silver as in normal photography, but in electronic photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also will be destroyed if the sunlike
hits them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s my idea of a vampire
from the myth and historical notions of a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the fun part of the reflected worldview—the author can create
logical extensions and reasons why a supernatural being can exist in the world,
and build around that supernatural being a reality that means they must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I did with the Fae and with my
vampires—yes, I wrote about another vampire, but not in detail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The entertainment comes from the development of such beings and introducing
them and building them into the real world—the reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned it before, but one of the main points of the reflected
worldview is that the reader should be able to make a search for your
supernatural being and find a whole slate of information about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should be able to have a background
based on the creature that submits to scrutiny and that fits into the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very different than the
created worldview of Harry Potty that is not found in myth or in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, the author can produce a real
world with a sufficient suspension of disbelief that results in a world that is
created, but not based on a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some would state that the Harry Potty
worldview is a hybrid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does indeed
incorporate elements of the real, the reflected, and a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay, but the problem is that it
isn’t based on the strength of history or myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what I’m aiming for, a worldview based on history and myth that
intrigues my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I want
in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine herself is based on a real (mythical and historical goddess).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has a history and a reality from
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is she real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is reflected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were large cultural and societal groups
who believed in and worshiped her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are people today, I’m sure, who accept her as history and or as myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some might still say they believe in
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could ask who believes in Zeus today?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actual answer might be astounding to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Basically the entire educated world believes in Zeus as a mythical and
historically based being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the
absolute and correct answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many
still believe in him as a god and a real being?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entirely different question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The answer is many less than those who know he is a mythological and
historical being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, Zeus stands in
history and in myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The belief and
religion of Zeus spans thousands of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His myths are indisputable, but mythological.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine in some ways is similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
mythology came out of a less literate and later society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her religion, pantheon, and history were
purged away by Christianity and other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had much less affect on the world than
Zeus, but she sits as a real mythical being in the pantheon and history of
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more about Aine that I
want to use.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine is one of the Fae queens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is an important and interesting concept in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote already that the idea of the Fae were
contained and explained as the neutral angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself predates Christianity in Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the fact she is revered in history
as a Fae queen means the Fae predated Christianity (we knew that), it means
Aine was seen as both positive and negative in her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also means she was seen as worldly and
unworldly—having a foot on the earth and one in heaven, but banished to the
earthly lands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fae also presumes glamour
as opposed to magic or sorcery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should
mention about both before we continue to the next plot type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the supernatural is filled with magic and miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magic comes from within the creation and
miracles comes from outside the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic is based on faith in the creation while miracles comes from
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the reflected worldview, I developed the concept of glamour, which is the
miracles of the Fae and the gods and goddesses in the world and magic which is
the action of the belief in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a very important idea in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for this is that in some way you
need to define magic in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, you should define the action of miracles in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is this important? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, magic needs some explanation in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a totally illogical and
unreasonable magic system like the one in Harry Potty or you can have a well
researched one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, I use the
magic system defined by PEI Bonewitz based on <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This system uses the “laws of magic” as described in <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is completely different than glamour
which is inherent in beings from outside of creation or whose powers come from
outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The neutral angels
who were exiled to earth are obviously beings from outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and goddesses gained their power
from the God who made them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also
have glamour. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In general, I don’t write positively abut magic, but rather do about glamour
or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find this to be natural
in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
adverse to seeing magic as positive in some ways, I just usually don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My main point is that you must have and
present some method based in reason and logic about how your magic system
works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really don’t care how it
works—it just needs to be logical in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally use a real magic system based on
the reflected laws of magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question
of “real” is illusive just as I discussed before—so, you can see that based in
reason and logic, you can develop a system based on whatever you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trick is reason and logic—it has to make
sense to your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do suggest
actually blocking out such a system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
I wrote, I haven’t really dug into a positive magic use or system in my writing,
and if I did, I’d use the system I described to you generally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I would give you the full frontal on this system, but it is complex and
detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to study it yourself
to be about to integrate it in your worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will find that some of the systems of magic in gaming systems can be
adapted to a novel and to a magic system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s a much better start and state than what Harry Potty uses which is
basically nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just advise not
having a magic system with no rules or no basis for operating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s how you get to Harry Potty and
silliness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silliness is right out,
although most readers might not notice it unless you have a bestseller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you do have a choice—magic or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic works under certain rules and concepts controlled by human
beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miracles come from God and are
miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t have to have any
basis in rules or laws—except those rules or laws put in place by the miracle
makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an important point I
make in my novels, and this is a very important point in writing either a
reflected or a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You do
see this expressed in various novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In other words, magic can be unlimited as miracles are, but then you need
some means of restricting the power or use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Having a natural system of operation like laws an rules for the magic
self-limits the magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not everyone can
do it, and not everyone has the power—it requires some degree of skill and
study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, those who can
do miracles can just do them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might
need some degree of training and study, but they are basically unlimited except
through their power and skills or through other limitations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, the humans can’t use glamour except through special
items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The glamour users are all the
Fae, gods, and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This places
very specific limitations as well as controls on the users.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, the powers of all these beings is
limited by their purpose in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They don’t have unlimited power or capability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any system you develop or that you reflect
in your worldview, you need to figure all this out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I guess I’ll conclude with how I’ll use all of this in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I mentioned, Aine is a goddess and a bound goddess at that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means she is immortal, and her purpose
just as all goddesses and gods is to eventually point to the God of
creation—the God who created her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is her purpose just as every human has a similar purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem with humanity and with goddesses
is that both have freewill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The object
of freewill is what makes the main problems for humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goddesses are supposed to be a little
different, but as myth shows us, they really aren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other problem with Aine is that she is a
Fae queen and can use glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll add
that she can also turn into a red horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What’s the point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are fallen (neutral) angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gods and goddesses are made or created beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are different than human beings, but
they were made by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think
Aine was mistakenly made a Fae queen, she was declared a Fae queen because of
her position and power in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think it was her acts against her actual position that led to her downfall and
her situation, thus she was declared a Fae queen even before her end in the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine has more problems than the
normal god or goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is somewhat
indifferent to her responsibilities and her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes her like the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of acting like her peers in
submitting to the work of the people and the work of God, she confounded God
and didn’t act to the benefit of the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She ended up where she is because she was too much in the world and not
enough into her responsibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thus, Aine has some real problems that could cause her trouble in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, she is paired with the
one person who could really help her, Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is gentle and kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s
very responsible and controlled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just
doesn’t know fully what he wants to be or do in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will help him and he will help her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the soul of the novel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about fantasy world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My fantasy
world is the real world with the reflected thrown in just as it is in this
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People believe in the
supernatural as they desire and as they approach life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many who would never accept the idea of a
dragon, the Fae, gods or goddesses, or a vampire, will readily accept the God
and Christianity or other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the supernatural, and this isn’t to make God or Christianity
equal to the other elements of the supernatural, however, logically, they all
have a similar basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point,
and that is exactly why the supernatural appeals to so many people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I want to point out again, Bram
Stoker wrote <i>Dracula</i> as well as his other novels on the supernatural to
prove the existence of the God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C.S.
Lewis would agree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural in
literature should point to the real supernatural in the world, and that means
God.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is ultimately what Aine shows in the world, and I think that’s a very
good and entertaining thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move
on. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% - the prison plot is one of the best
plots you can use to build entertainment and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used it many times in all kinds of
flavors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The full-on prison plot is like
that in <i>The Count of Monte Christo</i> and <i>The Man in the Iron Mask</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In these the protagonist faces and
experiences long term prison supposedly for false reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting there, being there, then escaping or
getting out are all drivers of the overall plot and the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you haven’t read these novels, you need
to, but the full-on prison plot isn’t the only way to use the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i> has a
type of prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sara is stuck in the school and a type of prison as the forced teacher and a
maid for the household.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She eventually
is helped to escape her prison in the attic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are other ways to play this scenario.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>One of the best ways and the way I work this is with short term
detention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if your
characters are arrested and taken in by the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this in many variants in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if your characters aren’t
arrested, but if they are accosted by a criminal or see a crime, the police
will want them to come and give a statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be kept in place for a while and that’s a type of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this too, and it’s a fun way to use
the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other means
of having a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to
that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts as a basic full-on prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have Aine imprisoned in a crypt and Eoghan releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s about as prison as you can get.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a lady who was imprisoned in a
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s been there for a long
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of her basic nature, she
doesn’t have some of the real problems of the normal human prisoner, but she
has been in there for ages, and Eoghan finds and releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of this is that Aine falls madly for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I really hate to say she falls in love with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love and Aine are kind of foreign concepts
because of her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s just say she is smitten forever because he saved her from her
continuous imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did I mention
she’s been there a long long time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve played this before in my novels, but not to this degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other novels, people might have been
released from captivity, but not in this fashion and not really for this long
of cogent imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
none of my other characters have been aware of their long term imprisonment,
not like Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can guess how happy
she is to be released, plus, Eoghan might be the only person in the world who
can and world release her.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Many who might release her, would not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the few who could even know or detect
her, might not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a
kind and gentle man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would release
Aine just because he is a great guy, but this will cause problems for him and
for the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will be part of the
entertainment in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about other prison plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
might throw one in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prison plots are
just so easy to use and to get into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, all I need is for Aine or Eoghan or Eva to do something a little
illegal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, they will be
escaping justice, so to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will
be hunted eventually by Stela and the Organization, or that’s my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The police might be looking for them actively
as in criminally, or for them generally, as in missing person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t decided how I want to work this or
how I want to present this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will
come with the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, the prison
plot can be just tossed in when the author needs it or wants it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not a fan of writing where the author places a tensioned scene with
repercussions that suddenly disappear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, if the police or others are after your characters, don’t
just let them shrug it off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There needs
to be a result and resolution based on the circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there isn’t, why even bring in the peril
in the first place?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think this is an important point of writing, but to really do it justice,
I need to think about it, and perhaps make it the next topic under the prison
plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Peril is like a Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps
I need to explain the Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov, the famous playwright wrote that if a playwright introduces a
gun in act one, someone must shoot it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His point was that when a writer places a
setting element in a play, he or she should turn it into a creative element in
the next act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true to a large
degree in novels as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel,
not every setting element needs to become a creative element, but especially
with important elements, we shouldn’t introduce them and not use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel, because of the magnitude of the
setting elements, not every single one needs to be promoted to creative
elements, but why describe a setting element if you aren’t going to use
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the main point here is not
just the use of the setting elements, but rather, introducing peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peril in a scene is the development of
tension—tension without release is worthless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, let’s not build tension if we don’t release the
tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the previous example, don’t
introduce a strained situation like an illegality or an incident without
resolving it in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically,
I find irrationality in shows or novels to be terrible writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great author doesn’t necessarily clean up
ever loose end and tie it up with a bow, but each incident of note needs a
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try an example using the
prison plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>, Rose goes out to find and rescue
a couple of girls in her house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
finds them in peril with a couple of women who are selling them beer and
cigarettes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the girls are attacked,
Rose fights back and using her very great skills stops their attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the process, Robyn calls the police and
the other girls from her house come to help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The conclusion of the event is that Rose is injured and brought to
hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are picked up by
the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teachers and
headmistress get involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is
this, all of these situations need to be seen through to the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of Rose in hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of the girls and Rose with the
police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem of the teachers, and
finally, the criminals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these
need to be addressed and resolved to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This completes the peril with appropriate
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point with the prison plot is that this is an appropriate release and
circumstance in the appropriate situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, sending Rose to hospital is one example of the prison
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Placing the criminals in prison is
another example of a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to reasonably and rationally complete an introduced peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This just makes sense to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any writing, it really bothers me when a
situation isn’t resolved effectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps this is just a problem for those who have complex circumstances,
but it does seem to be a problem of many movies and some writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect it causes a real problem for many unpublished
writers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42% - I’ll move to
the item plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great plot and
very easy to appropriately introduce to any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can just throw it in at will for a single
scene, or build it carefully through scenes to act as a telic element.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always say go big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I already wrote about the ring in <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the
Warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The ring moves on the down
low through the entire novel slowly gathering more and more mojo until it
becomes a telic element near the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the best way to work an item in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With items, you have McGuffins as well as real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin is an item that exists solely to
move a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has no real value,
worth, or maybe existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>McGuffins are
common in some modern novels, but I like items of real value and worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like my magic items to be magical, and my
other items to be used and usable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if you introduce a gun…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now a
gun can be used in many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
shoot it, the target is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can also use it other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is
true of the knife or any other weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s true, if you introduce a weapon, you should use it, but use means a
lot of different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to
stop here and move forward next about the different types of items and how you
can use them in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, there are McGuffins and real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A McGuffin could be an actual and real item, or it could be something
just made up of even false or non-existent like the Maltese Falcon in the novel
of the same name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a fan of the
McGuffin, but I do see their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
McGuffin can be very worthwhile in a real worldview novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could also be used in a reflected
worldview novel, but the question is why not give a real power or ability to an
item?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m into that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the most interesting use of an item
is the secret or secret capability of the item that the protagonist or other
character discovers in the revelation of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the case with Angelica’s ring
from my novel <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have items of power whose capability or
abilities are hidden or secret.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then, there are items whose capabilities are obvious like a gun or a
knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These have obvious capabilities,
but potentially many abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, you can shoot a gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means
a lot of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gun can be shot at
someone or just in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
used to hunt or fired at a target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the points that are most obvious about a gun, but a gun can be used in many
other ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can use a gun as a tool, in the sense of striking a person or a
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun can be mishandled—resulting
in firing or misfiring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
cleaned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be used to
threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a paperweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be an item that causes fear or that
reduces fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all, the gun is a very
useful tool in every potential use from shooting to just an item to a threat or
a positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guns are highly
versatile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knives are too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Knives are very useful tools like guns, but their use and potential use is
even more varied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus a knife can’t
usually go off unexpectedly although there can be accidents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at these items and their potential,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We don’t need to just write about potentially dangerous items, because most
items are dangerous depending on their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A book, for example, could be used as a bludgeon, but you can also read
it, tear it up, use parts for scrap, burn it, use it as a door stop, and
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that there are
nefarious uses for any item, and items can be used in all kinds of ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I proposed a novel I call bookgirl where the main item is a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of the book was to include a clue
in the margins or on a title page that led the protagonist and the
protagonist’s helper to a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is a normal use for such an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this case, the book isn’t a McGuffin and it isn’t supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book is an item with a real use to
forward the plot through not just its existence but, rather, its contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, on to knives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A knife is a very common item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could have an inscription on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could use it to harm or just to cut your meat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could threaten or make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
knife is an innocuous item until it isn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov could not have written, if you introduce a knife in the first Act
someone must be stabbed with it in the second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s because the knife has many more uses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess you could write, if you introduce the
knife in act one, someone needs to open a letter with it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the entire point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For an
author, the use of the gun might not be for it to fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the use of the knife might not be
to cause harm or to threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The knife
could include an inscription that moves the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other use of a knife could be
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could have great real
power like a spell or a capability or it could lend a capability to the
user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done this before too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t just make stuff up about items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I research items from myth and history to provide a basis for the
item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I used Arthur’s
dagger from history and myth in one of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point about items is that they have many uses in plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use the item plot in
Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I’ll add a supernatural item into Aine, but I’m not sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t researched this enough, but there
are four great items of the Celtic and Gaelic Seelie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These would rightly be part of the
supernatural items Aine might use and control, but the Gaelic Seelie, the Irish
<strong>Aes Sídhe</strong> (singular <strong>Aes Sídh) Tuatha Dé Danann guard
these as great treasures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There would be
little opportunity and little reason for Aine and Eoghan to seek them in
Ireland or use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are always
possibilities.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>I was mainly thinking about normal items that might really get Aine
a go’n.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, some personal item
that belonged to Eoghan that he gifted her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Gaelic aren’t as nutso about gifts and gift giving as the
Anglo-Saxons, but they do have their craziness as a culture about gifts and
welcoming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Eoghan were to gift her
something, he would have a very difficult time getting it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps parts of his clothing which he gives
to Aine when he finds her in the state of nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many more possibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Another fun one might be a gun or a knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun would be interesting because Aine would
have to use it and learn about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
could provide great entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are a host of items that could attract Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Plus there is this thing about people who come from item poor
cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They tend to want to hord and get
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see this in the World War
Two generation. They had nothing, so as they gained wealth, they gained
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People who have all the stuff
they every wanted like some later USA generations tend to not see much value in
stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some cultures, like the Japanese,
want stuff, but have little room for that stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these are cultural, and Aine is one of
those little stuff kinds of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
will want to have and own things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
there are other things Aine might acquire and desire.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Desire and acquire, this is a very interesting plot type in the item
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants things and things in
the Gaelic culture mean wealth and power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This includes stuff we usually don’t think much about like animals,
land, titles, responsibility—all these are things, items, a person like Aine
could and would want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would equally
want this for Eoghan because she will assume Eoghan is hers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is a cultural thing mixed with an
Aine thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cultural because, Aine will
want and desire him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will assume
that he is hers and that he rescued her for himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes, in the ancient world people did rescue others without much or
any reluctance, but you have to realize the mind of the ancient world and the
Gaelic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I rescue a person of
equal rank to me, that person owe me a wearguild.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue places a burden of repayment on the
rescued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true of any rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a person of greater rank rescues one of
lower rank, the one of lower rank can be required to become a servant of a
slave of the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is called a
thane in Anglo-Saxon society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
especially true if the rescuer is of noble rank and the other is common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might be a free thane or a slave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Aine is of a noble rank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
discuss her place in this rescue que with Eoghan next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tomorrow,
I’ll start with these plots and evaluate how and which I’ll use in this new
novel Aine. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to write another book based on
Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fiction, theme, plot,
story, storyline, character development, scene, setting, conversation, novel,
book, writing, information, study, marketing, tension, release, creative, idea,
logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-9951776482687173722024-02-24T05:10:00.001-06:002024-02-24T05:10:00.135-06:00Writing - part xxx604 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Item<p>24 February 2024, Writing - part xxx604 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Item</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) – the first stop in Greece was
Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tour was great, but the
lunch okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have used a Greek
salad and a Mythus beer, but there was an okay buffet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been to Greece many times before and to
Olympus more than once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I set a couple
of my novels in Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like
Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve even had my characters go
to Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just as I described
it and just as I remembered it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
they have a new entry and gatehouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s where we write about setting and the setting plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just by picking Greece and places in Greece as a setting, I’ve enacted a
setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be Greece as
a setting, and the reality is that Greece is a setting while a setting plot is a
setting that automatically starts a type of plot based wholly on the setting,
so, no, Greece is not a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greece
is just a type of setting, and a great setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In a setting plot, the setting itself determines the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clearer as we develop the
idea of a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great type of
setting, like Greece, makes for a great setting—a great place to launch a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I choose very specific places or
setting for my novels and my plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you haven’t noticed, I choose settings based very specifically on my
protagonist and my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
novels I set in Greece are there because of the protagonist and the
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Setting plots are similar,
but different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, a setting
plot is a setting plot because of the type of plot as compared to the type of
setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really won’t get deeply into
the details of building a setting, but suffice to say, the initial setting of
the novel is critical to the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
comes from the protagonist and the setting of the initial scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there, the scenes build on their input
and output sequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how we
might use setting plots in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% - I don’t
intend to use any type of this plot although I think you can use a limited end
of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to explain how
the setting creates or develops the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In this case, if you have an end of the world setting, you will have an
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t get
away from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true of most (all)
setting plots, and this is the problem with the setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have a certain type of setting, you
pretty much must include that setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is especially true of the end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I can’t imagine how you can’t have
the end of the world plot without an end of the world setting and visa
versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the bigger question is can you set up an end of the world plot that
isn’t really about the end of the world—the answer is, yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a matter of fact, Harry Potty is a limited
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How’s that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty is a limited end of the world
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of the world is the end of
the wizarding world and the Harry Potty world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Really, who cares?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, who
cares about the end of the wizarding world that no one except the magic folks
can even know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of Harry Potty’s
world doesn’t mean any negative affect on the rest of the world, but it gives
you an understanding of how to write a limited end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If it is the end of something important like a business, an era, a nation,
an idea, a philosophy, a theology, or anything like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything that is valuable and that will
change people’s lives or existence can be developed into an end of the world
type plot, and used very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m opposed to the end of the world plot because since Noah, it has been
stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There really was an end of the
world, the rest are just facetious and silly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean really, the closest humanity has come
to the end of the world is a nuclear war, but it hasn’t happened and even the
couple of nuclear events that we know affected humanity, didn’t come close to
destroying the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, such an
event, like the bombing of a city or destruction can be a limited end of the
world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the case of Aine, I could present an end of the world she knows, but that
would only affect her and no one else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An end of the world plot of any size must affect a large number of
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One or two isn’t enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A business might be enough, but it should
affect more than a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should really
affect a community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I don’t think an
end of the world plot is suitable for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A limited end of the world plot might be a great fit in some
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t recommend an all out end
of the world plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% - the war plot is perhaps
the most useful plot in all literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was totally misused and not used enough during the Victorian
Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason the Victorians were
embarrassed by sex, sickness, toilet work, basics of work, household stuff, and
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why they didn’t like to write about
war is silly to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the few war
plots you get are real classics from the era, like Dickens, <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The few war plots from this era are usually classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how can you use the war plot?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can obviously go for the full-on war plot—you can place your novel in a
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That setting can be either in the
midst of the fighting, in support of the fighting, the home front with the
soldiers, the home front with non-fighters, or about anything else you can
think of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This variety is what makes the
war plot and the war setting so powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also brings up the question why the Victorians didn’t use the war
plot when there were wars going on all around them and during their times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just didn’t like the war setting, I
guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the war plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my writing I use the cold war concept to develop my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all of my writing has a war plot or
setting, but much of it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
of my published science fiction has a war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of my other fiction is set either during
wars or in cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence
setting (which is a war setting) makes for a great war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give you some ideas and write about
it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the intelligence business, there is overt and covert operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of these support a war setting and a war
plot—they aren’t about hot wars, usually, they are all about cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the basis for my work in the
military.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the war setting in many
if not most of my writing, and if it isn’t a war setting or plot, the novels or
characters have a connection to the intelligence business and therefore to the
war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Essie:
Enchantment and the Aos Si</i>, the Aos Si is characterized as being at war
with Ceridwen and therefore with England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, in the same novel, Mrs. Lyons is the wife of Lt Col Lyons
who runs the Organization a language intelligence service and operation under
the MI structure (it used to be MI-19).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, even this novel that is only loosely connected to a war setting is
really a war plot with a war setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Who would imagine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The intelligence structure and operations make for great war settings even
when they are not full-on war settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the type of environment (setting) I like to work with and in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be like this, too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, Eoghan and his family are connected to the intelligence structure
through the Organization (MI-19) and Stela, a branch under the Organization
that protects Britain from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This automatically places the setting in a type of war setting—it is an
intelligence and cold war type setup, but the challenge is from the
supernatural as well as the other political and hegemonic enemies of
Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence agents and
operatives are working to protect and help protect Britain even if there is no
hot war going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll describe more
about how I’ll use this plot and setting, next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have Eoghan who is an agent for Stela—even if he doesn’t fully understand
what Stela is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steal, I’ll remind you is
the British intelligence agency under the Organization that is the past
MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll write about the MI
structure just for kicks and grins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In WWII, the MI structure included MI-1 through MI-19 excluding MI-13 and
MI-18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just weren’t used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the MIs except MI-5, MI-6, and MI-19 were
absorbed into MI-5 and MI-6 or other military and civilian government
agencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know what happened to MI-5
and MI-6—they are still around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big
question is what happened to MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have no real idea, but MI-19 was the prisoner interrogation arm of the MI
structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It handled mostly Germans,
but obviously all the other prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, you need to be able to speak the languages of the
prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every military intelligence
system or structure must have a foreign language group attached to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A foreign language group handles three levels
of language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Basic language intelligence – this
is the detailed knowledge of a foreign language for the purpose of training,
translations, and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
operatives who may be first language speakers of the foreign language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These people understand, for example, English
and their primary language very well, their language perfectly, but may have
accents and not a perfect understanding of English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can’t pass as a British citizen in their
appearance or their English pronunciation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Mid-grade language intelligence –
these are British citizens whose primary language is usually British English,
but their secondary language is good, but not perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their appearance usually doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t need to look or sound like a
perfect British citizen, but they usually need to seem like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the operatives who usually
accomplish prisoner interrogations and expatriate and defector debriefings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can additionally occasionally be used as
basic language operatives, but usually their secondary language skills aren’t
good enough to be basic language operatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, they have accents in their secondary language that makes them
unusable in the highest classification of language spies.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Language intelligence agents—these
are British citizens whose primary language is British English, who have one or
more secondary languages that they learned in the country of question, and who
look undoubtably like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their language skill in English is perfect with no foreign accent and
their secondary language skill is street level with no British accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are your covert agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should note that there is a subgroup of
these agents who might understand a secondary language perfectly, but have some
accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are less useful, but can
play a role as an agent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters
I usually write about are these agents.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let me explain a little bit about language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll do that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where is MI-19?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nations don’t get rid
of their most powerful intelligence organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why in my novels, MI-19 became, the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They support foreign
language operations and provide foreign language operatives and agents to the
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their agents and operatives are
found in the other military intelligence agencies, MI-5 and MI-6, and
specifically in the foreign office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
of the Organization’s operatives are in the Organization, but some are shared
with other intelligence and government offices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The greatest use of agents is in the foreign office and in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are many uses for language intelligence assets, but the highest use is
the covert surveillance of foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This usually happens around the embassies and foreign dignitaries like ambassadors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most common overt and covert operations
are just listening through all kinds of means to foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For listening, in this sense, you don’t need
the really high end level three language intelligence agents—you just need operatives
at the first level. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, for covert
operations, you must have level three agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What exactly does a level three agent do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In language intelligence, these are listeners
who, look like they could never be listeners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the backbone of covert language operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the main, these are the young and totally
British looking secretaries, guards, muscle, and lower level people who are
full-on language experts with intimate understanding of the targeted language
or languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might accompany an
ambassador in all kinds of capacities, and they act in these capacities, but
their real reason for being is that they can surreptitiously listen and report
on conversations around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
rarely known to the ambassador or British secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They never let on their language skills
because that would compromise their covert positions and the
effectiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If an enemy sees a lower
level pure British looking subject in a group, they are very likely to
communicate openly with other members of their own group in a way that might
give up great intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, these
agents can check translators and translations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reports go secretly through the intel system and come back to the
ambassador or secretary via classified means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Meanwhile, no one expects the lower level secretary to the ambassador or
secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The enemy feels like they can
speak plainly around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also
why guards and muscle make great covert language agents—who would expect the
MI-6 muscle protecting an ambassador or secretary to know the language?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially those who don’t look like the culture
or society in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why
looking like a common British citizen is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember the first language and covert agent
of the Brits in India?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least the
first written about in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
you remember <i>Kim</i> by Rudyard Kipling?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Kim was a child who was brought up and lived on the streets of India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the child of a Brit and an
Irishman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked nothing like the
Indians around him, but he knew their languages at the street level, and he
knew the people and their culture at an intimate level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was, for all practical purposes, an Indian
person in the body of a British citizen—this is the perfect language
intelligence asset and agent (spy).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
do you get a person like this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll show
you that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Like Kim, language spies and agents, in general, came and come from those
children born of British citizens who grew up in foreign environments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are many times the children of foreign
secretaries, ambassadors, and military people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the British empire wound down and caved in on itself, another and
better source became more prevalent—missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children of foreign secretaries and
ambassadors are only a small resource and tend to be of the class that doesn’t
need much employment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British
military has been reduced to mostly embassy assignments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Missionaries go to very exotic locations,
live there, and have children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
children grow up learning the languages on the street—they are the main modern
source of the level three language agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only other source comes from mixed families, however, there are a
couple of problems with these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first
is that a great language agent looks completely British and not like they could
ever understand the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
allows covert actions and operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The other is accent and street wise understanding of the culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless properly trained, many mixed families
don’t pass the necessary accents and street understanding of their own cultures
as well as the British culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are
necessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are also infiltration operations and covert operations within groups
as agents, however, these are less common and there is an obvious tendency to use
local people and not citizens in these operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A British citizen caught in covert operations
within another country faces exposure, punishment, and potentially death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, a foreign national caught
operating either legally or illegally in their own nation can be tried for
treason, but usually such indirect connections, especially in the third world,
are difficult to expose and more difficult to prosecute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact a citizen is selling or discovering
information for Britian in their own nation usually has a commercial reason,
however, if a little military or other information happens to make it into the
briefing, who’s to say it wasn’t just for commercial reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how do you use these language experts,
and how will I use them in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the language experts, operatives and agents from the Organization
and Stela in my novels as embassy secretaries and muscle as well as operatives
in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I follow the main
tenants of the language intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many of my characters are shares from the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They work in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t written about MI-5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not as familiar with their operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might ask why I write about the French
and British language intelligence and intelligence operations when I’m not
British or French.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is
easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to work for the US
government in Special Missions and Special Operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t write about those operations, but I
can write about the similar British and French operations because they are
similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, I will use the Organization and Stela as the main agencies of Eoghan
and his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my finished novel, <i>Deirdre:
Enchantment and the School </i>Dierdre and Sorcha met Elaina who is the mother
of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elaina was recruited by Luna
Bolang for Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has issues and
powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already mentioned about this,
and they directly affect Eoghan and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Much of the novel will be about the problem of Aine which is that she is a goddess
and Stela would be very interested in her is they knew about her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the secret and one of the
mysteries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The readers and Eoghan will
know who Aine is from the beginning, but the fun use of the reveal of this
secret will be a driver in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both the reveal and the threat of revelation will be the fun and
entertaining part of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
will have a lot to do with Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela because of the supernatural, but the
Organization because of the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is where we get the language intelligence and the war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan is trained in modern English, Celtic, Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon, the Fae
language, and maybe other ancient British languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are his language skills for the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These re his intelligence
skills, and he will need them. He will have to be the communicator and
translator for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His sister, Eva,
will be about to communicate in these languages as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The war will be a cold one that threatens to become a hot one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The war will be the silent one between the
supernatural forces, the gods, goddesses, Fae, and other creatures and the
humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is some degree of conflict
between humans and the Fae because of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other creatures have their disputes with humans as well—that is Eoghan’s
job, to make things right with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is supernatural, so she will fit into the bailiwick of Eoghan and
his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem will be that
Eoghan and Eva will want to keep Aine’s existence and being on the down
low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be many reasons for
this, but if you can imagine that Aine is not just a goddess, but a Fae Queen,
as well as a symbol of the power of Ireland, then you might be able to see some
of the real issues she could cause, or that her presence could cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be the war setting and the war
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not a full on setting or
plot, but it’s like the cold war with secrets and secret actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how this all works out, but that’s
about it for the war setting and plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% - if you notice there
are only two classics that have an anti-war plot—the reason should be obvious
to the most casual observer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who
has any knowledge of history knows that anti-war is much more dangerous for
humans than war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History shows that a
war can completely end not just a nation but a society and a culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Carthaginians, for example, were completely
eradicated as a people, a culture, and a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were about the most evil culture known
to man—infant slaughter (sacrifice) and other atrocities, and the Romans
finally got tired of fighting them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the third war against them, they annihilated their people, their capital, tore
it down and salted the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
great day for humanity, but a lesson for the ages that war can indeed solve a
problem and end real evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The trite claim that war doesn’t solve anything is haunted by the ghosts of
the Carthaginians—war did, indeed solve all their problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, you might think that we should promote
anti-war so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so, we should promote security like the
Greeks and Romans so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the lesson of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anit-war is considered an irrational idea and
plot, and although many have used it, there are only two classics and they are
basically worthless, in my opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus
anti-war doesn’t provide a great setting or plot anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you want to use an anti-war plot, I’d recommend it as a satire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t intend to use the anti-war plot in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might introduce a little satire
about anti-war because of just who Aine is, but I don’t know how I might
introduce or use it at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% - it’s pretty
ironic that three of the most important and earliest novels are based on a
travel plot: <i>Genji</i>, <i>Don Quixote</i>, and <i>Robinson Caruso</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason this is ironic is that many if not
most of the novels between the earliest and the modern tend not to include
travel plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the Victorian Era came
to an end and in Romantic plotted and protagonisted novels we see them take off
with many travel based plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, almost everything Robert Louis Stevenson wrote has a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stevenson was a Romantic writer and one of
the Victorian Era breakout writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
of Dickens’ novels include travel plots, however, most of the Victorians didn’t
change their settings much or move their characters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you remember, one of the major characteristics of the Romantic
protagonist is travel—usually from their rural roots to the urban, at least at
first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What the modern world brought,
along with all the other conveniences was the ability to travel quickly and
easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In England, the train started
this general ability to travel, but the automobile, plane, and others brought
about the revolution in travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
already noted Romantic characters tend to move away from their rural roots to
the urban, they also travel a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
travel plot isn’t just the initial plot, like <i>Robinson Caruso</i> that
starts the novel, it can also be like <i>Don Quixote</i>, and propel the entire
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is interesting is we see this
penchant to travel in the earlier epics just think of <i>The Odessey</i>, <i>The
Iliad</i>, as well as the Arthur, Parzival, and Osorio epics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even Beowulf includes a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s funny that writing seemed to settle down
a little in a certain period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, we see the travel plot well used in the classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My novels all have a Romantic plot and Romantic protagonists, you can guess,
there must be travel plots in all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love travel plots, and you should too. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel plots are primo just because we want to
start our Romantic protagonist in the rural and then move them to an even more
interesting and unfamiliar urban setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The urban setting allows them to really use their special skills—those
generally developed in their original setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Harry Potty runs this a little backward, which is a great use of the
travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her characters generally
start in the urban, but then move to the rural, which is Hogwarts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intermittently, we get movement back and
forth rural to urban and urban to rural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The use of the travel plot is especially well developed in Harry
Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, this is the most
proper use of the travel plot, plus, a novel doesn’t really include a travel
plot unless something happens during the travels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty’s travel plots usually use the
primary travel to introduce new characters, introduce plots, do a little
foreshadowing, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A terrible use
of a travel plot is where your characters just take a bus somewhere, the bus,
train, plane, automobile ride are all opportunities for dialog and
communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dialog from the writer’s
standpoint, and communication from the character’s standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many other things you can do during
the travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>, Rose sets up training for Seoirse during
their helicopter trip from Monmouth to the Isle of Shadows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, Rose trains her cadets, but
we don’t get to see this, we just know of it from the dialog between Seoirse
and his instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great use of a
helicopter trip, that’s just what Rose thought, and one of her tools to continue
to encourage and seduce Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now,
about the use of the travel plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll write about that, next.<i> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts with a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is traveling to a Scottish National Park to get rid of a Fae
issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I write get rid of, I mean
to negotiate and accommodate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are too powerful for even some other Fae to handle, so unless we are writing
about Rose or one of the Fae royalty, there is little chance to defeat the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This traveling gets Eoghan in the
vicinity of Aine and her place of incarceration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The second travel plot is when Aine and Eoghan head back to his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there must be a third and perhaps a
forth travel plot when Aine and Eoghan go to Stela HQ and then to the training
points as required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure at all
how I’ll work this last part out, but the rest is pretty clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the circumstances of this novel point to
the need and development of travel plots to resolve the telic flaw issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recognize that Eoghan is a Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He must move from the rural
to the urban or close enough. He will eventually go from Scotland to London,
definitely a movement from rural to urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, Eoghan will need to move around more than that to
accommodate and work with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
an especially troublesome girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
what makes things fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The travel plots will be introduced as plots or developments for Eoghan,
Aine, and Eva to prosper and to grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be happy to get out from under Eoghan and Eva’s parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their parents are nice, but ewww.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not eww in a nasty sense, but eww in a parental overcontrol
helicopter mother sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’ll
play the father as helping, but I’ll be careful about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t need father to get on the bad side
of mother, especially with her powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is pretty powerful too, but she won’t want to use her powers
against her declared boyfriend’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s not stupid.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We will have and develop a fun travel plot based on all of this, but they
will be supporting and not overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Remember, the overall plot is a redemption plot based on Eoghan’s
needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll work toward that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s my conclusions about the travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure you can write any good modern novel without some travel
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Romantic protagonist demands a
good travel plot, at least moving from the rural to the urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might put this plot ahead of the initial
scene, that’s possible, but difficult to work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if the protagonist mustn’t travel to get
to the urban, there are more reasons for travel and especially in the modern
world and with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel
is just a good common plot in all modern novels—use it when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% - the
totalitarian plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the Victorian Era, everyone except the USA was under a monarchy—wait
for it, a monarchy is always a totalitarian regime therefore all Victorian and
other novels under a government with a king was a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Victorian Era, no one knew or cared
about being in a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, we know better, I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Look, a totalitarian plot is a plot that involves the government as a
non-republic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might even say
non-democratic, but many democratic governments in history have been considered
tyrannical and totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
totalitarian plot is about a plot where the government extends its power into
the realm of normal human operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why most Victorian and other plots aren’t considered
totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The monarch might have
been dictators, but they mainly left the people alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the kings or queens got involved with the
people, negatively, that’s a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In modern Britian, I think there is scope for an easy totalitarian plot, but
most people don’t see the British government that way so it is hard to make
that argument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, I have
used in novels, the Soviet regime, the Chinese Communist Regime, the German
National Socialist (Nazi) regime, and the Vichy French Regime—and these are
definitely totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally, I
have used a science fiction world setting in <i>Escape from Freedom</i> which
is also a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I don’t intend to put a totalitarian plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could, but I don’t think it would resonate
or be very worthwhile for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move to the next plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% - ho ho, this is one
of the best plots ever because it can reside in almost any novel from comedy to
whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to have a
horror novel to include a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All horror is, is a little fear, scaring, or disturbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hey, there are many definitions for horror,
but I think you get the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you can
understand this about fear, scaring, and disturbing, it’s all about feeling and
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the pathos of the reader
not the characters—or rather, the pathos created by the author fills the reader
and not the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want our
readers to feel fear, be scared, or be disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not so much into disturbed because we
aren’t about grossing out our readers, but pulling them a little out of their
comfort zone is what horror is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How do we invoke horror?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’d say it’s all about setting, feeling, and style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, I’m going to ask you to change
up your style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might like to write
unicorns and rainbows—that’s great, but a few dangerous unicorns or ominous
rainbows can move the tension in the scene to horror—okay a little fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m aiming for.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When you present a scene—set a scene that is supposed to be scary and tense,
set it to be scary and tense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s all
that horror is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is that there
is no reason to shy away from a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some people even make a living and write horror based novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novel, <i>Escape from Freedom</i> could be
considered a horror novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go with
that—it’s about a communist totalitarian state in a science fiction world, and
it’s pretty horrific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other
novels, I feel for the scene and interject a little fear when it feels
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point there is to incite the
emotions of the reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like my
readers to feel emotions like fear for my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little horror is just the thing, and when I
write horror, you are supposed to understand: fear, scared, and possibly
disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is even room for your
characters to be disturbing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t mean disturbing in the sense of morality or ethics or crime, there
are many things in life that can be disturbing but not be wrong—like the five
second rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve used
this before, but a character from a starvation culture would never waste food
no matter the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little dirt,
muck, sand or whatever, they would eat it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That might be disturbing to many readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about eating insects or grubs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s disturbing—it’s by definition
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As long as it doesn’t kick the
reader out of the suspension of disbelief, it’s a great means of producing
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use
horror in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the ultimate question about writing—when can I just throw in a plot
I’d like to use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, perhaps not the
ultimate question, but it’s one of the main questions I like to think about in
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we write, we want to
interject plots into a scene so we can use them for entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, we want interject
a horror plot into the scene or perhaps a few scenes for exactly that
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want some entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question then, is how do
we get some of this into Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first scene in Aine is basically pretty creepy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Eoghan in an ancient Anglo-Saxon cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is horror without any other
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to keep this
going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will build the scene with more
and more horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a horror
novel, but the beginning is filled with horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is the perfect use of the horror plot in a horror
scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This horror is produced by the
circumstances and the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
scene progresses, the action and the narration in the scene develops this
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What can be more horrific than a
person held captive for thousands of years and finally released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s maybe more of a tail of salvation and
rescue, but the point is this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine who
has been held captive for thousands of years is released into the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is dirty, naked, confused, upset, and
very happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who wouldn’t be if they were
released from that kind of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is the situation and circumstances Aine and Eoghan find themselves in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Aine, and we have Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a scary setting and scary
circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to use these
in a horror plot to entertain our readers—that’s my point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use the circumstances and the setting
to build the plot into a horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this way, we have chosen a plot and a horror plot, at that.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t always and
everywhere interject a horror plot, but there are many times when I can. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, the circumstances fit the idea
and situation of the horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this case, I want to accentuate and use the plots involved to build a horror
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to make the writing
more exciting and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we can see that in this novel, the horror plot is a natural fit
especially for the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will
get harder and harder to interject such a plot in the later points of the
novel, or it should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it
shouldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main idea here is that in
writing in we pick and choose scenes to increase the tension in the
scene—horror is a natural tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
suspect there are other opportunities to use horror in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just have to get to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the power of writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We build scenes and add plots to support
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horror is a powerful and easy to
use type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will use it through
Aine, and perhaps more than I’m expressing at this moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% - here is a great
plot but one I’m not certain I can use in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I might be able to fit it in, but it might be difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been used, not so much as a plot, but
as a pathos developer in older novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can pretty much see the evolution of the children setting to a plot
in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dickens introduced
children in <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, but there is really no children’s
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plot is adult with children as
part of the setting to provide some pathos—think Tiny Tim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where the children’s plot comes into its own is as the Victorian Era gives
way to the modern and the modern Romantic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea of real children in a plot comes basically from the very
important novel <i>What Katy Did</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was a seminal novel for children and about children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children were the focus and they weren’t
handled like young adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
children with the thoughts and feelings of children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps some of the most interesting novels
out of this period of great change are Mark Twain’s novels for boys and girls
as well as Robert Louis Stevenson and <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the bridge had been crossed, the concept
of writing novels for children drove the further idea of novels wholly about
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We move from Robert Louis
Stevenson’s and Mark Twain’s children being pushed into the adult world with
little help from adults to the novels of Brazil and others where the children
are children facing real but not adult problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are uniquely children’s plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It is still a children plot when children are introduced into an adult novel
either as students or as wards and just kids in a family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this in my <i>Aegypt </i>(<i>Ancient
Light</i>) novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, the Bolang
Children became a necessary part of the novel and drove plots and scenes that
led directly to saving their mother and father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again, I don’t see this in Aine, but I will write, next, how Aine could
include a children’s plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To build a children’s plot, we need children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youth will work, but the characters must be
handled like children and not like adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The best ways to do this is first, make children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this for <i>Aegypt</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bolong’s had four children and the
children were children for two novels and grew up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second is to train children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is using a training or teaching plot
with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve incorporated these
types of plots in my novels but not usually with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>Essie: Assignment and the Aos Si</i>, I
had the childlike person Essie being raised by Mrs. Lyons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a great and entertaining novel and
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, you can bring in children
in other ways—usually not as the protagonist’s children or as students, but as
walk-ons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is perhaps the best way
to introduce a children’s plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>How could we develop this in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could make her a preschool teacher, ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t think so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This might take
too long to build for Aine, but it is an interesting way to write the novel—at
least bring her into a special class for special children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That might be a fun show and tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is have Eoghan bring Aine for show and
tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is worth thinking about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could use Aine as a show and tell for many
other classes and training involving the Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I want to have Aine and Eoghan have a child this quickly, we
are moving in that direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, I present the first blush of love (meeting and romance).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sometimes play the second stage of love
(marriage).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to build on the third
stage of love, that is after marriage sometimes with children and many times
without.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Perhaps the way I’ll do this is with bringing in other people’s
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great method and one
I’ve done a few times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I should
have mentioned in the last paragraph that I routinely bring in the first stage
of love in a novel and then use the protagonists later after they have had
children and been married as side characters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That seems to be very successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of Aine, I’m certain I have a
host of children and youth I could being into her life and Eoghan’s life for
this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is the
Ceridwen in this generation who happens to be about two years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to being Rose and Seoirse in as her adopted
parents for many reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a sideline,
this is how I develop long term stories and storylines in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote about Rose because she was a very
interesting and powerful protagonist, but in the back of my mind, I’ve had a
need to bring in the foster parent for Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a foreshadowed and active theme deep
in the novels since I brought in Kathrin, the last Ceridwen and included her in
multiple novels as a protagonist and as a side character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the way of building worlds for your
novels and not just stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% - it’s all
historical, baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, for many
novels that’s not true, but it’s a character and author’s issue and not an
issue with the historical plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assert
that every novel that isn’t science fiction or created fantasy must be or
should be historical in nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t use made up places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
use made up history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t use made up
people (who really exist).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do modify information
based on potential history, but all my made up stuff is based in history and
might be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do change places to
meet the needs of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I make up
all the main, major, and protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My novels are all reflected worldview—so they all include the history of
the times and the world and the place, but they also include those ideas that
things people think might or have faith could exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels are historical to the highest
degree I can make them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is kind of a difficult subject to address because I understand exactly
what I am expressing, but I’m not certain many people understand the idea of
plotting a novel in history and reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll try to give some examples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the broadest sense, my novels include a British intelligence agency I
call the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This agency is
based in MI-19 from World War II.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone
in the business knows language intelligence is one of the foundations of
national security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where did MI-19
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I give it a new name and some new
work, and I fit it into the world of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is there the Organization in Britain?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m sure something is still there, it’s classified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what the Organization is like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a step above the highest classified
levels of MI-5 and MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, it supplies
shares to both, and to other intelligence organizations like the Foreign
Office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this is based on history and
the historical.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then I also have Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela is the
part of the Organization that protects Britian from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not really based on real history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This organization is based on the history I
developed in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be
in the Organization because it was founded by Bruce Lyons who ran MI-19 at the
end of World War Two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce was a major
character in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
all based on the reflected worldview from my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That reflected worldview is completely based
on history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can that be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview is based on what people believe and not what is
necessarily real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone knows about vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are they real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some ages most people believed in
vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, everyone knows what a
vampire is, but do they really believe in vampires?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A reflected worldview allows vampires to
exist in the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a
real worldview, there can’t be vampires, but in a reflected worldview there
certainly can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about any
supernatural creature or being you know about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They can exist in a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, a great reflected worldview can give reasons why and how such
creatures can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also provides
reasons how such creatures might coexist with humans in the real world and yet
normal humans have no idea such creatures are around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The historical is more than just what really happened in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The historical includes the real, the
imagined, and the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do I
know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, every Sunday, along with
other days, Christians go to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Shabat, Jewish people go to synagogue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise,
others of other religious groups go to their own services and ceremonies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of their creeds and theology is based in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, Christianity and
Judaism are both historically based religions—they are wholly based in historical
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others not so much, but the
focus of all of them are aspects of the supernatural in the world and in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition, the feelings and perceptions of people may not be real—they may
be caused and affected by emotions and imagination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are still real, and they are
historical, but they aren’t like historical events, however, they can be
recorded and, as I noted, they are real parts of history, they just aren’t the
kinds of things you can take a picture of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s the main point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel,
Aine, if someone searches for information about Aine, the world of Aine, the
world of Eoghan, and their times, that’s history, they will find exactly the
world I will describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I
will include all the historical reflected worldview stuff in a cohesive fashion
that will interact with and interweave the real and completely historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also provide reasons and show how this
reflected world coexists with our own, but we don’t usually see or perceive
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You all know the drill.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Only the sensitive can perceive the world of the Fae or the creatures of the
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally, people get a
glimpse through some revelation of the supernatural, but usually, we assume it
is there around us, we just don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s an example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I know of a great restaurant in New Mexico that is in an old hacienda
mansion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the rooms is reputed to
be haunted by a maid with whom one of the sons of the house fell in love, but
they were never allowed to marry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ghost of the maid supposedly haunts this room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We always tell the story and then tell our fellow diners to sit in each
corner of the room and see if they can feel the presence of the ghost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many if not all will say one of the corners
is colder than the others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great story,
fun test, is it real or Memorex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
telling, I think it’s a perfect image of the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look closer into the historical and the
reflected, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What I want to do and what I recommend in all writing is to ground your
writing in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact my
third rule of writing is this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">3. Ground your
readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is a very general statement for something that to me is very
specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I mean and what I do is
to set my writing in the real and the reflected world, and most specifically
the history and places of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My characters don’t just go to some place in some town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters live in a real place (as real
as possible), in a real town, where the streets, places, and spaces are all
real, and where the insides of the buildings are all the real insides with the
same furniture, if I can get to that level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, I don’t ever make up what I don’t have to make up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me explain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When I need a place for a setting, for example, I research that place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of my novel, <i>Rose: Enchantment
and the Flower</i>, I looked for a possible haunted house in the Orkney
Islands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted the Orkneys for the
isolation and the place because I was going to use a nuclear smuggling
operation by the Chinese and the Russians as the main reason for both Shiggy
and Robyn’s parents being assigned there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My research gave me Viera Lodge, which is luckily on the market for sale
with all kinds of pictures and a house plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I could use this place for my setting and my character, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t need to make up a place, I just
needed to use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the
details had to be made up because not all the information we need to write is
in the descriptions and such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know
exactly what I’m adding and what I’m doing with the information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can get details for travel and for streets
and for places from the satellite maps and other map information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is so much more to this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If I need a place, like a lake or a river or a creek or a forest or a
building or a clearing, guess where you can research and find this
information?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, I had to find
maps or visit these places or at the extreme just make it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The specific was hard to find, but the
general was always there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, I can
get all this information, and I can provide it in the settings of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters no longer just travel, they go
on Gooseberry Street to the A901 to their destination, and so on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, my characters wear real
clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When one of my prepublication readers provided comments on <i>Sister of
Light</i>, he mentioned that I should specifically say the clothing designers
and more details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took this to
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a character, Rose, who is
playing an act as a debutant and aristocrat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her clothing is not just the best, it is designer clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She rarely wears less than 10,000 pounds
worth of clothing at any time, and that’s including her handmade French
knickers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll explain more
about this, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With the research tools available to the writer today, it is very easy to
include specific and exacting details in our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I mentioned, I research all my
settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is just looking
at a satellite map.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I can, I’ll get
to the street view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m doing research
with the tools available that would require travel and experience to write
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you how I did it in
the past.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All my novels include extensive and extensively researched settings and
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For <i>Aegypt</i>, I took out
every map I could get from the library and from atlases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I studied the places and read books on my
setting (Tunisia) as well as the French Foreign Legion that was the basis for
this novel set in 1926.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I additionally
read hundreds of books on hieroglyphics and ancient Egypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this information, I was able to set,
describe, and write about the subject, Tunisia, Fort Saint, the people, my
characters, the Foreign Legion, as well as all of the other places around Fort
Saint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t able to travel there for
professional and diplomatic reasons, but a great novel, <i>Aegypt</i> and the
first novel in the <i>Ancient Light</i> series was birthed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, instead of two years worth of
research, I could have written <i>Aegypt </i>in about a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took five years to research and write <i>Centurion</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All my novels are filled with complete
historical accuracy, at least the best I could achieve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I’ve aged and gained experience, the
novels have become better and even more detailed and accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I wanted to express about
clothing and especially woman’s clothing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, one of my author friends who also provided me some great
comments about <i>Sister of Light</i>, the second <i>Aegypt </i>and <i>Ancient
Light </i>novel, recommended I give very specific details about the clothing
Leora Bolang wore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Leora provided a striking vision in
pale-blue silk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wore a dress Paul
had bought for her the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although the gown came from a rack on the <i>rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honore</i>, it flowed over her body as though its designer had only her
in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modestly slit hemline
floated on air; it just kissed the top of her petite, high-heeled <i>Arnoult</i>
slippers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A thin silken cord encircled
her neck and allowed the teasing neckline to accentuate her gentle bosom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To complete the ensemble, she grasped a small
gold colored clutch with three-quarter length gloves that matched the azure of
her dress.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At the time, the ability to accomplish research on women’s and men’s
clothing wasn’t as good as it is today, plus I had to work with fashion and
fashions from 1927 and not today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
required a little more in depth study, but I think you get the point,
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For my more modern novels, I can simply research on the internet the
clothing styles and designer fashions I want my characters to wear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, much or many of the outfits my
characters wear are ready made, but still, to cloth them in each scene, I look
at fashion and I describe the clothing from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing clothing that is from the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing it in
settings from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s an
example from <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">By
that time, Bob was taking away the last of the empty trunks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn rummaged through her clothing, “Hey
Rose, what kind of stuff should we change into?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She held up a frock.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Rose
went over to her, “Do you have jeans and a nice top?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“Do
you think they’ll be wearing jeans?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“I
can promise you they all will be.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
went to her drawers and pulled out a pair of Dolce & Gabbana jeans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were slightly distressed and faded with
embroidered butterflies. The Dolce & Gabbana logo was engraved in gold on
the front left pocket while a pink patch marked the back pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also pulled out a white embellished Gucci
woolen top with a slight nautical flare.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
couldn’t help herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She towed Leora
out of the door of the room, “Leora, did you realize Lady Tash is planning to
wear a thousand-pound pair of jeans to supper in a catered girl’s school
cafeteria?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
tapped her chin, “The top cost a bit more than that, but who can tell the
aristocracy what they can or can’t wear.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
grabbed her hand, “I thought she was one of yours.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She whispered, “This is not the girl from
Rousay.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then louder, “How is this Lady
supposed to look after my Robyn?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
held back her laughter, “Lady Tash is Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need not worry a single bit about her or
your Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can assure you of that.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
took a concerned glance back into the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the level of detail I’m able to provide my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope I’m giving sufficient description for
the general reading crowd, but anyone who recognizes the designers and the brands
will understand even more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I
tried to show with the dialog surrounding the clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I balance the clothing
description, the clothing specifics, and the understanding of the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the tip of the iceberg, so to
speak in placing history and realism in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look a little more at the setting, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll go over it again, because this is all
about how to interject the historical, real, and reflected into your
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, like a
restaurant, I go researching just the place I need in the place I need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Sorcha: Enchantment and
the Curse</i>, I needed a place for my characters to have a nice dinner in Edwinstowe
near Nottingham Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just found the
perfect place for my characters to eat and have a little discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used descriptions of the place enhanced
with a little fiction and the actual menus to describe the meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of this, I didn’t have to make up
anything, I just used what existed in the real world to reflect the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, I used reflect in the exact
sense of the reflected worldview because that worldview is pretty much the same
in the sense of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I use this concept of research for all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, I don’t make up fiction,
I use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you think this is
unusual or in some way not kosher in writing, think about the bigger types of
images and places writers use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I
included New York, London, Dublin, or any other main city in the world, no one
would bat an eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If my characters
visited Times Square or Trafalgar Square or the Spanish Steps in Rome, no one
would think that odd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So why would it be
odd to use the Denny’s down the street in some Podunk town for a place or some
swanky steak joint in Tulsa?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t
and you should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should interject the
real and real places throughout your writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You should give directions and street names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should put in real dates and real people
and places as well as real brands and stuff—at least in the West.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t do it in Japan—mentioning a brand or
some real places can get you in jail there, but not here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you do get jittery about it, you can just make up the name and use the
place—that’s always an option, but I think you dilute the power of the
historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I don’t do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I’m going to have some negative
experience, I don’t use the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
characters might have some terrible misadventure in some real place, but if it
will be a negative, I don’t use a real brand or a real company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect this is an important topic to write
about, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you need to go negative, go fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of my writing isn’t about the place as much as it’s about the
characters, but if I did need a negative company or brand, I’m not going to
make a social statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all the
criticism in the world, you might ask, why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Novels are not about social statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They aren’t about political statements or science statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had my characters make reasoned
statements about what I think are obvious problems in the world, but I’m very
careful about these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, German National Socialists make a great enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s Nazis if you didn’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nazi is an acronym for National Socialist in
German.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are everyone’s most evil
creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another is the International
Socialists—that is the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other International Socialists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all evil and criminal—they make
great criminals and bad guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrorists
are also fair game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
really bad groups and nations that are worth using as the “bad guys” in your
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This keeps you away from the
potential for not holding to a universal enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, you might say, but there are those who support terrorists, Nazis, and
Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say, most of them can’t
read and won’t read my novels anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don’t want them for my readers unless they want to change—I guess there is even
hope for Nazis and Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
from a writer’s standpoint, if you need a bad guy, they are your bad guy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I stay away from brands and companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll tell you why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every company I’ve ever worked for has wanted
to make money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you harm or kill your
customers, you don’t make money--in fact, you go broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked in the aviation industry on every
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In aviation, the individuals, the
company, and all the management would do anything to prevent any kind of
problem, accident, or issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give
you an example, when maintenance accidentally dropped a drop tank and put a
small dent in it, the company spent thousands to fix the dent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Air Force, the tank would have stayed
dented and been used forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Governments don’t really care about people, but companies really
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, a single problem by a
customer can break a company, a government has no other competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are there bad companies and people out there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure there are, but there are many more bad
governments, and governments can take your life, liberty, and property from
you—a company can’t, not unless they are a criminal cartel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, if I need bad guys, I do go for criminals, terrorists, and
governments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty enough of
these to go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you really want
to go for a brand or business, I’d advise you to work for them for a year
before bad mouthing them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Realize, most
of your readers are people with jobs and some degree of education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can fool some like journalists and
perhaps those in certain industries, but you can’t fool your core readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, as I wrote, novels are all about
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll look at
putting real people in your novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, by all means place real historical people in your novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they are alive, I would recommend not
defaming or vilifying them, but under some circumstances, you might.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d be cautious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, Queen Elizabeth plays an important walk-on roll
occasionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I definitely don’t show
her in a negative light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, she is
a good friend and help to my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Part of this comes from the interaction and influence of the Fae and the
gods and goddesses of Britain with the government of Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, since they are reflected worldview, I have the Queen, now, the
King as responsible for the human side of the courts of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Ceridwen is in charge of the Fae and
courts of the gods, the King or Queen is in charge of the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two worlds interact through the office
of the King.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have a very
important character, the Keeper of the Book of the Fae who works for the King
and who oversees the Laws of the Fae for the Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is all reflected worldview, so it
could be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The King isn’t saying.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition to important people, I also include the less important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times I’ll change the names, but keep
the look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written before that real
people don’t make great protagonists, but they do make great general
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you need a character,
there is nothing wrong with looking for a picture and going for a
description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just change the names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless there is some positive need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I use the names of real royalty
in my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also use the names of real people who
are dead as a part of the history of the place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the question at hand is how will we use history in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll cover that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine isn’t just about history—Aine is history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a bring out of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a person from the Gaelic world and
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a place and that place
has moved through time and place to the new and modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My point in using Aine, I want to show her world and her understanding of
the world in contrast to the modern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
modern world will give reality and life to Aine and her history, and her
history will come out in her own revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Indeed, Aine is a revelation of the protagonist, Eoghan, but Eoghan’s
purpose is to express the reality of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is the focus while Eoghan is the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must learn to live in the modern world,
and through this, her world will come out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan will be revealed and Aine be revealed in his wake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of the most powerful ways to
represent history—we bring a person from the past into the modern and through
contrast show off their culture, history, and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, what is Aine’s history like?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned some of the most salient facts about Aine, but not much about
her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine comes from a place where
there is little writing and a lot of Feudal waring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are times without any modern conveniences
and the beginnings of the use of metal and the seven basic machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She lives in a real building and progressive
age for her world, but it is nothing compared to the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food is scarce and security scarcer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In myth, she was either raped or under the
threat of rape all her life long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
intend to not change her history as much as cut it off with some of the
features of her times and her story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Is that it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, there is so much
more, but most of it is embedded in the development of the plots and the story
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try to update you as I put
the actual story together, but at the moment, I’m developing, and not
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll move to the next plot type. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% - I’ve really fallen
in love with the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since
I wrote <i>Children of Light and Darkness</i> which includes a very strong
school plot, I’ve been intrigued and excited about using it when possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It helps that my prepublication writer really
enjoyed this plot in the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because of the characters, I did include a school plot in the next novel
in the series, <i>Warrior of Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since then, I’ve looked for opportunities to have a school plot although
I’ve really not set the novel on the plot as much as the plot on the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, I didn’t start
with the idea of a school plot, it just came out in the writing of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, <i>Essie: Enchantment and the Aos Si</i> didn’t start with any
kind of school plot, but as I developed the novel, the entire idea about Essie
attending a boarding school just leapt from the storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Essie was really my first foray into a
boarding school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are reasons for
using this type of plot and setting, but mostly, it is classically British, but
pretty much dying as we speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea
of putting together young people for the purpose of education and life is a
powerful setting with both positive and negative features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see them all, to a degree, displayed
in the Harry Potty novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of
isolating youth to educate them in magic is as appealing as educating them in
other subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Since Essie, I’ve used school as a setting and a plot in numerous novels,
and it’s not just for youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In many of
my Enchantment novels, I’ve used a university setting for the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed, in Rose, I’ve used a school plot for
youth as well as a military school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bet you didn’t think of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
military school plot or a training school plot is just as useful as a regular
school plot—it just can apply to older individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the training plot is a school plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the training plot almost as much as a dedicated school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training plot can be much more individual
and between fewer characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Sorcha:
Enchantment and the Curse </i>is a full-on school plot set in a training
situation and almost entirely one on one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are powerful plots and great tools for the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In spite of the fact that the school plot is
only found in about 10% of the classics, don’t let that fool you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dedicated training and schooling is a
relatively new idea in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
accomplished early in human history, but it is still a pretty new idea to be
applied to large groups and the whole of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think about the basis for most education
and learning in the past and you should get my meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I do plan to involve Aine, the novel in a school and training plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I have a few options for Aine and school plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main and most obvious is the training
that Eoghan must accomplish to help Aine integrate into modern society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main question is how much Aine will fight
being educated and trained into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you remember, novels are all about
entertainment and part of entertainment is some satire and irony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is ironic for a person who obviously needs
help and education to neglect and ignore it, but like I wrote, I’m trying to
determine just how much of this I want to push in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is the protagonist while Aine is the
focus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan as the protagonist must get Aine to accept the training and education
he will provide her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because Aine really
wants Eoghan to love her, I don’t think that will be much of a
problem—especially, since Aine wants to learn and wants to please him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training scenario will move a pace with
the initial revelation of Aine in the world, plus with their travels and her
integration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
opportunity that I’ve contemplated for this novel from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The telic flaw in this novel is about Eoghan’s lack of integration in his
place and time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has much to do with
his own training and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
didn’t go to school, that is university, like most of his peers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t go to the military for education
and training like most of his peers in his business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for him, and one I’ve
contemplated from the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
originally wanted Eoghan and Seoirse to meet each other at Sandhurst or
Cranwell, but I don’t think that’s an option with the way the novel development
is going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I also have the Isle of Shadows for training female warriors and the other
Isle for training male warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a
hankering to bring Aine to the Isle of Shadows and Eoghan to the other
Isle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides a training and
school situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Isle of Shadows
was developed by Rose to train her little goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since Aine is a goddess herself, it would be
the perfect place for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question
is then, how to get Eoghan integrated into this process and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel is foremost about him, Aine is just
the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you see there are places to use this school plot in Aine, and the school
plot is perfect in this training sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll move on to the next plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% - the parallel and the allegory plots
are similar, but not the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
I consider them to be significantly different, but their differences are
somewhat subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can help to define
the easiest of the two, an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The typical allegory for example in literature is <i>Pilgrim’s Progress</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s an allegory of the spiritual life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve defined a parallel before
in simple terms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here, I’ll try:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A parallel is a story, poem, or picture that mirrors an existing story,
poem, or picture for the purpose of reference or expression.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is really what the parallel is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is not intended to reveal a hidden meaning at all, although the
original piece of art could mirror that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So what is a parallel, and how can we use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give an couple of examples.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If your novel mentions, for example, Noah and the flood, that is a reference
to the account about Noah in the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could use this as a figure of speech, the rain was falling like the
time of Noah and the ark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could
incorporate all kinds of figures of speech about Noah, the ark, animals, and so
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of these continued metaphors
or figures of speech would constitute the use of a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of and reference to Noah in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>novel would produce a reference in terms of
the basis for the novel and an expression of the ideas and concepts about
Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, the proper use of
the parallel about Noah should produce ideas in the reader that expand the
expression of the novel in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the use of a historical figure of speech as a reference back to
another piece of art or literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
hope you can see how powerful this idea is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Another example, I wrote my novel <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Daemon</i>
as a parallel to the Apocryphal book of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not an obvious parallel, unless the reader is familiar with
Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally think everyone
should be familiar with all the Bible including the apocrypha as well as all
the Greek myths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is that all
Western art and literature is based on these first the Bible and second Greek
myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you aren’t familiar, you are at
a great disadvantage in understanding literature and art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, I based <i>Aksinya</i> on Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallels are obvious to anyone familiar
with Tobit, even the name of the Demon is the same, and the resolution of the
telic flaw follows the resolution of Sara’s problem with the demon in Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why Tobit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It builds an historical and literary foundation around a subject that
hasn’t been written about much, escaping the clutches and contract with a
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty of works, well a
few, about humans contracting with demons, but very very few about humans
getting out of a contract with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s just not done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tobit was the
first I know of, and <i>Aksinya </i>is a parallel of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next, I’ll look at possible parallels in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The explanation above is probably my best for a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question is how will I use this in my
proposed novel, Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see two ways
plus the most obvious—I guess you could say three ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The most obvious is the parallel plot built into the idea of Aine, the
character herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The history and myth
of Aine is a parallel in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
brining in the story of Aine is a parallel plot and that’s why I picked it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incorporation of a historical based or a
reflective worldview is a parallel, and that’s exactly why I like using them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Although most people aren’t familiar with Aine and her history, readers are
generally familiar and knowledgeable about the basic ideas of the Gaelic and
Celtic worlds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, explanations and
information will be necessary to help the reader understand the world of Aine
and Aine as a mythical person, but the parallel exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also what I did with <i>Aksinya</i>
to a degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter the subject of
the parallel, you need to explain some parts about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, for <i>Aksinya</i>, I didn’t do much of
that, the story and parallel plots for Tobit are obvious in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just mentioned the focus a few times in
context and that was it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Aine, I’ll
have to do more than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although most
people know generally what Gaelic and Celtic mean, they don’t know much about
the cultures and the history of the cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I will do is explain them in context and from Aine’s mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will make it even better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first parallel in Aine is the basic story
of Aine and her world, her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This, by the way is one of the reasons I’m writing the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not into education or educating through a novel or any fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fiction and novels are all about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason I’m using the Gaelic and Celtic
culture is because it’s a new and interesting culture to most people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The revelation of the culture is a huge part
of the novel and a huge part of the entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes novels and fiction fun to
me—that’s what I want to give and express to my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll get to the next potential
parallels in Aine—the less obvious ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The other two ways to bring a parallel plot into Aine is through figures of
speech, as I wrote before in general, and through intentional analogous events
related to myth or history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is basic good writing technique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know this has really fallen by the wayside in modern writing, but it’s
literally the bread and butter of great writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A writer who doesn’t understand the use of
figures of speech and especially the use of deep and involved figures of speech
is just not going to be considered beyond their lifetimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lack of figures of speech in general writing
will just lead to not being published, while the lack of in depth figures of
speech will lead to being forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hey, we just want to be published, who cares about creating a
classic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Frankly, a classic is a classic because of the depth of the parallels and
the integration of the novel into the classic world of literature, art, and
poetry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This seems to be an area that is
wholly missed in modern writing and publishing, but hey, no one will remember
most of what people memorize or understand today: celebrities, political
figures, sports teams, most artists, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Think about those whom you can remember from 100 or 200 years ago—there
are a few standouts, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Edison, Shakespeare,
Dickins, but I bet you can’t name a single musician (other than composers),
actor or actress (maybe Booth, but not because of his acting), or any sports
figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nobody cares because their lives
were basically meaningless—they created nothing and left nothing behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be harsh, but literature is the
means to remember and parallel their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is one of the reasons I recommend the use of the parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to remember the meaningless, but to
remember the people, places, and events of the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain other writers in the past felt
the same way.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>By referring to Noah, you remember the historical account of Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By referring to Daniel, you remember the
historical account of Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By
mentioning Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle, to name just three, you remember the
golden age (so to speak, of Greece).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
really isn’t the classical golden age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, to throw in the phrase, golden age of Greece or Golden Age of
Greece, you are building on a parallel, not a strictly historical parallel, but
a real and reflected world parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
same is true with Noah or Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical source is somewhat questioned, but the reflected for both is real—to
express their parallel in a figure of speech or in an in depth parallel, you
are expressing and handing off a knowledge of the past and of humanity that
needs to be continued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
there is more than just history or the historical account that is important in
the expression of a parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the
example of Aine, until I mentioned and wrote about Aine, you probably didn’t
even know such a myth or a possible historical person existed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you did, you might have pushed her away as
just some myth or ancient person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the novel, Aine, I want to bring Aine alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, there are all kinds of
people, events, places, and reflected world ideas and realities (said tongue in
cheek) that come with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All their
stories and their existence is worth remembering and exploring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If anything, within the confines of
entertainment, fiction is all about remembering and revealing a story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal with Aine is totally entertainment,
but within that fabric of entertainment, I want you to see the story of Aine
and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallel will be all the
history surrounding Aine and the history from the time of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, I’ll bring in figures of
speech that reflect Aine and her times as well as from other places, myths, and
sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you don’t get them or
fully understand them, they are expressed and remembered in the context of the
novel—when you see them again in art or literature, you might remember and
realize a deeper context about that piece of art of literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although fiction is all about entertainment,
I never said literature is self-contained or isolated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exact opposite is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, the other two, less obvious types of parallel in Aine will be figures of
speech and the use of other myths and history to bring out the story of
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t details as much as an
overall plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could try to drag up
some details, especially about the other myths and history I’ll include as
parallels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Those other myths are broadly what I call the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point in using a reflected worldview is to
provide a universal connection between all the major and minor myth and
supernatural structures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a true
universal connection found specifically in Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are unfamiliar with this, I’ll try to
explain it in basic terms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you recognize the great truth in C.S. Lewis’ <i>Mere Christianity</i>
where he notes that the supernatural either came from within the creation or
without the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
without, it’s God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
within it’s not God but the creation of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, about God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do need to
point out that the three means to know truth: historical method, logic, and
scientific method proves that God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Specifically, Emmanual Kant’s philosophy proves the not God can’t exist
(you can’t prove a true, you can only prove a not false); the big bang proves
the telic cause of the universe must exist (a telic cause is defined as God);
and finally, the historical method relates in the New Testament the interaction
of God in the process of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
Lewis writes, this evidence of God’s interaction comes from without the
creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we usually term
miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the supernatural
from within creation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point about the supernatural from within the creation is that it
proves God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was what Bram Stoker
the author of <i>Dracula</i> and a very dedicated Catholic was attempting to
show with his character and his novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Dracula</i>
is the most abbreviated and expurgated novel in common use to remove all the
prayer and God language—not to improve the novel, but because the SAS felt they
needed to keep all that God and Christian stuff from its young readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are the same book haters who abbreviated
and expurgated <i>Fahrenheit 451</i> a book about governments burning and
expurgating books. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that as Lewis notes, the moment
we bring up the supernatural in the creation, we are expressing the actions not
of God but of the forces God allows in the creation and those forces naturally
point to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use this in my novels as
the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain
how they fit into the world and the novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, gods and goddesses could exist in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The typical explanation, from the Old
Testament is that they were created by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In my novels, I acknowledge their creation by God and note that they
were put in charge of helping humanity and eventually pointing to the God of
creation in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not alone in
this view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tertullian writes in his
philosophical works about the commonality of Christian imagery in pagan
cultural antiquity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cross and other
symbols as well as the components of the mysterium such as baptism, renaming,
robing, meal with the deity, and many others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These components were already features of Judaism, but made Christianity
look much like a mysterium and led to many Greeks coming to the new variant of
Judaism in the first Century and later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I take the standpoint that gods and goddesses exist in two
varieties, the bound and the unbound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of their purpose was to point to the God in the future, but now to
follow that God and to do the same in this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are those who do follow the God and
those who do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is
much turmoil in the world caused by the remnants of the old and those god and
goddesses caught up in incidents from the past—Aine is just such a being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the undergirding philosophy I use in
the reflected worldview, but it is an undergirding idea and not a focus of the
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I resolve the
question of how gods and goddesses can exist in the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is also the issue of the Fae as well as
other beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll address this next as
well as explain about the bound and unbound.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I’ve been developing my reflected worldview and novels’ supernatural
structure for a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to put together a focus of physical structural and logic to build the world
where gods, goddesses, dragons, the Fae, and other beings can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the ideas I had to confront was the
concept of the bound and unbound gods and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I built these from the concept of the gods
and goddesses who were born, lived, and died within certain cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This came from my <i>Aegypt (Ancient Light) </i>novels
where I posited that the Goddess of Light and Darkness were twins and chosen from
their children after their deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
actually waffled a bit on this information and didn’t provide any complete
details until my later novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, the idea of a goddess or god who was born then lived and then died comes
from the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic ideas of the primary earth goddess who controls
the seasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Anglo-Saxon culture this
was Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seasons were spring,
the maiden, summer, the woman, and winter, the crone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen supposedly lived and died in a cycle
of generations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods and
goddesses were confined and held to a certain place of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sometimes meant they couldn’t leave
their areas of authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods
and goddesses were stuck in their places and are immortal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unbound are more like normal humans but
have skills, abilities, and powers beyond human kin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, my point in creating these unbound deities was to build my dynasties in <i>Ancient
Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters and
protagonists who populated these novels from the first Leora Bolang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This produced a great series of novels, but I
had other ambitions especially based on Kathrin (Ceridwen) from <i>Children of
Light and Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the
protagonist of this novel, but an important person and character in the other
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made for an interesting and
entertaining series, but that didn’t end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, Aine is a novel about Eoghan but with the focus of a bound and
regular goddess, Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t the
first novel I’ve written with a bound goddess as the focus, but it may be the
second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, the point is to create
this reflected worldview that can fit in all these supernatural creatures and
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is allowing them
to exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only creature I haven’t
been able to fit in is ghosts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts
are just a little outside the ideas and especially the logic of the normal,
real worldview as well as the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts are something many think exist, but
there is no or little basis for their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t run across a reason for ghosts, yet
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, I should move on to
the allegory plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% - I think the parallel plot is one of
the most powerful and useful plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can use it almost everywhere will all kinds of degrees and details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can go from a figure of speech as a part
of a plot to a full-on parallel to define a scene or a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A parallel can just exist to enrich any plot
or story—it doesn’t have to have a reason as much as a presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, the allegory must have both:
reason and presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a good
definition of an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main problem for me with an allegory is that it is indeed hidden
teaching or proselytizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For that
reason alone, I’m not a fan of the allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s not to say I don’t enjoy a good allegory or that I can’t
appreciate both the parallel and the historical basis of the allegory—I just
think we should leave fiction for entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moment a writer tells me he or she wants
to change the world, I want to ask—why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
people can barely write a decent paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of those few who can, most can’t write an entertaining paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps one in a million can write an
entertaining paragraph, but how many of those can write an entertaining
paragraph that also includes some hidden meaning?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a billion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a trillion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why, with the million novels and books
published every year should I have to put up with a single one that isn’t
entertaining, but that’s good for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You may read those.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go for
the entertaining ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We read fiction to be entertained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
readers and students ask me all the time: why don’t you write more technical
works about history?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is
simple: most people are bored by technical writing of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written about 100 papers—you can see
them on the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I sit down to
write fiction, I’m writing 100% to entertain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to entertain myself first, and I hope that also entertains my
readers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hidden meaning in
my writing—I hope not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t put it
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to put one in there
and I don’t want to have to tease one out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now about non-hidden meanings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
shouldn’t be any special messages in the plots or the text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention educating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel may have some notes of
education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to express an idea
in science, spy craft, or history to you, I’ll have to show it to you or
explain it to you in a dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
necessary for the entertainment to come through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to explain to you about the
reflected worldview, I surely need to show that reflected world to you—you
might meet a dragon or a member of the Fae Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just good writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On the other hand, I don’t include any extraneous information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are not about education or informing although
some education and informing must go one—just read my published historical
novels <i>Centurion</i>, <i>The Second Mission</i>, or <i>Aegypt </i>and see
what I mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History is something the
novelist shows you, and that’s entertaining and entertainment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, about the allegory—I don’t intend for there to be any allegories in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll look at fantasy world, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% - this is the bread and butter of
my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at the fantasy
world as a plot just a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
obvious that this is a setting plot, but even more, for years and years, I
imagined this was a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not, but that took me a long time to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go through the three basic
worldviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are overall settings
for any novel or writer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is
the real—this is the worldview and world that most people perceive as
real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That doesn’t meant there might be
disagreements or even conflict about what is real, but the real is generally
grounded in science and a normal understanding of history and existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is where most novels live or
die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s where most writers go to and
come from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the normal for most
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then you have the created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a world and a worldview that is in no way tied to history,
science, or the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get the
wrong idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created can be based
wholly in science, but it isn’t known or existing science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be based in created or future
science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created worldview is
created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a projection or an
extrapolation, or just made up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Science
fiction is all a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Full
on fantasy is usually created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Harry Potty is a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it’s called magic realism, but that is
usually just another type of created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The created worldview is a great worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used it for my science fiction, but not for
my usually or supernatural fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
big difference between the real and the created is the created includes stuff
the author made up about the world, science, the supernatural, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That doesn’t mean it can’t or doesn’t include elements of the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I wrote, that’s just an extrapolated or a
projected world from the real into the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the reflected worldview is where my novels lie, and where I
think most of the best part of the world exists.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview reflects what most people or some people think
exists in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this is
the worldview most people hold but have no idea they hold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural and things that go bump in
the night can exist in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are just imagination in the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All those wonderful ideas about faith, worship,
God, gods, angels, and other supernatural beings are all part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a worldview that most
people hold to be fact, kind of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
explain more, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This might not be the best way to explain the reflected worldview, but it
will be a different way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go over
the three and only three means to know truth: historical, logical, scientific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are based in the historical method,
logic, and the scientific method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical method is also called the evidentiary method and is used to prove
non-repeatable events (like those in history).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The scientific method is used to prove repeatable events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can’t be used to prove non-repeatable
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t know about these
two basic methods of proving truth, you really need to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modern world depends on the scientific
method and the historical method is how you know what is true in history as
well as it’s used in the courts to take away your rights (or return them to
you).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, most people need to
be familiar with the historical and the scientific methods; however, there is
also logic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Greek, who invented these three means to know truth, realized that many
things in the real or physical world are not measurable or normally
knowable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What? You might ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks were interested mainly in
mathematics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Math is perfectly
repeatable, but it is not repeatable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not like scientific phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can’t repeat a math equation and get a statistical average based on
the results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For normal math equation,
there is a single answer or a set of answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not a real world phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is a concept only existing in logic or reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other things like this in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks noted that thoughts
and emotions are both not provable by the historical or the scientific
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are not measurable in any
normal sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the modern world math,
emotions, and thoughts are all similarly unmeasurable and fit in these
categories, but we’ve found other similar problems mainly workload, but even in
science certain events are considered non-repeatable or only repeatable on a
grand scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there is the
supernatural.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you go to church or you believe in a god or in the God, you accept there
is a supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural
can’t be proven with the scientific method—that’s not to say certain elements
in the world don’t point to the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You might begin to touch the supernatural with the historical
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People have reported
supernatural events since the beginning of human history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the real proof of the supernatural
comes from logic and from philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you didn’t know, the entire purpose of philosophy until Emmanual Kant was
to prove God exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emmanual Kant
produced a philosophical proof that has yet to be disproven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In it, he proved the not God can’t
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In logic you can’t prove a
true—you can only prove a false, a not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kany proved the not God can’t exist therefore logic proved God must
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does this have to do with
the reflected worldview?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shows what
we always knew, the supernatural must exist because God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more, and I’ll give it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You could argue the reflected worldview is the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go that far, at least from a writing
standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world of the
supernatural is filled with great things to write about some could be and
likely are true, but many others aren’t true and are likely not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question, especially for the writer,
is what is reflected and what is real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d
say for writing it doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
matters in writing fiction is entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I write using the reflected worldview because it’s fun and entertaining to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To find the supernatural in unexpected
places or to see the secrets of the world around the supernatural, that is fun
and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, to invoke the
ideas we have about our normal world, but then to overlay those ideas with new
ones that fit into the reflected world—that is really powerful and
wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, to imagine a
dragon who knows his place and why he was created, or a dragon who knows his
place but not why he exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
epic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The supernatural world has rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>The
Golden Bough</i> Sir James Frazer tried to define the supernatural for the
purpose of dispelling that it could ever exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He really failed, but he produced a wonderful work that shows the basis
for the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His writing really
defines the basis for the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, he didn’t provide us any real helpful guidance because in
the reflected worldview, we aren’t looking for proof, we are presenting the
world as humans understand it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reflected
worldview is reflected because you can find so much data and writing about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not writing about fiction perse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m writing about the information you might
find by making any library or internet search.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example about Asmodeus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What about Asmodeus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Asmodeus is my
demon from <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Deamon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The only problem, is Asmodeus isn’t my
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do a little searching, you
will find he is the demon from <i>Tobit</i>, the apocryphal book and there is a
lot of information about him from <i>Tobit</i> on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, for his name to be used in <i>Tobit</i>,
you know it must have existed before then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is Asmodeus real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He exists in
history, in literature, in art, and in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a great representative for the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same can be
said for the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to the Fae,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are a little most complex, but we need to fit them into the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place,
all supernatural beings have an origin and a reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That origin and that reason may be clouded in
myth or lost in word of mouth, but usually, you can find the origin stories
(myths) and pull together the history of such beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are the regular supernatural,
those deities and ideas we know very well from history and writing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In British myth from
the Christianization Era, the idea of the neutral angels became some idea in
the myths surrounding the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are the fairies and fairy creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
likely the Fae existed as an idea well before the Christian Era in Britian, but
the Christianization provided some explanation for their existence and like
many ancient ideas in Britain, they became associated with Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the British myth, the Fae were originally the neutral angels in the battle
between Satan and God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, no neutral
angels are mentioned in the Bible or the Apocryphal documents, but the British
have a long history of many cultures Picts, Welsh, Celtic, Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon,
Vikings, and Normans that were against each other, allied with each other, or
neutral to each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were important
and defining characteristics of the overall British culture and society from
the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of the
neutral angels appealed very strongly in this cultural soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In this myth of the Fae, the demons were cast into hell, only to be seen
occasionally, the good angels who supported God kept their positions of
authority in the heavens and continued to be messengers of the God, while the
neutral angels were cast down to the earth to await either repentance or damnation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This particular idea that the Fae are a type
of fallen angel is what drives the Fae myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll look at these details, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the Fae is immense in British myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It goes well beyond the simple idea of small
beings flitting around a garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
comprise four groups and courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
courts being rulers of certain areas in the British Isles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are three Seelie courts and one
Unseelie court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of the Seelie
and the Unseelie are generally that the Unseelie is evil or opposed to
humanity, but the reality is much more complex than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use my novels to look in depth at these
very peculiar beings and groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Unseelie are supposed to be evil, but the Seelie are equally cruel and
capricious to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Unseelie have
there own problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most do live by preying
on humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is likely the biggest
difference, but the Seelie are equally harmful to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is the list of the Fae courts and their
leaders: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seelie - Daoine Sidhe – General Britain and Scotland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Oberon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Titania<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fae of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg" title="Tylwyth Teg"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tylwyth Teg</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Tylwyth Teg are Welsh Fae</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pryderi fab
Pwyll <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigfa" title="Cigfa"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Cigfa</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon" title="Rhiannon"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rhiannon</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Manawyadan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Irish <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídhe</span></strong> (singular <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídh) Tuatha
Dé Danann</span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Art Óenfer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Achtan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unseelie – all of Britain, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Morgan le Fey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Madoc Morfryn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The overall leader or queen of the Fae is Essie, the Aos Si.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes from my novels, and I developed
this character and idea as the physical being made by God to help the Fae find
their way in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This gets very
complex since if you note the name of the main or head Seelie court is the
Daoine Sidhe, the children of Dana-ana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dana-ana is the name of the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic goddess of the spring
and the manifestation of the maiden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was also the main goddess of the Fae and the supposed bound god leader of the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets more complex in the
mythology.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Ceridwen is the unbound goddess who represents the maiden, the mother, and the
crone in Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and Gaelic mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sovereign goddess of all, but is
reborn in each generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is born,
lives, and dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use her in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen rules the courts of the
gods, man, and the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s not that
good of a goddess, but I give her some improvement in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point of this is that the idea of the Fae is very deep in British
mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has legs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As authors we sometimes have to bring all the
ideas of myth together and the myths themselves allow us to do this and see these
relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is really very
interesting is the connection of the myths to Christianity and the old pagan
beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They provide some connection from
the ancient past to the more modern and then into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This then is the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to believe in the Fae to be
enraptured by the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to
believe in anything to want to see the ideas of ancient peoples in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We call this magic realism and,
as I note, the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can also look at other mythical/historical creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, what about other creatures and beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For years, I wrote, don’t write about vampires, but then I wrote a
really fun novel about a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
your usual vampire, but I think the main point was what I was exploring in my
Enchantment novels—the redemption of beings whom we don’t think can be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was the entire point of my vampire novel—I
was writing about a vampire who could be redeemed and how she could be
redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or perhaps, you could
say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was writing about how a vampire
of any kind could be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was
the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Again, also, how can a vampire fit into the reflected worldview from a logic
standpoint?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I concluded that a vampire
was missing a key element of the human construction of sarx, psuche, and
pneuma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A vampire doesn’t have a physical
or sarx presence in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
intellect, psuche and freewill, pneuma, but not physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must renew themselves monthly at the full
moon by taking on the essence, blood of a human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That renews their sarx existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why they can’t be seen in a mirror or
in silver as in normal photography, but in electronic photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also will be destroyed if the sunlike
hits them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s my idea of a vampire
from the myth and historical notions of a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the fun part of the reflected worldview—the author can create
logical extensions and reasons why a supernatural being can exist in the world,
and build around that supernatural being a reality that means they must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I did with the Fae and with my
vampires—yes, I wrote about another vampire, but not in detail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The entertainment comes from the development of such beings and introducing
them and building them into the real world—the reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned it before, but one of the main points of the reflected
worldview is that the reader should be able to make a search for your
supernatural being and find a whole slate of information about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should be able to have a background based
on the creature that submits to scrutiny and that fits into the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very different than the
created worldview of Harry Potty that is not found in myth or in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, the author can produce a real
world with a sufficient suspension of disbelief that results in a world that is
created, but not based on a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some would state that the Harry Potty
worldview is a hybrid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does indeed
incorporate elements of the real, the reflected, and a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay, but the problem is that it isn’t
based on the strength of history or myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what I’m aiming for, a worldview based on history and myth that
intrigues my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I want
in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine herself is based on a real (mythical and historical goddess).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has a history and a reality from
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is she real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is reflected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were large cultural and societal groups
who believed in and worshiped her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are people today, I’m sure, who accept her as history and or as myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some might still say they believe in
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could ask who believes in Zeus
today?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actual answer might be
astounding to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Basically the entire educated world believes in Zeus as a mythical and
historically based being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the
absolute and correct answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many
still believe in him as a god and a real being?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entirely different question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The answer is many less than those who know he is a mythological and historical
being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, Zeus stands in history and
in myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The belief and religion of Zeus
spans thousands of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His myths are
indisputable, but mythological.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine in some ways is similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
mythology came out of a less literate and later society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her religion, pantheon, and history were
purged away by Christianity and other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had much less affect on the world than
Zeus, but she sits as a real mythical being in the pantheon and history of
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more about Aine that I
want to use.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine is one of the Fae queens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is an important and interesting concept in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote already that the idea of the Fae were
contained and explained as the neutral angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself predates Christianity in Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the fact she is revered in history
as a Fae queen means the Fae predated Christianity (we knew that), it means Aine
was seen as both positive and negative in her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also means she was seen as worldly and
unworldly—having a foot on the earth and one in heaven, but banished to the
earthly lands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fae also presumes glamour
as opposed to magic or sorcery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should
mention about both before we continue to the next plot type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the supernatural is filled with magic and miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magic comes from within the creation and
miracles comes from outside the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic is based on faith in the creation while miracles comes from
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the reflected worldview, I developed the concept of glamour, which is the
miracles of the Fae and the gods and goddesses in the world and magic which is
the action of the belief in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a very important idea in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for this is that in some way you
need to define magic in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, you should define the action of miracles in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is this important? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, magic needs some explanation in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a totally illogical and
unreasonable magic system like the one in Harry Potty or you can have a well
researched one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, I use the
magic system defined by PEI Bonewitz based on <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This system uses the “laws of magic” as described in <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is completely different than glamour
which is inherent in beings from outside of creation or whose powers come from
outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The neutral angels
who were exiled to earth are obviously beings from outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and goddesses gained their power
from the God who made them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also
have glamour. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In general, I don’t write positively abut magic, but rather do about glamour
or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find this to be natural
in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
adverse to seeing magic as positive in some ways, I just usually don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My main point is that you must have and
present some method based in reason and logic about how your magic system works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really don’t care how it works—it just
needs to be logical in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
personally use a real magic system based on the reflected laws of magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question of “real” is illusive just as I
discussed before—so, you can see that based in reason and logic, you can
develop a system based on whatever you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The trick is reason and logic—it has to make sense to your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do suggest actually blocking out such a system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I wrote, I haven’t really dug into a
positive magic use or system in my writing, and if I did, I’d use the system I described
to you generally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I would give you the full frontal on this system, but it is complex and
detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to study it yourself
to be about to integrate it in your worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will find that some of the systems of magic in gaming systems can be
adapted to a novel and to a magic system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s a much better start and state than what Harry Potty uses which is
basically nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just advise not having
a magic system with no rules or no basis for operating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s how you get to Harry Potty and
silliness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silliness is right out, although
most readers might not notice it unless you have a bestseller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you do have a choice—magic or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic works under certain rules and concepts controlled by human
beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miracles come from God and are miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t have to have any basis in rules or
laws—except those rules or laws put in place by the miracle makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an important point I make in my
novels, and this is a very important point in writing either a reflected or a
created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You do see this
expressed in various novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In other words, magic can be unlimited as miracles are, but then you need
some means of restricting the power or use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Having a natural system of operation like laws an rules for the magic self-limits
the magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not everyone can do it, and
not everyone has the power—it requires some degree of skill and study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, those who can do miracles
can just do them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might need some
degree of training and study, but they are basically unlimited except through their
power and skills or through other limitations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, the humans can’t use glamour except through special
items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The glamour users are all the
Fae, gods, and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This places very
specific limitations as well as controls on the users.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, the powers of all these beings is
limited by their purpose in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They don’t have unlimited power or capability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any system you develop or that you reflect
in your worldview, you need to figure all this out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I guess I’ll conclude with how I’ll use all of this in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I mentioned, Aine is a goddess and a bound goddess at that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means she is immortal, and her purpose
just as all goddesses and gods is to eventually point to the God of creation—the
God who created her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is her purpose
just as every human has a similar purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The problem with humanity and with goddesses is that both have freewill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The object of freewill is what makes the main
problems for humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goddesses are
supposed to be a little different, but as myth shows us, they really aren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other problem with Aine is that she is a
Fae queen and can use glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll add
that she can also turn into a red horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What’s the point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are fallen (neutral) angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gods and goddesses are made or created beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are different than human beings, but
they were made by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think
Aine was mistakenly made a Fae queen, she was declared a Fae queen because of
her position and power in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think it was her acts against her actual position that led to her downfall and
her situation, thus she was declared a Fae queen even before her end in the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine has more problems than the
normal god or goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is somewhat
indifferent to her responsibilities and her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes her like the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of acting like her peers in
submitting to the work of the people and the work of God, she confounded God
and didn’t act to the benefit of the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She ended up where she is because she was too much in the world and not
enough into her responsibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thus, Aine has some real problems that could cause her trouble in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, she is paired with the
one person who could really help her, Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is gentle and kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s
very responsible and controlled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just
doesn’t know fully what he wants to be or do in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will help him and he will help her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the soul of the novel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about fantasy world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My fantasy
world is the real world with the reflected thrown in just as it is in this
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People believe in the
supernatural as they desire and as they approach life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many who would never accept the idea of a
dragon, the Fae, gods or goddesses, or a vampire, will readily accept the God
and Christianity or other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the supernatural, and this isn’t to make God or Christianity
equal to the other elements of the supernatural, however, logically, they all
have a similar basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point,
and that is exactly why the supernatural appeals to so many people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I want to point out again, Bram
Stoker wrote <i>Dracula</i> as well as his other novels on the supernatural to
prove the existence of the God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C.S.
Lewis would agree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural in
literature should point to the real supernatural in the world, and that means
God.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is ultimately what Aine shows in the world, and I think that’s a very
good and entertaining thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move
on. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% - the prison plot is one of the best
plots you can use to build entertainment and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used it many times in all kinds of
flavors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The full-on prison plot is like
that in <i>The Count of Monte Christo</i> and <i>The Man in the Iron Mask</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In these the protagonist faces and experiences
long term prison supposedly for false reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Getting there, being there, then escaping or getting out are all drivers
of the overall plot and the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you haven’t read these novels, you need to, but the full-on prison plot isn’t
the only way to use the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i> has a type of prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sara is stuck in the school and a type of prison as the forced teacher and a
maid for the household.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She eventually
is helped to escape her prison in the attic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are other ways to play this scenario.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>One of the best ways and the way I work this is with short term
detention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if your
characters are arrested and taken in by the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this in many variants in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if your characters aren’t
arrested, but if they are accosted by a criminal or see a crime, the police
will want them to come and give a statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be kept in place for a while and that’s a type of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this too, and it’s a fun way to use
the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other means
of having a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to
that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts as a basic full-on prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have Aine imprisoned in a crypt and Eoghan releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s about as prison as you can get.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a lady who was imprisoned in a
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s been there for a long
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of her basic nature, she
doesn’t have some of the real problems of the normal human prisoner, but she
has been in there for ages, and Eoghan finds and releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of this is that Aine falls madly for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I really hate to say she falls in love with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love and Aine are kind of foreign concepts because
of her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just
say she is smitten forever because he saved her from her continuous imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did I mention she’s been there a long long
time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve played this before in my novels, but not to this degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other novels, people might have been
released from captivity, but not in this fashion and not really for this long
of cogent imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
none of my other characters have been aware of their long term imprisonment,
not like Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can guess how happy
she is to be released, plus, Eoghan might be the only person in the world who
can and world release her.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Many who might release her, would not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the few who could even know or detect
her, might not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a
kind and gentle man. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would release
Aine just because he is a great guy, but this will cause problems for him and
for the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will be part of the
entertainment in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about other prison plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
might throw one in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prison plots are
just so easy to use and to get into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, all I need is for Aine or Eoghan or Eva to do something a little
illegal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, they will be escaping
justice, so to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will be
hunted eventually by Stela and the Organization, or that’s my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The police might be looking for them actively
as in criminally, or for them generally, as in missing person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t decided how I want to work this or
how I want to present this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will
come with the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, the prison
plot can be just tossed in when the author needs it or wants it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not a fan of writing where the author places a tensioned scene with
repercussions that suddenly disappear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, if the police or others are after your characters, don’t
just let them shrug it off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There needs
to be a result and resolution based on the circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there isn’t, why even bring in the peril
in the first place?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think this is an important point of writing, but to really do it justice,
I need to think about it, and perhaps make it the next topic under the prison
plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Peril is like a Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps
I need to explain the Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov, the famous playwright wrote that if a playwright introduces a
gun in act one, someone must shoot it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His point was that when a writer places a
setting element in a play, he or she should turn it into a creative element in
the next act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true to a large
degree in novels as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel,
not every setting element needs to become a creative element, but especially with
important elements, we shouldn’t introduce them and not use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel, because of the magnitude of the
setting elements, not every single one needs to be promoted to creative elements,
but why describe a setting element if you aren’t going to use it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the main point here is not just the
use of the setting elements, but rather, introducing peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peril in a scene is the development of
tension—tension without release is worthless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, let’s not build tension if we don’t release the
tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the previous example, don’t
introduce a strained situation like an illegality or an incident without
resolving it in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically,
I find irrationality in shows or novels to be terrible writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great author doesn’t necessarily clean up
ever loose end and tie it up with a bow, but each incident of note needs a
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try an example using the
prison plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>, Rose goes out to find and rescue
a couple of girls in her house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
finds them in peril with a couple of women who are selling them beer and
cigarettes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the girls are attacked,
Rose fights back and using her very great skills stops their attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the process, Robyn calls the police and
the other girls from her house come to help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The conclusion of the event is that Rose is injured and brought to
hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are picked up by
the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teachers and
headmistress get involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is
this, all of these situations need to be seen through to the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of Rose in hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of the girls and Rose with the
police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem of the teachers, and
finally, the criminals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these
need to be addressed and resolved to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This completes the peril with appropriate
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point with the prison plot is that this is an appropriate release and
circumstance in the appropriate situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, sending Rose to hospital is one example of the prison
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Placing the criminals in prison is
another example of a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to reasonably and rationally complete an introduced peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This just makes sense to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any writing, it really bothers me when a
situation isn’t resolved effectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps this is just a problem for those who have complex circumstances,
but it does seem to be a problem of many movies and some writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect it causes a real problem for many unpublished
writers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42% - I’ll move to
the item plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great plot and
very easy to appropriately introduce to any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can just throw it in at will for a single
scene, or build it carefully through scenes to act as a telic element.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always say go big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I already wrote about the ring in <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the
Warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The ring moves on the down
low through the entire novel slowly gathering more and more mojo until it
becomes a telic element near the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the best way to work an item in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With items, you have McGuffins as well as real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin is an item that exists solely to
move a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has no real value,
worth, or maybe existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>McGuffins are
common in some modern novels, but I like items of real value and worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like my magic items to be magical, and my
other items to be used and usable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if you introduce a gun…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now a
gun can be used in many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
shoot it, the target is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can also use it other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is
true of the knife or any other weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s true, if you introduce a weapon, you should use it, but use means a
lot of different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to
stop here and move forward next about the different types of items and how you
can use them in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, there are McGuffins and real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A McGuffin could be an actual and real item, or it could be something just
made up of even false or non-existent like the Maltese Falcon in the novel of
the same name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a fan of the McGuffin,
but I do see their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin can
be very worthwhile in a real worldview novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could also be used in a reflected worldview novel, but the question
is why not give a real power or ability to an item?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m into that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the most interesting use of an item
is the secret or secret capability of the item that the protagonist or other character
discovers in the revelation of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is just the case with Angelica’s ring from my novel <i>Cassandra:
Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have items of power whose capability or abilities are hidden or secret.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then, there are items whose capabilities are obvious like a gun or a
knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These have obvious capabilities,
but potentially many abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, you can shoot a gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means
a lot of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gun can be shot at
someone or just in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
used to hunt or fired at a target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the points that are most obvious about a gun, but a gun can be used in many
other ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can use a gun as a tool, in the sense of striking a person or a
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun can be mishandled—resulting
in firing or misfiring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
cleaned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be used to
threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a paperweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be an item that causes fear or that
reduces fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all, the gun is a very
useful tool in every potential use from shooting to just an item to a threat or
a positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guns are highly versatile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knives are too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Knives are very useful tools like guns, but their use and potential use is
even more varied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus a knife can’t
usually go off unexpectedly although there can be accidents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at these items and their potential,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We don’t need to just write about potentially dangerous items, because most
items are dangerous depending on their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A book, for example, could be used as a bludgeon, but you can also read
it, tear it up, use parts for scrap, burn it, use it as a door stop, and
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that there are
nefarious uses for any item, and items can be used in all kinds of ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I proposed a novel I call bookgirl where the main item is a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of the book was to include a clue
in the margins or on a title page that led the protagonist and the protagonist’s
helper to a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a normal
use for such an item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, the book
isn’t a McGuffin and it isn’t supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The book is an item with a real use to forward the plot through not just
its existence but, rather, its contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, on to knives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A knife is a very common item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could have an inscription on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
could use it to harm or just to cut your meat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could threaten or make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
knife is an innocuous item until it isn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov could not have written, if you introduce a knife in the first Act
someone must be stabbed with it in the second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s because the knife has many more uses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess you could write, if you introduce the
knife in act one, someone needs to open a letter with it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the entire point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For an
author, the use of the gun might not be for it to fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, the use of the knife might not be
to cause harm or to threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The knife
could include an inscription that moves the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other use of a knife could be
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could have great real
power like a spell or a capability or it could lend a capability to the
user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done this before too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t just make stuff up about items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I research items from myth and history to provide a basis for the
item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I used Arthur’s dagger
from history and myth in one of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point about items is that they have many uses in plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use the item plot in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tomorrow,
I’ll start with these plots and evaluate how and which I’ll use in this new
novel Aine. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
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logic<o:p></o:p></span></p>L.D. Alfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720367819774905756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408550521729634273.post-34733651532124510212024-02-23T05:22:00.001-06:002024-02-23T05:22:00.141-06:00Writing - part xxx603 Writing a Novel, Building a Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution, Plots, Item<p>23 February 2024, Writing - part xxx603 Writing a Novel, Building a
Protagonist, Fitting, Refining the Protagonist, Details, Telic Flaw Resolution,
Plots, Item</p><p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Announcement: Delay, </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my new novels can be seen on the
internet, but my primary publisher has gone out of business—they couldn’t
succeed in the past business and publishing environment. I’ll keep you
informed, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I need a new publisher</b>.
More information can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancientlight.com/"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.ancientlight.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Check out my novels—I think you’ll
really enjoy them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I wrote the novel <i>Aksinya:
Enchantment and the Daemon</i>. This was my 21<sup>st</sup> novel and through
this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary
on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on
writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols
in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the
scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning
with </span><a href="http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m using this novel
as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel
published. I’ll keep you informed along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today’s Blog:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> To see the steps in the publication process,
visit my writing websites </span><a href="http://www.sisteroflight.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.sisteroflight.com/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The four plus one
basic rules I employ when writing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Don’t confuse your readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Entertain your readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Ground your readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Don’t show (or tell) everything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>4a. Show what can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted on the stage
of the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Immerse yourself in the world of
your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. The initial scene is the most
important scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These are the steps I use to write a
novel including the five discrete parts of a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design the initial
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop
a theme statement (initial setting, protagonist, protagonist’s helper or
antagonist, action statement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research as required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the initial
setting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Develop the
characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Identify the telic
flaw (internal and external)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the initial scene (identify the output: implied setting, implied characters,
implied action movement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the next scene(s) to the climax (rising action)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write
the falling action scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write the dénouement
scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 31<sup>st</sup>
novel, working title, <i>Cassandra</i>, potential title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Deirdre and Sorcha
are redirected to French finishing school where they discover difficult
mysteries, people, and events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I finished writing my 34<sup>th</sup>
novel (actually my 32<sup>nd</sup> completed novel), <i>Seoirse</i>, potential
title <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme statement is: Seoirse is assigned
to be Rose’s protector and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five
goddesses and schoolwork; unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is the cover
proposal for <i>Seoirse: Enchantment and the Assignment</i>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s1350/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-zr4w2zE-32pQn_-RaiMx6DjP06zO74Ybta-Mxw5fWkHDs7aMIjepFY-8dbhiIQTwsru5JPMMxAEiuN91PYXiiZ4M_tXae22XL_TepWwUv8_-y6Ojva_4025JyY38XcdJIy4LVrhAvLKxHBRv7VOFkP99PmahWKCxwi-pw1nSRdK6oAYeafqwpWaG3o0/s320/Seoirse%20Cover%20proposal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cover
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most important
scene in any novel is the initial scene, but eventually, you have to move to
the rising action. I am continuing to write on my 30<sup>th</sup> novel,
working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Sonja</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished my 29<sup>th</sup> novel, working
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Detective</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished writing number 31, working title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cassandra: Enchantment and the Warrior</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished my 32<sup>nd</sup> novel and
33<sup>rd</sup> novel: <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower, </i>and <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to begin a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number one thought, we need an entertaining
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually encapsulate such an idea
with a theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m
writing a new novel, we need a new theme statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is an initial cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 30:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sonja, a Soviet spy, infiltrates the
X-plane programs at Edwards AFB as a test pilot’s administrative clerk, learns
about freedom, and is redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Novel 32:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shiggy Tash finds a lost girl in the isolated
Scottish safe house her organization gives her for her latest assignment: Rose
Craigie has nothing, is alone, and needs someone or something to rescue and acknowledge
her as a human being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 33, <i>Book girl</i>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siobhàn Shaw is Morven McLean’s savior—they
are both attending Kilgraston School in Scotland when Morven loses everything,
her wealth, position, and friends, and Siobhàn Shaw is the only one left to
befriend and help her discover the one thing that might save Morven’s family
and existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 34:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seoirse is assigned to be Rose’s protector
and helper at Monmouth while Rose deals with five goddesses and schoolwork;
unfortunately, Seoirse has fallen in love with Rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For novel 35: </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the scene development outline:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Scene input (comes from the previous scene output or is an initial scene)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.
Write the scene setting (place, time, stuff, and characters)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Imagine the output, creative elements, plot, telic flaw resolution (climax) and
develop the tension and release.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Write the scene using the output and creative elements to build the tension.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Write the release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Write the kicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me tell you a little about writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Writing isn’t so much a hobby, a career, or a pastime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is a habit and an obsession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We who love to write love to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you love to write, the problem is gaining the skills to write well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to write well enough to have others
enjoy our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one writes just for
themselves the idea is absolutely irrational and silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can prove why.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the first place, the purpose of writing is communication—that’s the only
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing is the abstract
communication of the mind through symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time goes by, we as writers gain more and better tools and our
readers gain more and better appreciation for those tools and skills—even if
they have no idea what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are in the modern era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this time, the
action and dialog style along with the push of technology forced novels into
the form of third person, past tense, action and dialog style, implying the
future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the modern style of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also showed how the end of
literature created the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have three possible worldviews for a novel: the real, the reflected,
and the created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to work in the
reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
don’t we go back to the basics and just writing a novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you what I do, and show you how I
go about putting a novel together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can start with developing an idea then move into the details of the
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We need ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ideas allow us to
figure out the protagonist and the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ideas don’t come fully armed from the mind of Zeus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to cultivate ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fill
your mind with good stuff—basically the stuff you want to write about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figure
out what will build ideas in your mind and what will kill ideas in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Make
the catharsis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of ideas is based on
study and research, but it is also based on creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity is the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a reflection of something new created
with ties to the history, science, and logic (the intellect).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity requires consuming, thinking, and
producing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If we have filled our mind with all
kinds of information and ideas, we are ready to become creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity means the extrapolation of older
ideas to form new ones or to present old ideas in a new form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literally, we are seeing the world in a new
way, or actually, we are seeing some part of the world in a new way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The beginning of creativity is study
and effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can use this to
extrapolate to creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition,
we need to look at recording ideas and working with ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With that said, where should we
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I delve into ideas and
creativity again, or should we just move into the novel again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I develop a new protagonist, which, we
know, will result in a new novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve
got an idea, but it went stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
look at the outline for a novel again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene is the most important
scene and part of any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get to
the initial scene, you don’t need a plot, you need a protagonist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My main focus, at the moment, is
marketing my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That specifically
means submissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m aiming for agents
because if I can get an agent, I think that might give me more contacts with
publishers plus a let up in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would like to write another novel, but I’m holding off and editing one
of my older novels <i>Shadow of Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I thought that novel would have fit perfectly with one potential agent
who said they were looking for Jewish based and non-Western mythology in
fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s exactly what <i>Shadow
of Darkness </i>is, but they passed on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I’m looking for an agent who will fall in love with my
writing and then promote it to publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dependency I’d like to present in a
new novel is similar to <i>Valeska</i> but one where the protagonist falls
romantically in love with the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question is the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m looking and researching for a being
or character who would fit the needs of the book I’m proposing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t modify known settings, people, or
history unless you are writing alternate history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify, at will, those things that are not
known or recorded in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
to a very important point about historical fiction, even reflected worldview
historical fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is that history
doesn’t record much of the mundane we wish to include in our novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If I’m going to develop a protagonist,
I need to bring out the protagonist outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve got it somewhere in my writing—I just have to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
guess I’ll start with the Romantic part of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll move to the more specific pieces of
the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most precisely, I’m
looking at the list of potential characters from my list of characters in my
other novels.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is my list for the characteristics of a Romantic protagonist. I am
not very happy with most of the lists I have found. So, I will start
with a classic list from the literature and then translate them to what they
really mean. This is the refined list. Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.
Some power or ability outside the norm of society that the character develops
to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have
Áine as the potential focus of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s a Celtic goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
focus isn’t set yet, but I need a protagonist, and I need to develop and design
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m contemplating a son of the Stuarts
and the Calloways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the
information from my notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach – The girl: she was blond with grey-blue
eyes and a very Nordic or Norman look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her long hair was tied in a tight French weave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was tall and looked mature—much more
mature than Sorcha or Deirdre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old Raleigh
bike with a basket and a bell - an old Raleigh welded-steel frame girl’s
bicycle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaina actually Evir Elisabeth Stuart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaelic:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eamhair Ealasaid Stiùbhartach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>g.
Oxford b. 1975 late to Wycombe Abbey a special student of Luna’s was being
groomed for work in Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He specialty is with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are bound to her because of her nobility and background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not Fae but commands the Fae to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>m.
James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk140904671"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, my protagonist Eoghan will have the very
special skills of charm and sensitivity to the creatures of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won’t have any other general powers of
glamour.</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Set
of beliefs (morals and ideals) that are different than normal culture or
society’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
knows the Fae, the creatures of the land, angels, the God, and the gods and
goddesses of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives him a
moral basis centered on an orthodox belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His family goes to church and practices all the strong tenants of
Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.
Courageous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still,
Eoghan and his sister gained some degree of training their mother and father
never expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a park ranger
with the Scottish National Park authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was taught at their special training in law enforcement and all its
attendant training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British military
taught many of his courses, especially in hand to hand, weapons, and the
wilderness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows more than his
mother would like, and he is strongly attracted to this life and this
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would like to be part of
the military and has had overtures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is naturally courageous and naturally good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he finds Aine, and she will give him a purpose for his special
skills. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.
Power (skills and abilities) and leadership that are outside of the normal
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
be aware, it must have to do with the use of their powers of charm and
sensitivity in relation to leadership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the ticket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.
Introspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
must be an introspective character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have a protagonist’s helper to aid him in expressing his mind, but he won’t let
out much or as much as Aine wants and that will help drive the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, in writing a novel, secrets are
your best friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.
Travel plot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t expect a really powerful travel plot like I provided in Rose and Seoirse,
but we need to get Eoghan and Aine into the regular world and into regular
society—that’s where the differences and the interactions with people and each
other can really play out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, there
is no way after about 1500 or more years in a crypt that Aine wants to remain
holed up in a rural or wilderness area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s for society and culture, plus part of the real fun in the novel is
for them both to have new and exciting experiences together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The travel plot makes all this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.
Melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is like his mother Elaina and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are all touched by their mother’s and family’s depreciation of
their aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost all in the
game of promotion and house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lost
in the game of thrones, so to speak, but they all have charm and sensitivity to
the Fae and beings of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
makes them powerful in their own way, but powerless in society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we will change in Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s one aspect of the novel’s telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.
Overwhelming desire to change and grow—to develop four and one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is the desire that will consume and empower Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what will drive him and Aine forward
in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have special
skills, but the reader will realize that it isn’t the skill but the dedication
and work behind the skill that leads to Eoghan’s success. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.
Pathos developed because the character does not fit the cultural
mold. From the common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
sure there are other ways to develop this pathos in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Rose and in Seoirse, I used some other
methods and means based on Rose’s qualities and skills to develop pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, I used dependency and the
military situation in Seoirse to build pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is easy with females, but a little less easy with males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With females, the pathos becomes
situational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For men, the pathos is
dependency based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning and
building a male protagonist, so these are important considerations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Seoirse, I could play off the female
development of pathos and the male pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is a great means of designing pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might be able to do this for Eoghan with
Aine too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10.
Regret when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
end, Eoghan might regret some of his actions and the results of his
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This creates a situation that
provides tension and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
continues the tension and release in what is called a sequel by some
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.
Self-criticism when they can’t follow their own moral compass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, self-criticism will be a characteristic of Eoghan, and it will drive Aine
crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be from an era where
people made decisions based on life and death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She isn’t used to second guessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can imagine one of their discussions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
solve a problem, she says just kill someone or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan says no, and that astounds her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps she will need to learn to be
self-critiquing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.
Pathos bearing because he or she is estranged from family or normal society by
death, exclusion for some reason, or self-isolation due to three above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will
point out that with many and normal Romantic protagonists, the exclusion and
self-isolation is intentional and permanent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exclusion and
self-isolation caused by being an orphan or a partial orphan are also permanent
and tend to develop automatic pathos in the reader for the Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t use this for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13.
From the common and potentially the rural.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In any
case, we want our Romantic protagonist to be out of the common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can work this in many ways, but the
ultimate point is to convince the reader that the Romantic protagonist is just
like them and not really special at all.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14.
Love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So,
we’ll have a great setup for this novel, this Romantic protagonist, and this
protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will really
be fun is seeing Aine totally outside her comfort zone for many reasons trying
to win over Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to think on
the details, but that’s what I’m thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’ll try all the wiles she knows and all the wiles she can figure out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile,
Eoghan will want her to be mellow and gentle, but that’s not her way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can these lovebirds recover from each
other?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can they find love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will Aine have her way with Eoghan, or will she
chicken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what a love interest is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
is the protagonist development list. We are going to use this list
to develop a Romantic protagonist. With the following outline in
mind, we will build a Romantic protagonist. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Define the initial scene </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the same time as the above—fit a protagonist into the
initial scene. That means the minimum of:</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic
flaw – I already wrote the theme statement for this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan, a Scottish National Park Authority
Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and accidentally releases her into
the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine desires a new life and
perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
age – I already wrote that Eoghan is between 19 and 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I settled on 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the details:</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approximate
social degree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For Eoghan, he will be from an interesting
background that allows him some opportunities, but most of them will be due to
himself and not his background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
why I’d like to get Rose involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
has wealth and position, and she will know who should be her friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sex -
male<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>Eoghan (Owen)
Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)</b> was a young man of average stature,
height, and build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so average you
might miss him in the crowd except he was a man no one could miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bearing wasn’t really different from most
other men, but you couldn’t miss him in any group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His height wasn’t taller than others, he was
average, but for some reason he always stood out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His face was pleasant and somewhat
nondescript, but it wasn’t nondescript at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was striking in the most unstriking fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just looked regal while seeming completely
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women couldn’t keep from looking
at him, and men all wanted to be his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They flocked around him, but never hid him or overwhelmed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the time, he seemed like the calmest and
most reasonable person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the
person you wanted to invite for any reason, tea, a meal, a game, a walk—just
being near him was calming and wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even when words didn’t pass from his lips, the time was delightful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men wanted to hear his voice and women to
touch his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His voice was unimpressive
and quiet, but filled with promises and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as if every word that came out of his
mouth bolstered and strengthened even when he didn’t say something erudite or
when he remarked about the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was uncanny and soothing, never unnerving or worrisome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even his name, Eoghan Ragnall Stuart felt
noble while sounding so unnormally normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you called him by his Anglicized name Owen Ronald Calloway, it still
sounded noble but normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then his
smile was always encompassing, but unassuming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It had a slightly gloomy bent as if he took even happiness and
jovialness in a sober and thoughtful way so even the most lame jokes became
important and intelligent even when they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan was always the life of the party, but
unfortunately, he didn’t attend many parties at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too busy as a Scottish National Park
Authority Ranger handling small difficulties for the Crown and Stela.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background
– history of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Birth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m. 2005 James (Seumas) Donaidh Calloway b. 1971 m. at 34
y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2028 57 y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2008 Jan Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 20 y. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>c.
b. 2012 Aife (Eva) Eamhair (Evir) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach) – 2028, 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Aine
appears about 16 y.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .9in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iv.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Education
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vi.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Profession
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.3in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l32 level1 lfo20; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">i.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name - </span><b>Eoghan (Owen) Ragnall
(Ronald) Calloway/Stuart (Stiùbhartach)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refine the details of the protagonist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental description (never to be shared
directly) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo21; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likes and dislikes (never to be shared
directly) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telic flaw resolution – here’s the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
theme statement includes the telic flaw, and this theme statemen is very
blatant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan wants more from the world and Aine
desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
you might say this is pretty amorphous, but it does tell us a lot about Eoghan
and Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This drives the novel—the
telic flaw is all about Eoghan determining what he wants as well as
accommodating Aine in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can immediately see how these two ideas could fit together, and that’s what I
want to do with the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use
about 100,000 words to have Eoghan discover himself and discover his
relationship with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds simple,
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main point in any novel
is to put together a set of plots that give us a resolution of the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, there is a single telic
flaw, and it belongs to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest is simply a connection to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
already wrote that I am making Aine the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I love to write novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist’s helper is one of the most
important characters in a modern Romantic novel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because the protagonist must share
their inner thoughts, most specifically to be introspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have introspection without either
telling or a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
protagonist’s helper is a sounding board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This character allows the Romantic protagonist to have dialog about
themselves, and Aine will be the perfect protagonist’s helper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
not to say, Aine won’t cut off information from Eoghan she doesn’t want to
hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for and
with Aine, she is a very direct, honest, and selfish person, but she really
wants to please Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will realize
her own deficiencies from the beginning, and although she will have constant
lapses, she will know when she has stepped on Eoghan’s toes too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events and incidents will drive the
plots and the resolution of the telic flaw, Eoghan’s telic flaw.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Changes required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – this is what the protagonist and especially the Romantic protagonist is
all about—the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t what
you might think it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some overall
plots or themes this is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, the kid who wants to be a football player but is a 90 pound
weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what must happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll state it, the kid must change physically
and potentially mentally to achieve the goal of becoming a football
player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about the kid who wants to
become a rockstar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must learn to be
a musician (maybe) first—that’s a change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .4in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most protagonist changes are much more
subtle, and they all are redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is basically the definition of the redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when you throw in the self-discovery or
the skills plot, change insinuates some type of redemption in the change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, change itself defines redemption,
and in the most beloved novels, the protagonist is all about self-discovery and
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the entire point of zero
to hero and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just look at Harry Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry must discover his magic and then refine
it to be able to be the messiah for his friends and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a total redemption plot with a
messiah none the less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other adult
novels are much more subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Jack
Vance novels, the protagonist must understand the rules of the culture and
apply them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s his entire Romantic
protagonist development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
novels, the sparkly vampires, for example, the protagonist must become a
vampire, but again that’s a young adult novel and not very subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In real past Romantic favorites, like
Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe must change his society
to achieve his desired goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
gets a Saxon princess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Robert Louis
Stevenson’s classic Romantic style novels, the protagonist must make incredible
discoveries, mostly about mysteries and secrets to eventually achieve the
redemption telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <i>Treasure
Island</i> where the protagonist must deal with pirates and others but the
ultimate point is about friendships and betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The Black Arrow</i> gives us a protagonist
who must discover just who he is escorting to safety and why he (who is really
a she) is so weak and unmanly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still
falls in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even our favorite, non-Romantic, protagonists
make changes, but usually not in the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i>, doesn’t change so
much as she comes to a realization of the life of the lowly and poor, and she
wants to do anything to get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again a type of physical redemption, but Victorian protagonists don’t
change emotionally or mentally as much as physically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, they have to just apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, the protagonist and the Romantic
protagonist must change in some way to achieve the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adult type and sophisticated novels this
change is subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In youth based novels,
this isn’t usually very subtle at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’ll look at some potential redemptive changes for Eoghan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 123.4pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo23; text-indent: -.5in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical changes – I could easily state there
are no physical changes necessary for Eoghan to resolve the telic flaw, but
that would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t just
internal changes or physical personal changes, but rather movement, wealth,
position, and etc. when we write about physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me repeat the theme statement again:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan,
a Scottish National Park Authority Ranger, while handing a supernatural problem
in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park discovers the crypt of Aine and
accidentally releases her into the world; Eoghan wants more from the world and
Aine desires a new life and perhaps love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span>To
achieve this resolution, Eoghan must get more from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve defined this as achieving his goals in
life, to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
Eoghan has latent charm powers which he has been trained to use, mostly through
not interacting with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives
his ranger existence mainly away from others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is self-isolated mainly because his mother see this as the best way
to keep his skills in check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
Eoghan will soon be convinced to use his skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll get to that, that is mental and emotional
changes, but the physical changes are still very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Physical
changes are what you do with your body and placement once the emotional and
mental decisions are made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questions
we might have are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where will Eoghan and
Aine go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will they do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will Aine integrate into the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will the result of their romance
be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hope for their
romance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will Eoghan achieve?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where will they live, train, and exist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will his work be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will he work for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these questions are physically
based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to do with what happens
in the novel and the realizations the characters make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this point, I can’t answer all these questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have my own ideas, and I’m formulating them, but from my experience,
it does no good to fully outline and answer every single question, because part
of the power in creative writing is to figure out ideas on the wing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially the detailed ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s enough to know they exist and they are
not direct physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if Eoghan wanted to become a football (soccer) star in Britain, he
might need to make some real physical changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s something entirely different.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional
changes – the emotional changes or mental changes are the ones we mainly expect
from modern protagonists and especially Romantic protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional are usually based on feelings while
mental are based on reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in
the emotional outlook, thoughts, beliefs, and perhaps feelings, as well as, the
interpretation of those things are mainly what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very complex issues and points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m mainly
writing about human interpretation of ideas and not the ideas themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those ideas are the mental part while
emotions are about how the characters see those ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, an idea or a fact is a fact no
matter what anyone thinks about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s
use for example, Eoghan and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does he view his mother’s interference in his life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Aine, I’d say he accepts it without
much thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what his life
and life is all about for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
Aine, Eoghan begins to see his mother’s interference and actions as not
positive at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction will be
driven by his mother’s response and actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With reflection, we should see Eoghan begin to change and moderate his
emotions and thoughts about his mother, or specifically, how he reacts to his
mother’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So, what I
expect is that Eoghan begins to resent his mother’s actions and interference
that will lead to tension and release in the novel followed by a resolute focus
where Eoghan will begin to ignore and accept his mother’s negative views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this all goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just one example of the many complex
situations about emotions I plan for the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Another is
about Aine and her feelings about Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the protagonist’s helper and not the protagonist, but I intend to develop
her in a very romance based manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with Aine is her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is used to aggressive men who deand what they want even to the point
of rape against women they desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, this rape concept is also called ancient marriage and was and is
practiced by less civilized cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea in ancient cultures is marriage is sex and sex is
marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a man had sex with a
woman, he took the responsibility for the progeny from that relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was responsible for the woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very patriarchal, but in might makes
right, you do have some choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death
and slavery is a couple of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, slavery or concubinage marriage is better than death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rape concept of what is considered
captive marriage is and was common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s just how the American Indian culture worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, that is the type of culture Aine
is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s in for a great
surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan
is nothing like the men she is used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is a man of honor and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means in the sense of the modern culture and society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rescues Aine because he would rescue
anyone, and Aine is unbelievably grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason is that she thought all hope was lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to paint this very strong scene in a
very poignant way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is completely
willing to give up everything to Eoghan because he saved her from the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would give up her virginity,
her freedom, her everything, and from her cultural world, she expects Eoghan to
take all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Eoghan would never think
of acting in that way to any woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine
is horrified that Eoghan doesn’t want her right then and right in the
open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a little insulted by
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already affected deeply and
emotionally by his rescue, Aine has a lot to process and think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m deciding just how deeply I want the
conversation to delve about this great problem for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this problem that starts as Aine’s
will very quickly become Eoghan’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s one of the very entertaining and fun parts of this novel I’m
developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is going to have to figure out how to capture not just the mind, but the heart
and soul of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once she learns what
in the world this silly love thing is all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will pursue Eoghan with a great fervor,
but she has to figure out just what love is all about, in this modern age, and
how to make Eoghan love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This causes
mental changes for Eoghan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">iii.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mental
changes – now we are moving into the norm for the modern novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also want to remind you that the
information here are sketches while the novel is the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point of this information is to define
the protagonist and potentially other important characters while defining the scope
and movement of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mental
changes are just he types of changes we in the Twenty-First Century are used to
in our thinking about the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, physical changes, although the norm for most earlier
literature, isn’t really what we think of in most modern literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example,
in Robinson Caruso, the major point of the novel is a survival and escape plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are mental changes involved, but the
main point of the novel is physical and not mental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we look at much of Charle Dickens’ novels,
we see something similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overall
plots are not mental, but physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
escape from poverty or from the current circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even George Eliot has a similar touch in her
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we can gain from this is a
couple of important points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is
that physical change in the protagonist can move mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can really produce a powerful novel and plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romantic protagonist
gives us a type of filter into the mind of the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that filter, we can see the motivations
and the reasons for the need of the protagonist to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t tell this, we must show it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The showing it part is always physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the mental.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
case of the novel Aine, I want to show how Eoghan changes mentally by the
influence of Aine and the circumstances around their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great hook in this novel is the emotional
and physical disturbance that Aine causes in the world and specifically, in
Eoghan’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What changes does Eoghan
need to make to achieve?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
first place, Eoghan needs to learn to love Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means he must learn about loving a
woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t as easy or flippant as
it might sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, we hope love comes
naturally to people, but what does that love look like and how does it manifest
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know, based on his character
that Eoghan is a solid and decent young man, but he is young and
inexperienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just has no idea how
to handle Aine and her personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll get more into this, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She isn’t the telic
flaw, but she is the focus of this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, she is the focal point that makes everything happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is typical in almost every novel, but
I’m not certain there is a name for this focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be considered the subject of the novel, and I’ve heard this
referred to as the cause—that’s where we get the telic flaw concept from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
telic flaw is by definition (in the Greek sense), the cause and the resolution
of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Telic, in Greek means the
intersection of the horizon with a vanishing point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both the beginning (cause) and the
end (conclusion), although the Greeks wouldn’t put it exactly that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Aine is the cause of all that will happen
to Eoghan, therefore, she could be called the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she isn’t the real problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s problems are extra Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Eoghan has problems outside
of Aine, but Aine is the thing, the cause, that will get Eoghan thinking and
changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
this reason, I’m calling Aine, and this concept in writing, the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the reason everything happens, but not
the telic flaw that needs resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
what does this have to do with mental changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is and will be a very peculiar person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a being out of time, which is exactly
what I aim for in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
my novels are about ancient people and beings caught up in modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows me to compare and expand for my
readers the events of the past as well as the people from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do this intentionally as opposed to
placing modern people in the past or writing a historical fiction novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to enable a comparison between
the times, the thoughts, and the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what is so delectable about Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Aine
is no girl from the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure
there are girls (women) like Aine in the modern world, but what is so powerful
is that Aine represents a culture, the ancient Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides me a circumstance of writing
about that culture and the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every reference Aine has is a reference from the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has no idea or concept of the present or
modern times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan will be an enigma
for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve mentioned this before, and
I’ll get into it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is Eoghan as
seen by Aine and the changes he must make mentally to resolve the telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
the first major or main change in Eoghan is to accept Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has never met a girl let alone a
person like her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his worldview, she
is crass, crude, dangerous, violent, emotional, somewhat underhanded, driven to
excess, uneducated, unrefined, uninformed, among other negatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these just aren’t her fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She can’t really help being uneducated by the
times—they passed her by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is
to get Eoghan to see the world from her standpoint, and also to see success
using her methods and her approaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
not saying that Aine has better ideas or ways of living, but she does have many
positives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is educated in living in the wild and
with nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s used to having
nothing and most of her life has been a real fight for survival and just to
eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a deity, but what does that
mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t need food or
sustenance to exist, but she desires it to live and for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Celtic deity, her desire is to provide
and to receive adulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sun
goddess and represents the growth of the crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most specifically she is “the Celtic sun goddess and goddess of wealth,
sovereignty, and summer. In Irish mythology, she is also a fairy queen and
goddess of the moon, earth, and nature, and could shapeshift into a red horse.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These abilities don’t necessarily make her
invincible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They imply and give her
powers and responsibilities that she then gives to the Celtic people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are also the things she knows and has
power over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the
reflected worldviews I use, the gods and goddesses have great powers, but their
powers are significantly limited by the constraints of their environment as
well as the limits of myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine can
bring wealth, sovereignty, and provide summer, but she can’t make the world
perpetual summer, that would destroy nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The longer and more power she applies to hold the world in summer, the
weaker she gets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, she can
bestow wealth, but that requires actions to produce wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more she has to do to bring it about, the
more power of the land it takes from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is very like the Fae—they also use the power of nature to use
glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine controls glamour but also
direct miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
main point of this is that Aine must convince Eoghan of her value and Eoghan
must come to terms with Aine’s personality and abilities or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must change and Eoghan must change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alliances required for the protagonist to resolve the
telic flaw – remember, none of this information is ever shared with the
reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This information might and may
be revealed, but only through actions and dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We show alliances, we don’t declare
alliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you might reach some point in a novel
where the characters come to some agreement to work together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that is an alliance, they can even call
it an alliance, but that should never be declared in the narration or by some
omniscient voice of the narrator, or any other such means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the author feels like a declaration of alliance
needs to be made, then that is expressed in dialog—that’s showing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve done this in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really haven’t called it an alliance perse,
but my characters have made agreements and contracts with each other to support
their goals, some mutual and some not so mutual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, back to Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The most obvious alliance is between Aine and
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be carefully and
deeply manufactured based on their personalities and likes and dislikes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to get the very strong willed
Aine to agree that she must depend on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this will be easy to show and to work since Aine starts entirely
and completely dependent on Eoghan. She has nothing in this world, no friends,
no acquaintances, no support, no money, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She starts emotionally and physically
dependent on Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just a nice
guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would never hold anything back
from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the fun of this novel
will be the clash between these two with Aine constantly reminding herself of
her own dependency and lack of everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then there are the other characters who will bring great fun into the
novel because of their closeness and alliances with Eoghan and then Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the point, Eoghan naturally brings
people into his camp—Aine does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
get to those alliances, next. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I want to do is to expand Aine’s world
in the novel while bringing Eoghan into the fold of the world and others in the
Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the beginning
of the novel, Eoghan’s only connectiona to the Organization, which I’ve
explained, and Stela, which I’ve explained, are his mother and his father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an isolated person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play his earlier
friends and acquaintances or if he has any.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I really want to build up is the relationships with the characters
I’ve developed and made in my other latest novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are specifically: Rose (Lady Tash,
Princess of the Fae), Seoirse (Lieutenant Wishart), Shiggy (Major Cross), Major
Cross (Shiggy’s husband), Luna Bolang (Colonel Bolang), Sorcha (Lieutenant
Colonel), Ms. O’Dwyer (Mrs. Marshall), and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to introduce Eoghan and then Aine to these people and bring him out of
his shell and into the community of his work and those who work for these
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The primary people I’d like Eoghan to meet
are Rose and Seiorse, but I’m not sure how I’ll play this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person I’d like Aine to become
acquainted with and friends with is Eoghan’s sister Aife (Eva).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva has desires for much more than she
currently has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants more from the
world and is something of a mirror to Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine and Eva will collude together to use Eoghan to get what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the best first contact is
with, Stela in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
would be Mrs. Marshall (Ms. O’Dwyer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ms. O’Dwyer is the head of Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the main connection to all the
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may also be some means of
connecting Eoghan to the others through the Black Branch and the Red
Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Red Branch is the Celtic
training island for men analogous to the Black Branch which is the Celtic
training island for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Celts had
strange ideas about warrior training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They believed women warriors should train men and women warriors should
train women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women were the
trainers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s odd in cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s fun about this is that Aine is not a
warrior of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan isn’t a
warrior either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, Rose
and Seoirse are warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to contrast
these two couples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the
point of the Eoghan and Aine pairing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the alliances I’d like to develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will build on these to eventually resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are enemies, like the antagonist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 72.75pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l27 level1 lfo22; text-indent: -18.75pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enemies required for the protagonist to resolve the telic
flaw – yes, there should and must be an antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In modern writing and literature, an indirect
antagonist is becoming more and more common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure if this is good or bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An indirect antagonist is like a nation, a government, nature, a
company, a religion, an idea, a concept, a force of nature, or an
organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors can make these
direct antagonist by turning them into a leader, a person in the government, a
god, the CEO, a priest or religious leader, a guru (one who sells and leads the
idea), a professor (one who sells and leads the concept), a spirit, or a
leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice each of these are
personifications of the broader organizations or concepts they represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we do with Aine?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problems in Aine relates to Stela and the
Organization and their connections to the British government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are really the indirect antagonists in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To personify these
antagonists, I should use the leaders and specifically Mrs. Marshall (Ms.
O’Dwyer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Mrs. Marshall isn’t
really opposed exactly to Aine or to Eoghan or to their desires and wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan’s mother and father are a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, the system and structure of the
organizations in authority here are somewhat opposed to the interests of Eoghan
and Aine only because of lack of knowledge and because of fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mrs. Marshall wants to protect Britain from
the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will view Aine as
a potential threat and Eoghan with Aine as a real threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan has much much more power than Aine in
many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clear in the
novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eoghan’s mother and father want what’s best
for Eoghan and his sister Eva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will
be offering something new and different to them both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The excitement and new worlds Aine offers are
really not from Aine herself only her rogue and uncontrolled nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine offers freedom and excitement and new
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These will be promoted by Rose
and Seoirse and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, I also want to show Rose and Lady
Wishart’s reconciliation in this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d like to have Eoghan and Aine bring them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lady Wishart is a wild child and a wild
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is independent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose is very similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my previous novel, they had a huge falling
out, caused by Rose to achieve her goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to show how Rose was thwarted and how she gained back some of
Lady Wishart’s trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That same change
will show trust to Eoghan and Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is another point about antagonists I’d
like to make and express.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the Christmas
Carol conundrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is an
interesting novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure if it is
the first novel that has a positive antagonist, but it’s one of the first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just what is a positive antagonist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, Scrooge, the
protagonist is not a nice person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
requires redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The antagonists
(enemies) are the spirits of Christmas past present and future with the overall
antagonist being good will, but really God Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a type of allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the point is that the antagonists in <i>A
Christmas Carol</i> are all good and not bad at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no negatives and no ill will about
Scrooge—they are all about helping Scrooge reach and resolve the telic
flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a new idea in literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In almost all literature prior to this novel,
the antagonist, by definition, attempted to prevent the protagonist from
achieving the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, this is turned on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, everyone knows this is a very effective
and entertaining novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason
alone, I think it might be one of Dickens best novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That means you can have an antagonist who is
or is not actively opposing the resolution of the telic flaw, but who isn’t
really an enemy or directly opposed to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It give the writer a sliding scale of the
antagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also means you can have
an antagonist who means well and hopes for the best for the protagonist, but at
the same time opposes the resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m likely going to put in Aine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The antagonist(s) are likely the Organization
and Stela along with others who believe they are helping Aine and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result will be something different
than any of them can imagine, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t friends or
working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point, for the
writer, is the telic flaw resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The antagonist causes opposition or as we see can actually aid in the
telic flaw resolution (<i>A Christmas Carol</i>) the point is to develop the
storyline and the characters in an entertaining fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That leads us to how we achieve this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s through the tension and release in the
scenes and directly through the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">d.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plots
required for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw – this is where it gets
easy and complicated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let me tell
you about plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We generally think of plots in novels as
singular, as in, Harry Potty’s first novel has a plot, but that’s not true at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be able to actually define the
singular or overall plot of any novel is nearly impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write nearly impossible, because I’m sure
many have tried and think they achieved some success, but if you look at any
novel in all of history, you will find many plots at least as many plots as
scenes in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, the idea of scenes isn’t a new one, but
it’s one most people and many writers don’t fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are made up of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, scenes are the final building
block of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene incorporates
a plot that leads to tension and release within the scene (or it should).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is usually of this form (99% of them):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rising action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Falling action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dénouement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The novel has many plots involved in the
development and expression of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One means of novel development is to pick plots to put into the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that a scene has at least
one plot, but it can have many plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can stack plots on plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, that’s what most really great and classic novels do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are plots on top of plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be an overall plot, like the
resolution of a mystery or a crime, but that’s just part of the many plots in
the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I mentioned mystery or crime specifically
because this is one of the easiest telic flaws to understand and describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic flaw of a mystery or crime novel is
the resolution of the mystery or the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How the mystery or crime gets resolved incorporates the many different
plots in scenes that all move toward the resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, the detective (crime) or mystery
plot is based on the resolution of the telic flaw or a mystery or a crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the other plots you will certainly see
in such a novel is one or most discovery plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each scene might have a discovery plot that drives it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The protagonist discovers some clue or clues
that help lead to the resolution of the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In detective and mystery novels, the reason
plot is almost always a part of the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The protagonist discovers something and makes inductive or deductive
conclusions or at least reasons about the discovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason is a type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scene with reason incorporated includes a
reason plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you can see a
single scene could easily incorporate both these plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some writers call this scenes and
sequels although I just call them all scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A scene, in this view, incorporates a plot that leads to a clue
(discovery is just one type), while a sequel is where the protagonist thinks
and perhaps makes a new discovery through reason, a mental expression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t see scenes this way at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write scenes that include the discovery as
well as the reasoning al the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
aren’t separate events or pieces in my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do think the scenes and sequels concept is a good way of thinking
about writing novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets the writer
into the idea of scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scenes are
where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll list the
potential plots form the list of classics, and discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>I evaluated the plots from the list of 112 classics and categorized them
according to the following scale:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong> (o) – These are the three overall plots we defined
above: redemption, achievement, and revelation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) – There are plots that fall under the idea
of the achievement plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong>(q) – These are plots based on a personal or
character quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong>(s) – These are plots based on a setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong>(i) – These are plots based on an item.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let’s write about the overall plots a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place, a novel is never a single
plot, and not even a single overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can find some plots sticking out further and stronger than others,
but except for the three great overall plots of redemption, revelation, and
achievement, you can’t really get any more detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with simple novels, perhaps you can,
but most novels are not simple, let’s hope, and few of the classics could be
considered simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at the
overall and the other plots in detail, but the critical point for a writer to
understand is the scene.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Plots take place in scenes and scenes define the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With about two to three scenes per chapter
and about twenty chapters in a full length novel, we can expect about forty to
sixty scenes with, let’s say an average of fifty in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each scene is defined by a plot with tension
and release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should go back to the
overall makeup of the novel to compare, and to make this relationship of plot
to the novel very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the outline
for most classics and about 99% of all novels:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The initial scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rising action
scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The climax scene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The falling action
scene(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l29 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: #333333;">dénouement scene(s)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is how we write novels, and it’s all about scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No single plot covers the entire novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, there might be an overall
plot, for example redemption, revelation, and or achievement, but there is
usually no singular plot that defines the entire novel, other than these
overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you find is that in
each scene, there is some plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
plot leads to tension and release in the scene and that scene forwards the
overall telic flaw resolution in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me take a step back and define the novel itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To write a novel, we require a protagonist with a telic flaw, an antagonist,
and a setting (at least initial).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
telic flaw is the telic flaw of the novel, it is not necessarily a flaw in the
protagonist, but rather the flaw in the world the protagonist must resolve, not
solve, but resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give my
favorite and the easiest telic flaw to understand—the mystery telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have a mystery that needs to be solved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a Romantic novel, the only person in the world who can solve this
mystery is the Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the classics or a non-Romantic novel, the protagonist is usually one of the few
in the world who might have a chance at resolving the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the telic flaw is exclusive to the
novel and to the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
some connection between the two, but that’s getting into the complexities of
the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reason we say to resolve and not solve is that, for example, the mystery
might be a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is usually
impossible to bring back the dead, so the resolution will usually be determining
the mystery, catching the criminal (murderer), and resolving the issues around
the crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, if you look through the type of plots, there is no murder plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Murder isn’t a plot as much as it’s a crime,
immorality, or betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can fit into
all or any of these, plus others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for the murder can also be fit into many plots: money, miscommunication,
love triangle, vengeance, escape, rejection, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many many basic plots that can be
the cause the and result of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we expect our protagonist to determine the criminal, bring them in to
justice, and resolve the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
question then is how and why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must
be a how, to the murder and the resolution as well as a why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The murder could be justified or it could be
accidental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resolution could be very
positive or very negative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
protagonist resolves the telic flaw, that is a comedy and when the telic flaw
overcomes the protagonist, that is a tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, we stack plots in scenes to resolve the ultimate telic flaw of
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most cases, we only want
and allow a single telic flaw in a novel, but many of the short story type
novels, like <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>The Martian Chronicles </i>have made
multiple telic flaws with multiple protagonists popular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually there should be only one telic flaw
per protagonist per novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not a
hard a fast rule, but a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Messing with one telic flaw effectively is enough for most writers, and
to tell the truth, short story type novels with more than one protagonist and
potentially more than one telic flaw is exhausting to the reader as well as to
the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find <i>Game of Thrones</i>
to be unreadable although it fits for a motion picture or television
series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, let’s start with the basics: a single protagonist with a telic flaw, an
antagonist, and a setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The telic
flaw is a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We start with an
initial scene, and I guess, I’ll continue from there, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The initial scene introduces the protagonist, the telic flaw, the initial
scene, and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like to use a protagonist’s helper in my
novels because I write Romantic novels with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, the initial scene is the meeting of
the protagonist and the antagonist or the protagonist’s helper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice that in Aine, this is the exact initial
scene I’m developing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
ways to develop the initial scene, but none quite as effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you notice, most initial scenes will have a plot entirely different than
the overall plot of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, in a mystery novel, the characters can’t just start looking for the resolution
of the mystery, well I guess they can, but usually, you need to introduce the
mystery—the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on the
type and storyline of the novel, the introduction of the mystery might be
through a discovery plot, a travel plot, a money plot, a legal plot, or a mix
of any of the plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the
impoverished protagonist might inherit a house, travel to the house, and discover
there is some mystery in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s a money, legal, travel, and discovery plot all in the initial
scene and we are only introducing and unveiling the mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Once the protagonist, the antagonist (or the protagonist’s helper), the
telic flaw, and the initial setting are introduced, the novel can move apace
into the next scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These scenes form
the rising action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rising action,
the expectation is that every scene will support the movement toward the climax
and the resolution of the telic flaw, but many of these scenes incorporate different
plots in themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that most
of these scenes will incorporate multiple plots to move the novel to the resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the next scene might include
travel to the city to research in the library and the protagonist might meet
his or her girlfriend or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plots
for the scene are then travel, discovery, and romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the author might just pick some plots to
increase the excitement in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian might be secretly trying to solve the mystery too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives a potential betrayal plot as will
as a possible vengeance plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one
scene the protagonist might be injured or get sick—that gives an illness plot
in a scene or more than one scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
librarian might break into the house to find more clues—that’s a crime plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here's the point, every scene includes a plot, many times multiple plots,
all of these plots combining to move the rising action to the climax and the
telic flaw (mystery, in this case) resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Novels are not about a single plot or even a single overall plot—they are a
bundle of plots held together by scenes—the scenes incorporating plot(s) that
all lead to the climax and resolution of the telic flaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this reason alone, we can look at the
list of plots and choose them to incorporate, or not, into the novel we intend
to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just what I want to do
with Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I looked at each novel and pulled out the plot types, the telic flaw,
plotline, and the theme of the novel. I didn’t make a list of the themes,
but we identified the telic flaw as internal and external and by plot
type. This generally gives the plotline. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"></span><strong>Overall (o) – as
I wrote, when we converse about plots in a novel, we generally mean an overall
plot, but in reality, novels usually don’t have an overall plot, not in the
sense we usually mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to find
some physical plot that defines the novel, but I really challenge you to do
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reviewing the classics, I found
no such singular overall plot, but rather many plots in every novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did find three general overall plots in
every novel with subplots of these that then form the novel itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>These overall plots are very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do define the novel, and they are
historically defined and show an evolution with novel design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, we find early novels with the
overall achievement plot followed by the revelation plot and finally most
modern novels with some degree of a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not to say there are no early examples
of a redemption plot, but the history of novels and of writing fiction, in
general, follows an evolution of ideas and writing skills and styles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shouldn’t be surprising that Robinson
Caruso is all about achievement (escape from an island) while Harry Potty is
all about redemption (from the evil Voldermort and his evil wizards)--and Harry
Potty is just one hack example.</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, about overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are definitely something we should evaluate and choose for our
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times the specifics of the
telic flaw and it’s resolution will define the overall plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, stuck on an island or solve a
crime or solve a mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These types of
novels almost always devolve into achievement plots, although they can rise to
a more details and internal plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>When I write detailed and internal, I don’t mean that as a
pejorative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You find great novels that
are all about achievement, but the really great and indeed the modern classics
are all about redemption as well as achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoops, I wrote it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all novels start with an achievement
premise and telic flaw, but the overall telic flaw usually becomes one of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get into the idea of
redemption when we address it next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be exactly what you are thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Redemption (o) – 17i, 7e, 23ei, 8 – 49% - I
should start with achievement as a plot, but I’ll go for the best, but latest
first—redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Redemption means to be
redeemed from something—this might sound overly simple and repetitive, but the
point is that many might imagine redemption is about the soul or spirit, in the
sense of being religiously redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Religious redemption isn’t necessarily what redemption means—that is
only one type of redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A person
can be redeemed from their abusive lifestyle or from sickness or from
poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most important part of
redemption, however, is that the person, the protagonist changes mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point of redemption of any type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can have a redemption plot where the protagonist finds his or her place
with God in a spiritual sense, but usually, and in most literature, that’s not
what we are writing about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
writing about the change of heart and mind of the protagonist that propels them
out of whatever bad place they happen to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why redemption is such a powerful and popular plot type, and
especially an overall plot type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
redemption plot is really the bread and butter of overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, we pretty much expect these types of
plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It isn’t enough that Harry Potty overcome his enemies in whatever version of
the seven novels about him, what really matters is how he has changed inside
that allows him to overcome his doubts, fears, and problems so he can be
redeemed by the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, Harry Potty is
obviously an overall redemption plot, especially the first novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are all redemption to some degree
or other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just aren’t as powerful
as they should be, even as redemption plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we really want in a novel is an full on redemption of the
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I plan in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan needs to find himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
really isn’t from an abusive background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His parents are kind but controlling—that’s still not enough reason for
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Eoghan needs is to find
what he really wants and to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I’m going to build is that Eoghan needs Aine and Aine needs
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to put them together in a
romance and helping relationship where they are both changed for the
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine integrates into the modern
world and Eoghan finds his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
will have to change mentally, emotionally, and intellectually to be achieve
this—that’s a type of redemption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revelation (o) –2e, 64, 1i – 60% - the
revelation plot broadly precedes the redemption plot in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this type of plot, the novel reveals
usually a character but many times some other aspect in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the protagonist is the focus of the
novel, the revelation must be part of the protagonist and the telic flaw, but
you can see the revelation can be a mystery or a crime the protagonist must
solve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Revelation plots are still very popular and successful, but the revelation
plot turns easily into a redemption plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Revelation very quickly turns to a need to be redeemed plot or the
redemption premise becomes part of the redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll point out <i>A Christmas Carol </i>as an
example<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a revelation plot with a
redemption premise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example is
the Harry Potty books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all
redemption plots wrapped around revelation plots.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is perhaps the best modern type of novel—it keeps the level of
excitement high through revelations and the overall plot balanced with the redemption
plot and the end or telic flaw.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not to say you won’t find many purely revelation novels or redemption
novels without a high degree of revelation, but revelation is a very powerful
type of plot and overall plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What we can see already is that the overall plots are mixed up with each
other in the same way the other plots are all mixed up with each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I intend the revelation plot to be a very large part of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment of the novel, the world
of the supernatural and of the Scottish National Park system as well as certain
aspects of British intelligence system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what my novels are all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did I have to mention Eoghan’s and Eva’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these and more are revelation targets in
the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Achievement (o) – 16e, 19ei, 4i, 43 – 73% -
notice all the classic with an achievement plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s because achievement was one of the
first overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fits very well
into the scheme of the novel, but it was pretty quickly eclipsed by the
revelation and the redemption plots because those are much more important once
people get out of a starvation culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
achievement of certain overall goals still make a great overall plot, but once
people have food in their bellies, a job, and purpose or at least
entertainment, they become more interested in the whys rather than the
whats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they have achieved, they are
more interested in the reveling and the redeeming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is also why young adult and children’s novels are usually about
achievement rather than revelation and redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we should explain about
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Achievement, as a plot, is about achieving some goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso is considered the first novel
in the English language—it’s overall plot is all about rescue and
survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rescue and survival are
obviously achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some
touches of revelation in the novel, but not many any there is no
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robinson Caruso didn’t need
to change at all to achieve his goals—he needed to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we get into the true Romantic Era with Sir Walter Scott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his greatest works is Ivanhoe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivanhoe is about achievement—the achievement
of peace and success for the Saxons in Norman French England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also touches of revelation, but
achievement is the goal and the main point of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That brings us into the Victorian Era and let’s pick one of those dead male
writers academia shears to hate like Jane Austin, George Elliot, or maybe the
Bronte sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, they are female authors
in their own right and the crowns of the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pick at least a male, like
Dickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at Oliver Twist, for
example, there is a novel about achievement with a huge touch of
revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Moonstone is the first
detective novel, and all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget Dracula, also all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then back to Jane and Pride and Prejudice,
that is a novel almost entirely taken up with revelation with the final act the
revelation of the affections of the antagonist for the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end is an achievement, matrimony, but
everything else is all about revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That then brings us up to the modern Romantic Era—the Modern Era for
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the Era of
redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go over it again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The achievement
plot is the basis for all other plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Readers expect some achievement basis that then has a revelation and
redemption component. So, what will be the achievement basis for Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I’ll start with the idea of Eoghan becoming integrated into the
Organization and the Stela part of the intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has skills they could use as well as
leadership skills from his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva
can also tag along with this basic achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself wants to integrate and she wants the love of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Achievement </strong>(a) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Detective or mystery (a) – 56, 1e – 51% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Revenge or vengeance (a) –3ie, 3e, 45 – 46% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Zero to hero (a) – 29 – 26% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Romance (a) –1ie, 41 – 37% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Coming of age (a) –1ei, 25 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Progress of technology (a) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Discovery (a) – 3ie, 57 – 54% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Money (a) – 2e, 26 – 25% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Spoiled child (a) – 7 – 6% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Legal (a) – 5 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Self-discovery (a) – 3i, 12 – 13% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Guilt or Crime (a) – 32 – 29% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Proselytizing (a) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Reason (a) – 10, 1ie – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Escape (a) – 1ie, 23 – 21% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Knowledge or Skill (a) – 26 – 23% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Secrets (a) – 21 – 19% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Quality</strong> (q) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Messiah (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. Adultery (qa) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Rejected love (rejection) (q) – 1ei, 21 –
20% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Miscommunication
(q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Love triangle
(q) – 14 – 12% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Betrayal (q) –
1i, 1ie, 46 – 43% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Blood will out or fate (q) –1i, 1e, 26 – 25%
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Psychological (q) –1i, 45 – 41% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. Magic (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>10. Mistaken identity (q) – 18 – 16% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Illness (q) – 1e, 19 – 18% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Anti-hero (q) – 6 – 5% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Immorality (q) – 3i, 8 – 10% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>14. Satire (q) – 10 – 9% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>15. Camaraderie (q) – 19 – 17% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>16. Curse (q) – 4 – 4% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>17. Insanity (q) – 8 – 7% <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>18. Mentor (q) – 12 – 11% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Setting</strong> (s) – the first stop in Greece was
Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tour was great, but the
lunch okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could have used a Greek
salad and a Mythus beer, but there was an okay buffet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been to Greece many times before and to
Olympus more than once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I set a couple
of my novels in Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like
Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve even had my characters go
to Olympus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just as I described
it and just as I remembered it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
they have a new entry and gatehouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s where we write about setting and the setting plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Just by picking Greece and places in Greece as a setting, I’ve enacted a
setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be Greece as
a setting, and the reality is that Greece is a setting while a setting plot is a
setting that automatically starts a type of plot based wholly on the setting,
so, no, Greece is not a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greece
is just a type of setting, and a great setting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In a setting plot, the setting itself determines the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will become clearer as we develop the
idea of a setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great type of
setting, like Greece, makes for a great setting—a great place to launch a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is why I choose very specific places or
setting for my novels and my plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you haven’t noticed, I choose settings based very specifically on my
protagonist and my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
novels I set in Greece are there because of the protagonist and the
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Setting plots are similar,
but different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, a setting
plot is a setting plot because of the type of plot as compared to the type of
setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really won’t get deeply into
the details of building a setting, but suffice to say, the initial setting of
the novel is critical to the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
comes from the protagonist and the setting of the initial scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there, the scenes build on their input
and output sequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how we
might use setting plots in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. End of the World (s) – 3 – 3% - I don’t
intend to use any type of this plot although I think you can use a limited end
of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to explain how
the setting creates or develops the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In this case, if you have an end of the world setting, you will have an
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t get
away from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true of most (all)
setting plots, and this is the problem with the setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have a certain type of setting, you
pretty much must include that setting plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is especially true of the end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I can’t imagine how you can’t have
the end of the world plot without an end of the world setting and visa
versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the bigger question is can you set up an end of the world plot that
isn’t really about the end of the world—the answer is, yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a matter of fact, Harry Potty is a limited
end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How’s that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty is a limited end of the world
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of the world is the end of
the wizarding world and the Harry Potty world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Really, who cares?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, who
cares about the end of the wizarding world that no one except the magic folks
can even know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of Harry Potty’s
world doesn’t mean any negative affect on the rest of the world, but it gives
you an understanding of how to write a limited end of the world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If it is the end of something important like a business, an era, a nation,
an idea, a philosophy, a theology, or anything like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything that is valuable and that will
change people’s lives or existence can be developed into an end of the world
type plot, and used very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m opposed to the end of the world plot because since Noah, it has been
stale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There really was an end of the
world, the rest are just facetious and silly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean really, the closest humanity has come
to the end of the world is a nuclear war, but it hasn’t happened and even the
couple of nuclear events that we know affected humanity, didn’t come close to
destroying the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, such an
event, like the bombing of a city or destruction can be a limited end of the
world plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the case of Aine, I could present an end of the world she knows, but that
would only affect her and no one else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An end of the world plot of any size must affect a large number of
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One or two isn’t enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A business might be enough, but it should
affect more than a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should really
affect a community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I don’t think an
end of the world plot is suitable for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A limited end of the world plot might be a great fit in some
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t recommend an all out end
of the world plot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>2. War (s) – 20 – 18% - the war plot is perhaps
the most useful plot in all literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was totally misused and not used enough during the Victorian
Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason the Victorians were
embarrassed by sex, sickness, toilet work, basics of work, household stuff, and
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why they didn’t like to write about
war is silly to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the few war
plots you get are real classics from the era, like Dickens, <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The few war plots from this era are usually classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how can you use the war plot?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can obviously go for the full-on war plot—you can place your novel in a
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That setting can be either in the
midst of the fighting, in support of the fighting, the home front with the
soldiers, the home front with non-fighters, or about anything else you can
think of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This variety is what makes the
war plot and the war setting so powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also brings up the question why the Victorians didn’t use the war
plot when there were wars going on all around them and during their times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just didn’t like the war setting, I
guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the war plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my writing I use the cold war concept to develop my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all of my writing has a war plot or
setting, but much of it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost all
of my published science fiction has a war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of my other fiction is set either during
wars or in cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence
setting (which is a war setting) makes for a great war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me give you some ideas and write about
it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the intelligence business, there is overt and covert operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of these support a war setting and a war
plot—they aren’t about hot wars, usually, they are all about cold wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the basis for my work in the
military.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the war setting in many
if not most of my writing, and if it isn’t a war setting or plot, the novels or
characters have a connection to the intelligence business and therefore to the
war plot and setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Essie:
Enchantment and the Aos Si</i>, the Aos Si is characterized as being at war
with Ceridwen and therefore with England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, in the same novel, Mrs. Lyons is the wife of Lt Col Lyons
who runs the Organization a language intelligence service and operation under
the MI structure (it used to be MI-19).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, even this novel that is only loosely connected to a war setting is
really a war plot with a war setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Who would imagine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The intelligence structure and operations make for great war settings even
when they are not full-on war settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the type of environment (setting) I like to work with and in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will be like this, too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, Eoghan and his family are connected to the intelligence structure
through the Organization (MI-19) and Stela, a branch under the Organization
that protects Britain from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This automatically places the setting in a type of war setting—it is an
intelligence and cold war type setup, but the challenge is from the
supernatural as well as the other political and hegemonic enemies of
Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intelligence agents and
operatives are working to protect and help protect Britain even if there is no
hot war going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll describe more
about how I’ll use this plot and setting, next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We have Eoghan who is an agent for Stela—even if he doesn’t fully understand
what Stela is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steal, I’ll remind you is
the British intelligence agency under the Organization that is the past
MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll write about the MI
structure just for kicks and grins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In WWII, the MI structure included MI-1 through MI-19 excluding MI-13 and
MI-18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They just weren’t used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the MIs except MI-5, MI-6, and MI-19 were
absorbed into MI-5 and MI-6 or other military and civilian government
agencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know what happened to MI-5
and MI-6—they are still around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big
question is what happened to MI-19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have no real idea, but MI-19 was the prisoner interrogation arm of the MI
structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It handled mostly Germans,
but obviously all the other prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To do that, you need to be able to speak the languages of the
prisoners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every military intelligence
system or structure must have a foreign language group attached to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A foreign language group handles three levels
of language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Basic language intelligence – this
is the detailed knowledge of a foreign language for the purpose of training,
translations, and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
operatives who may be first language speakers of the foreign language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These people understand, for example, English
and their primary language very well, their language perfectly, but may have
accents and not a perfect understanding of English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can’t pass as a British citizen in their
appearance or their English pronunciation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Mid-grade language intelligence –
these are British citizens whose primary language is usually British English,
but their secondary language is good, but not perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their appearance usually doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t need to look or sound like a
perfect British citizen, but they usually need to seem like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the operatives who usually
accomplish prisoner interrogations and expatriate and defector debriefings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can additionally occasionally be used as
basic language operatives, but usually their secondary language skills aren’t
good enough to be basic language operatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Usually, they have accents in their secondary language that makes them
unusable in the highest classification of language spies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo28; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Language intelligence agents—these
are British citizens whose primary language is British English, who have one or
more secondary languages that they learned in the country of question, and who
look undoubtably like a British citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their language skill in English is perfect with no foreign accent and
their secondary language skill is street level with no British accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are your covert agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should note that there is a subgroup of
these agents who might understand a secondary language perfectly, but have some
accent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are less useful, but can
play a role as an agent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters
I usually write about are these agents.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let me explain a little bit about language intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll do that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where is MI-19?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nations don’t get rid
of their most powerful intelligence organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why in my novels, MI-19 became, the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They support foreign
language operations and provide foreign language operatives and agents to the
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their agents and operatives are
found in the other military intelligence agencies, MI-5 and MI-6, and
specifically in the foreign office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
of the Organization’s operatives are in the Organization, but some are shared
with other intelligence and government offices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The greatest use of agents is in the foreign office and in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are many uses for language intelligence assets, but the highest use is
the covert surveillance of foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This usually happens around the embassies and foreign dignitaries like ambassadors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most common overt and covert operations
are just listening through all kinds of means to foreign actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For listening, in this sense, you don’t need
the really high end level three language intelligence agents—you just need operatives
at the first level. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, for covert
operations, you must have level three agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What exactly does a level three agent do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In language intelligence, these are listeners
who, look like they could never be listeners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the backbone of covert language operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the main, these are the young and totally
British looking secretaries, guards, muscle, and lower level people who are
full-on language experts with intimate understanding of the targeted language
or languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might accompany an
ambassador in all kinds of capacities, and they act in these capacities, but
their real reason for being is that they can surreptitiously listen and report
on conversations around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
rarely known to the ambassador or British secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They never let on their language skills
because that would compromise their covert positions and the
effectiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If an enemy sees a lower
level pure British looking subject in a group, they are very likely to
communicate openly with other members of their own group in a way that might
give up great intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, these
agents can check translators and translations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reports go secretly through the intel system and come back to the
ambassador or secretary via classified means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Meanwhile, no one expects the lower level secretary to the ambassador or
secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The enemy feels like they can
speak plainly around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also
why guards and muscle make great covert language agents—who would expect the
MI-6 muscle protecting an ambassador or secretary to know the language?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially those who don’t look like the culture
or society in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why
looking like a common British citizen is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember the first language and covert agent
of the Brits in India?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least the
first written about in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
you remember <i>Kim</i> by Rudyard Kipling?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Kim was a child who was brought up and lived on the streets of India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the child of a Brit and an
Irishman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked nothing like the
Indians around him, but he knew their languages at the street level, and he
knew the people and their culture at an intimate level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was, for all practical purposes, an Indian
person in the body of a British citizen—this is the perfect language
intelligence asset and agent (spy).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
do you get a person like this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll show
you that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Like Kim, language spies and agents, in general, came and come from those
children born of British citizens who grew up in foreign environments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are many times the children of foreign
secretaries, ambassadors, and military people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the British empire wound down and caved in on itself, another and
better source became more prevalent—missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children of foreign secretaries and
ambassadors are only a small resource and tend to be of the class that doesn’t
need much employment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The British
military has been reduced to mostly embassy assignments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Missionaries go to very exotic locations,
live there, and have children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
children grow up learning the languages on the street—they are the main modern
source of the level three language agents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only other source comes from mixed families, however, there are a
couple of problems with these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first
is that a great language agent looks completely British and not like they could
ever understand the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
allows covert actions and operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The other is accent and street wise understanding of the culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless properly trained, many mixed families
don’t pass the necessary accents and street understanding of their own cultures
as well as the British culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are
necessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are also infiltration operations and covert operations within groups
as agents, however, these are less common and there is an obvious tendency to use
local people and not citizens in these operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A British citizen caught in covert operations
within another country faces exposure, punishment, and potentially death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, a foreign national caught
operating either legally or illegally in their own nation can be tried for
treason, but usually such indirect connections, especially in the third world,
are difficult to expose and more difficult to prosecute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact a citizen is selling or discovering
information for Britian in their own nation usually has a commercial reason,
however, if a little military or other information happens to make it into the
briefing, who’s to say it wasn’t just for commercial reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, how do you use these language experts,
and how will I use them in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the language experts, operatives and agents from the Organization
and Stela in my novels as embassy secretaries and muscle as well as operatives
in the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I follow the main
tenants of the language intelligence structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many of my characters are shares from the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They work in MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t written about MI-5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not as familiar with their operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might ask why I write about the French
and British language intelligence and intelligence operations when I’m not
British or French.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is
easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to work for the US
government in Special Missions and Special Operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t write about those operations, but I
can write about the similar British and French operations because they are
similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In Aine, I will use the Organization and Stela as the main agencies of Eoghan
and his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my finished novel, <i>Deirdre:
Enchantment and the School </i>Dierdre and Sorcha met Elaina who is the mother
of Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elaina was recruited by Luna
Bolang for Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has issues and
powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already mentioned about this,
and they directly affect Eoghan and his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Much of the novel will be about the problem of Aine which is that she is a goddess
and Stela would be very interested in her is they knew about her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the secret and one of the
mysteries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The readers and Eoghan will
know who Aine is from the beginning, but the fun use of the reveal of this
secret will be a driver in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both the reveal and the threat of revelation will be the fun and
entertaining part of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
will have a lot to do with Stela and the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela because of the supernatural, but the
Organization because of the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is where we get the language intelligence and the war plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan is trained in modern English, Celtic, Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon, the Fae
language, and maybe other ancient British languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are his language skills for the
Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These re his intelligence
skills, and he will need them. He will have to be the communicator and
translator for Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His sister, Eva,
will be about to communicate in these languages as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The war will be a cold one that threatens to become a hot one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The war will be the silent one between the
supernatural forces, the gods, goddesses, Fae, and other creatures and the
humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is some degree of conflict
between humans and the Fae because of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other creatures have their disputes with humans as well—that is Eoghan’s
job, to make things right with the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is supernatural, so she will fit into the bailiwick of Eoghan and
his sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem will be that
Eoghan and Eva will want to keep Aine’s existence and being on the down
low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be many reasons for
this, but if you can imagine that Aine is not just a goddess, but a Fae Queen,
as well as a symbol of the power of Ireland, then you might be able to see some
of the real issues she could cause, or that her presence could cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be the war setting and the war
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not a full on setting or
plot, but it’s like the cold war with secrets and secret actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see how this all works out, but that’s
about it for the war setting and plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>3. Anti-war (s) –2 – 2% - if you notice there
are only two classics that have an anti-war plot—the reason should be obvious
to the most casual observer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who
has any knowledge of history knows that anti-war is much more dangerous for
humans than war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History shows that a
war can completely end not just a nation but a society and a culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Carthaginians, for example, were completely
eradicated as a people, a culture, and a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were about the most evil culture known
to man—infant slaughter (sacrifice) and other atrocities, and the Romans
finally got tired of fighting them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the third war against them, they annihilated their people, their capital, tore
it down and salted the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
great day for humanity, but a lesson for the ages that war can indeed solve a
problem and end real evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The trite claim that war doesn’t solve anything is haunted by the ghosts of
the Carthaginians—war did, indeed solve all their problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, you might think that we should promote
anti-war so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so, we should promote security like the
Greeks and Romans so we don’t end up like the Carthaginians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the lesson of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anit-war is considered an irrational idea and
plot, and although many have used it, there are only two classics and they are
basically worthless, in my opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus
anti-war doesn’t provide a great setting or plot anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you want to use an anti-war plot, I’d recommend it as a satire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t intend to use the anti-war plot in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might introduce a little satire
about anti-war because of just who Aine is, but I don’t know how I might
introduce or use it at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>4. Travel (s) –1e, 62 – 56% - it’s pretty
ironic that three of the most important and earliest novels are based on a
travel plot: <i>Genji</i>, <i>Don Quixote</i>, and <i>Robinson Caruso</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason this is ironic is that many if not
most of the novels between the earliest and the modern tend not to include
travel plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the Victorian Era came
to an end and in Romantic plotted and protagonisted novels we see them take off
with many travel based plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, almost everything Robert Louis Stevenson wrote has a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stevenson was a Romantic writer and one of
the Victorian Era breakout writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
of Dickens’ novels include travel plots, however, most of the Victorians didn’t
change their settings much or move their characters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you remember, one of the major characteristics of the Romantic
protagonist is travel—usually from their rural roots to the urban, at least at
first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What the modern world brought,
along with all the other conveniences was the ability to travel quickly and
easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In England, the train started
this general ability to travel, but the automobile, plane, and others brought
about the revolution in travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
already noted Romantic characters tend to move away from their rural roots to
the urban, they also travel a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
travel plot isn’t just the initial plot, like <i>Robinson Caruso</i> that
starts the novel, it can also be like <i>Don Quixote</i>, and propel the entire
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is interesting is we see this
penchant to travel in the earlier epics just think of <i>The Odessey</i>, <i>The
Iliad</i>, as well as the Arthur, Parzival, and Osorio epics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even Beowulf includes a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s funny that writing seemed to settle down
a little in a certain period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, we see the travel plot well used in the classics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My novels all have a Romantic plot and Romantic protagonists, you can guess,
there must be travel plots in all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love travel plots, and you should too. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel plots are primo just because we want to
start our Romantic protagonist in the rural and then move them to an even more
interesting and unfamiliar urban setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The urban setting allows them to really use their special skills—those
generally developed in their original setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Harry Potty runs this a little backward, which is a great use of the
travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her characters generally
start in the urban, but then move to the rural, which is Hogwarts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intermittently, we get movement back and
forth rural to urban and urban to rural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The use of the travel plot is especially well developed in Harry
Potty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, this is the most
proper use of the travel plot, plus, a novel doesn’t really include a travel
plot unless something happens during the travels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry Potty’s travel plots usually use the
primary travel to introduce new characters, introduce plots, do a little
foreshadowing, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A terrible use
of a travel plot is where your characters just take a bus somewhere, the bus,
train, plane, automobile ride are all opportunities for dialog and
communication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dialog from the writer’s
standpoint, and communication from the character’s standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many other things you can do during
the travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel, <i>Seoirse:
Enchantment and the Assignment</i>, Rose sets up training for Seoirse during
their helicopter trip from Monmouth to the Isle of Shadows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, Rose trains her cadets, but
we don’t get to see this, we just know of it from the dialog between Seoirse
and his instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great use of a
helicopter trip, that’s just what Rose thought, and one of her tools to continue
to encourage and seduce Seoirse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now,
about the use of the travel plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll write about that, next.<i> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts with a travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is traveling to a Scottish National Park to get rid of a Fae
issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I write get rid of, I mean
to negotiate and accommodate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are too powerful for even some other Fae to handle, so unless we are writing
about Rose or one of the Fae royalty, there is little chance to defeat the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This traveling gets Eoghan in the
vicinity of Aine and her place of incarceration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The second travel plot is when Aine and Eoghan head back to his place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there must be a third and perhaps a
forth travel plot when Aine and Eoghan go to Stela HQ and then to the training
points as required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure at all
how I’ll work this last part out, but the rest is pretty clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the circumstances of this novel point to
the need and development of travel plots to resolve the telic flaw issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recognize that Eoghan is a Romantic
protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He must move from the rural
to the urban or close enough. He will eventually go from Scotland to London,
definitely a movement from rural to urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, Eoghan will need to move around more than that to
accommodate and work with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is
an especially troublesome girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
what makes things fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The travel plots will be introduced as plots or developments for Eoghan,
Aine, and Eva to prosper and to grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be happy to get out from under Eoghan and Eva’s parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their parents are nice, but ewww.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That’s not eww in a nasty sense, but eww in a parental overcontrol
helicopter mother sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’ll
play the father as helping, but I’ll be careful about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t need father to get on the bad side
of mother, especially with her powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is pretty powerful too, but she won’t want to use her powers
against her declared boyfriend’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She’s not stupid.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We will have and develop a fun travel plot based on all of this, but they
will be supporting and not overall plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Remember, the overall plot is a redemption plot based on Eoghan’s
needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll work toward that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s my conclusions about the travel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m not sure you can write any good modern novel without some travel
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Romantic protagonist demands a
good travel plot, at least moving from the rural to the urban.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might put this plot ahead of the initial
scene, that’s possible, but difficult to work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if the protagonist mustn’t travel to get
to the urban, there are more reasons for travel and especially in the modern
world and with a Romantic protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel
is just a good common plot in all modern novels—use it when necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>5. Totalitarian (s) – 1e, 8 – 8% - the
totalitarian plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the Victorian Era, everyone except the USA was under a monarchy—wait
for it, a monarchy is always a totalitarian regime therefore all Victorian and
other novels under a government with a king was a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Victorian Era, no one knew or cared
about being in a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, we know better, I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Look, a totalitarian plot is a plot that involves the government as a
non-republic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might even say
non-democratic, but many democratic governments in history have been considered
tyrannical and totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
totalitarian plot is about a plot where the government extends its power into
the realm of normal human operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is why most Victorian and other plots aren’t considered
totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The monarch might have
been dictators, but they mainly left the people alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the kings or queens got involved with the
people, negatively, that’s a totalitarian plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In modern Britian, I think there is scope for an easy totalitarian plot, but
most people don’t see the British government that way so it is hard to make
that argument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, I have
used in novels, the Soviet regime, the Chinese Communist Regime, the German
National Socialist (Nazi) regime, and the Vichy French Regime—and these are
definitely totalitarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally, I
have used a science fiction world setting in <i>Escape from Freedom</i> which
is also a totalitarian regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I don’t intend to put a totalitarian plot in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could, but I don’t think it would resonate
or be very worthwhile for the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move to the next plot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>6. Horror (s) – 15 – 13% - ho ho, this is one
of the best plots ever because it can reside in almost any novel from comedy to
whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to have a
horror novel to include a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All horror is, is a little fear, scaring, or disturbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hey, there are many definitions for horror,
but I think you get the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you can
understand this about fear, scaring, and disturbing, it’s all about feeling and
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the pathos of the reader
not the characters—or rather, the pathos created by the author fills the reader
and not the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want our
readers to feel fear, be scared, or be disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not so much into disturbed because we
aren’t about grossing out our readers, but pulling them a little out of their
comfort zone is what horror is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How do we invoke horror?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’d say it’s all about setting, feeling, and style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, I’m going to ask you to change
up your style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might like to write
unicorns and rainbows—that’s great, but a few dangerous unicorns or ominous
rainbows can move the tension in the scene to horror—okay a little fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I’m aiming for.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When you present a scene—set a scene that is supposed to be scary and tense,
set it to be scary and tense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s all
that horror is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is that there
is no reason to shy away from a little horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some people even make a living and write horror based novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novel, <i>Escape from Freedom</i> could be
considered a horror novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go with
that—it’s about a communist totalitarian state in a science fiction world, and
it’s pretty horrific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other
novels, I feel for the scene and interject a little fear when it feels
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point there is to incite the
emotions of the reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like my
readers to feel emotions like fear for my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little horror is just the thing, and when I
write horror, you are supposed to understand: fear, scared, and possibly
disturbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is even room for your
characters to be disturbing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t mean disturbing in the sense of morality or ethics or crime, there
are many things in life that can be disturbing but not be wrong—like the five
second rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve used
this before, but a character from a starvation culture would never waste food
no matter the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little dirt,
muck, sand or whatever, they would eat it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That might be disturbing to many readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about eating insects or grubs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s disturbing—it’s by definition
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As long as it doesn’t kick the
reader out of the suspension of disbelief, it’s a great means of producing
pathos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at how I might use
horror in Aine, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the ultimate question about writing—when can I just throw in a plot
I’d like to use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, perhaps not the
ultimate question, but it’s one of the main questions I like to think about in
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we write, we want to
interject plots into a scene so we can use them for entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, we want interject
a horror plot into the scene or perhaps a few scenes for exactly that
purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want some entertainment and
excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question then, is how do
we get some of this into Aine?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first scene in Aine is basically pretty creepy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Eoghan in an ancient Anglo-Saxon cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is horror without any other
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to keep this
going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will build the scene with more
and more horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t a horror
novel, but the beginning is filled with horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is the perfect use of the horror plot in a horror
scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This horror is produced by the
circumstances and the setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
scene progresses, the action and the narration in the scene develops this
horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What can be more horrific than a
person held captive for thousands of years and finally released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s maybe more of a tail of salvation and
rescue, but the point is this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine who
has been held captive for thousands of years is released into the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is dirty, naked, confused, upset, and
very happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who wouldn’t be if they were
released from that kind of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is the situation and circumstances Aine and Eoghan find themselves in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Aine, and we have Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a scary setting and scary
circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to use these
in a horror plot to entertain our readers—that’s my point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to use the circumstances and the setting
to build the plot into a horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this way, we have chosen a plot and a horror plot, at that.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t always and
everywhere interject a horror plot, but there are many times when I can. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, the circumstances fit the idea
and situation of the horror plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this case, I want to accentuate and use the plots involved to build a horror
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is to make the writing
more exciting and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, we can see that in this novel, the horror plot is a natural fit
especially for the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will
get harder and harder to interject such a plot in the later points of the
novel, or it should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it
shouldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main idea here is that in
writing in we pick and choose scenes to increase the tension in the
scene—horror is a natural tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
suspect there are other opportunities to use horror in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just have to get to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s part of the power of writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We build scenes and add plots to support
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horror is a powerful and easy to
use type of plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will use it through
Aine, and perhaps more than I’m expressing at this moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>7. Children (s) – 24 – 21% - here is a great
plot but one I’m not certain I can use in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I might be able to fit it in, but it might be difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children plot is a very modern plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been used, not so much as a plot, but
as a pathos developer in older novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can pretty much see the evolution of the children setting to a plot
in the Victorian Era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dickens introduced
children in <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, but there is really no children’s
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plot is adult with children as
part of the setting to provide some pathos—think Tiny Tim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Where the children’s plot comes into its own is as the Victorian Era gives
way to the modern and the modern Romantic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The idea of real children in a plot comes basically from the very
important novel <i>What Katy Did</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was a seminal novel for children and about children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children were the focus and they weren’t
handled like young adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
children with the thoughts and feelings of children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps some of the most interesting novels
out of this period of great change are Mark Twain’s novels for boys and girls
as well as Robert Louis Stevenson and <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the bridge had been crossed, the concept
of writing novels for children drove the further idea of novels wholly about
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We move from Robert Louis
Stevenson’s and Mark Twain’s children being pushed into the adult world with
little help from adults to the novels of Brazil and others where the children
are children facing real but not adult problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are uniquely children’s plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It is still a children plot when children are introduced into an adult novel
either as students or as wards and just kids in a family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this in my <i>Aegypt </i>(<i>Ancient
Light</i>) novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, the Bolang
Children became a necessary part of the novel and drove plots and scenes that
led directly to saving their mother and father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Again, I don’t see this in Aine, but I will write, next, how Aine could
include a children’s plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To build a children’s plot, we need children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youth will work, but the characters must be
handled like children and not like adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The best ways to do this is first, make children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this for <i>Aegypt</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bolong’s had four children and the
children were children for two novels and grew up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second is to train children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is using a training or teaching plot
with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve incorporated these
types of plots in my novels but not usually with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>Essie: Assignment and the Aos Si</i>, I
had the childlike person Essie being raised by Mrs. Lyons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a great and entertaining novel and
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, you can bring in children
in other ways—usually not as the protagonist’s children or as students, but as
walk-ons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is perhaps the best way
to introduce a children’s plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>How could we develop this in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could make her a preschool teacher, ha ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t think so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This might take
too long to build for Aine, but it is an interesting way to write the novel—at
least bring her into a special class for special children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That might be a fun show and tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is have Eoghan bring Aine for show and
tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is worth thinking about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could use Aine as a show and tell for many
other classes and training involving the Organization and Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not sure I want to have Aine and Eoghan have a child this quickly, we
are moving in that direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
the time, I present the first blush of love (meeting and romance).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sometimes play the second stage of love
(marriage).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to build on the third
stage of love, that is after marriage sometimes with children and many times
without.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Perhaps the way I’ll do this is with bringing in other people’s
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great method and one
I’ve done a few times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I should
have mentioned in the last paragraph that I routinely bring in the first stage
of love in a novel and then use the protagonists later after they have had
children and been married as side characters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That seems to be very successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of Aine, I’m certain I have a
host of children and youth I could being into her life and Eoghan’s life for
this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is the
Ceridwen in this generation who happens to be about two years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to being Rose and Seoirse in as her adopted
parents for many reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a sideline,
this is how I develop long term stories and storylines in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote about Rose because she was a very
interesting and powerful protagonist, but in the back of my mind, I’ve had a
need to bring in the foster parent for Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a foreshadowed and active theme deep
in the novels since I brought in Kathrin, the last Ceridwen and included her in
multiple novels as a protagonist and as a side character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the way of building worlds for your
novels and not just stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>8. Historical (s) – 19 – 17% - it’s all
historical, baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, for many
novels that’s not true, but it’s a character and author’s issue and not an
issue with the historical plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assert
that every novel that isn’t science fiction or created fantasy must be or
should be historical in nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t use made up places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
use made up history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t use made up
people (who really exist).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do modify information
based on potential history, but all my made up stuff is based in history and
might be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do change places to
meet the needs of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I make up
all the main, major, and protagonists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My novels are all reflected worldview—so they all include the history of
the times and the world and the place, but they also include those ideas that
things people think might or have faith could exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My novels are historical to the highest
degree I can make them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is kind of a difficult subject to address because I understand exactly
what I am expressing, but I’m not certain many people understand the idea of
plotting a novel in history and reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll try to give some examples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the broadest sense, my novels include a British intelligence agency I
call the Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This agency is
based in MI-19 from World War II.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone
in the business knows language intelligence is one of the foundations of
national security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where did MI-19
go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I give it a new name and some new
work, and I fit it into the world of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is there the Organization in Britain?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m sure something is still there, it’s classified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what the Organization is like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a step above the highest classified
levels of MI-5 and MI-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, it supplies
shares to both, and to other intelligence organizations like the Foreign
Office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this is based on history and
the historical.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then I also have Stela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stela is the
part of the Organization that protects Britian from the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not really based on real history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This organization is based on the history I
developed in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happens to be
in the Organization because it was founded by Bruce Lyons who ran MI-19 at the
end of World War Two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce was a major
character in many of my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
all based on the reflected worldview from my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That reflected worldview is completely based
on history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can that be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview is based on what people believe and not what is
necessarily real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone knows about vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are they real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some ages most people believed in
vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, everyone knows what a
vampire is, but do they really believe in vampires?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A reflected worldview allows vampires to
exist in the world of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a
real worldview, there can’t be vampires, but in a reflected worldview there
certainly can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about any
supernatural creature or being you know about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They can exist in a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, a great reflected worldview can give reasons why and how such
creatures can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also provides
reasons how such creatures might coexist with humans in the real world and yet
normal humans have no idea such creatures are around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll write about it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The historical is more than just what really happened in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The historical includes the real, the
imagined, and the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do I
know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, every Sunday, along with
other days, Christians go to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Shabat, Jewish people go to synagogue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise,
others of other religious groups go to their own services and ceremonies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of their creeds and theology is based in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, Christianity and
Judaism are both historically based religions—they are wholly based in historical
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others not so much, but the
focus of all of them are aspects of the supernatural in the world and in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition, the feelings and perceptions of people may not be real—they may
be caused and affected by emotions and imagination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are still real, and they are
historical, but they aren’t like historical events, however, they can be
recorded and, as I noted, they are real parts of history, they just aren’t the
kinds of things you can take a picture of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Here’s the main point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my novel,
Aine, if someone searches for information about Aine, the world of Aine, the
world of Eoghan, and their times, that’s history, they will find exactly the
world I will describe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I
will include all the historical reflected worldview stuff in a cohesive fashion
that will interact with and interweave the real and completely historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also provide reasons and show how this
reflected world coexists with our own, but we don’t usually see or perceive
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You all know the drill.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Only the sensitive can perceive the world of the Fae or the creatures of the
supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally, people get a
glimpse through some revelation of the supernatural, but usually, we assume it
is there around us, we just don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s an example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I know of a great restaurant in New Mexico that is in an old hacienda
mansion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the rooms is reputed to
be haunted by a maid with whom one of the sons of the house fell in love, but
they were never allowed to marry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ghost of the maid supposedly haunts this room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We always tell the story and then tell our fellow diners to sit in each
corner of the room and see if they can feel the presence of the ghost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many if not all will say one of the corners
is colder than the others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great story,
fun test, is it real or Memorex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
telling, I think it’s a perfect image of the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look closer into the historical and the
reflected, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What I want to do and what I recommend in all writing is to ground your
writing in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact my
third rule of writing is this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">3. Ground your
readers in the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>This is a very general statement for something that to me is very
specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I mean and what I do is
to set my writing in the real and the reflected world, and most specifically
the history and places of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My characters don’t just go to some place in some town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters live in a real place (as real
as possible), in a real town, where the streets, places, and spaces are all
real, and where the insides of the buildings are all the real insides with the
same furniture, if I can get to that level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, I don’t ever make up what I don’t have to make up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me explain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When I need a place for a setting, for example, I research that place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of my novel, <i>Rose: Enchantment
and the Flower</i>, I looked for a possible haunted house in the Orkney
Islands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted the Orkneys for the
isolation and the place because I was going to use a nuclear smuggling
operation by the Chinese and the Russians as the main reason for both Shiggy
and Robyn’s parents being assigned there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My research gave me Viera Lodge, which is luckily on the market for sale
with all kinds of pictures and a house plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I could use this place for my setting and my character, Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t need to make up a place, I just
needed to use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the
details had to be made up because not all the information we need to write is
in the descriptions and such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know
exactly what I’m adding and what I’m doing with the information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can get details for travel and for streets
and for places from the satellite maps and other map information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is so much more to this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If I need a place, like a lake or a river or a creek or a forest or a
building or a clearing, guess where you can research and find this
information?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past, I had to find
maps or visit these places or at the extreme just make it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The specific was hard to find, but the
general was always there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, I can
get all this information, and I can provide it in the settings of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My characters no longer just travel, they go
on Gooseberry Street to the A901 to their destination, and so on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, my characters wear real
clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An example.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>When one of my prepublication readers provided comments on <i>Sister of
Light</i>, he mentioned that I should specifically say the clothing designers
and more details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took this to
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a character, Rose, who is
playing an act as a debutant and aristocrat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her clothing is not just the best, it is designer clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She rarely wears less than 10,000 pounds
worth of clothing at any time, and that’s including her handmade French
knickers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll explain more
about this, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With the research tools available to the writer today, it is very easy to
include specific and exacting details in our writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I mentioned, I research all my
settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes this is just looking
at a satellite map.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I can, I’ll get
to the street view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m doing research
with the tools available that would require travel and experience to write
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you how I did it in
the past.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>All my novels include extensive and extensively researched settings and
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For <i>Aegypt</i>, I took out
every map I could get from the library and from atlases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I studied the places and read books on my
setting (Tunisia) as well as the French Foreign Legion that was the basis for
this novel set in 1926.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I additionally
read hundreds of books on hieroglyphics and ancient Egypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this information, I was able to set,
describe, and write about the subject, Tunisia, Fort Saint, the people, my
characters, the Foreign Legion, as well as all of the other places around Fort
Saint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t able to travel there for
professional and diplomatic reasons, but a great novel, <i>Aegypt</i> and the
first novel in the <i>Ancient Light</i> series was birthed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, instead of two years worth of
research, I could have written <i>Aegypt </i>in about a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took five years to research and write <i>Centurion</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All my novels are filled with complete
historical accuracy, at least the best I could achieve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I’ve aged and gained experience, the
novels have become better and even more detailed and accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I wanted to express about
clothing and especially woman’s clothing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, one of my author friends who also provided me some great
comments about <i>Sister of Light</i>, the second <i>Aegypt </i>and <i>Ancient
Light </i>novel, recommended I give very specific details about the clothing
Leora Bolang wore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in 3.75in 4.0in 4.25in 4.5in 4.75in 5.0in 5.25in 5.5in 5.75in;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Leora provided a striking vision in
pale-blue silk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wore a dress Paul
had bought for her the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although the gown came from a rack on the <i>rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honore</i>, it flowed over her body as though its designer had only her
in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modestly slit hemline
floated on air; it just kissed the top of her petite, high-heeled <i>Arnoult</i>
slippers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A thin silken cord encircled
her neck and allowed the teasing neckline to accentuate her gentle bosom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To complete the ensemble, she grasped a small
gold colored clutch with three-quarter length gloves that matched the azure of
her dress.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At the time, the ability to accomplish research on women’s and men’s
clothing wasn’t as good as it is today, plus I had to work with fashion and
fashions from 1927 and not today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
required a little more in depth study, but I think you get the point,
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For my more modern novels, I can simply research on the internet the
clothing styles and designer fashions I want my characters to wear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, much or many of the outfits my
characters wear are ready made, but still, to cloth them in each scene, I look
at fashion and I describe the clothing from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing clothing that is from the
real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wearing it in
settings from the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s an
example from <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">By
that time, Bob was taking away the last of the empty trunks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robyn rummaged through her clothing, “Hey
Rose, what kind of stuff should we change into?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She held up a frock.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Rose
went over to her, “Do you have jeans and a nice top?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“Do
you think they’ll be wearing jeans?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">“I
can promise you they all will be.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose
went to her drawers and pulled out a pair of Dolce & Gabbana jeans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were slightly distressed and faded with
embroidered butterflies. The Dolce & Gabbana logo was engraved in gold on
the front left pocket while a pink patch marked the back pocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also pulled out a white embellished Gucci
woolen top with a slight nautical flare.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
couldn’t help herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She towed Leora
out of the door of the room, “Leora, did you realize Lady Tash is planning to
wear a thousand-pound pair of jeans to supper in a catered girl’s school
cafeteria?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
tapped her chin, “The top cost a bit more than that, but who can tell the
aristocracy what they can or can’t wear.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
grabbed her hand, “I thought she was one of yours.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She whispered, “This is not the girl from
Rousay.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then louder, “How is this Lady
supposed to look after my Robyn?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Leora
held back her laughter, “Lady Tash is Lady Tash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need not worry a single bit about her or
your Robyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can assure you of that.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .25in; text-indent: .25in;">Alice
took a concerned glance back into the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the level of detail I’m able to provide my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope I’m giving sufficient description for
the general reading crowd, but anyone who recognizes the designers and the brands
will understand even more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I
tried to show with the dialog surrounding the clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I balance the clothing
description, the clothing specifics, and the understanding of the readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just the tip of the iceberg, so to
speak in placing history and realism in a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look a little more at the setting, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll go over it again, because this is all
about how to interject the historical, real, and reflected into your
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, like a
restaurant, I go researching just the place I need in the place I need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in <i>Sorcha: Enchantment and
the Curse</i>, I needed a place for my characters to have a nice dinner in Edwinstowe
near Nottingham Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just found the
perfect place for my characters to eat and have a little discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used descriptions of the place enhanced
with a little fiction and the actual menus to describe the meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of this, I didn’t have to make up
anything, I just used what existed in the real world to reflect the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, I used reflect in the exact
sense of the reflected worldview because that worldview is pretty much the same
in the sense of the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I use this concept of research for all my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I need a place, I don’t make up fiction,
I use a real place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you think this is
unusual or in some way not kosher in writing, think about the bigger types of
images and places writers use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I
included New York, London, Dublin, or any other main city in the world, no one
would bat an eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If my characters
visited Times Square or Trafalgar Square or the Spanish Steps in Rome, no one
would think that odd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So why would it be
odd to use the Denny’s down the street in some Podunk town for a place or some
swanky steak joint in Tulsa?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t
and you should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should interject the
real and real places throughout your writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You should give directions and street names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should put in real dates and real people
and places as well as real brands and stuff—at least in the West.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t do it in Japan—mentioning a brand or
some real places can get you in jail there, but not here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you do get jittery about it, you can just make up the name and use the
place—that’s always an option, but I think you dilute the power of the
historical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what I don’t do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I’m going to have some negative
experience, I don’t use the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
characters might have some terrible misadventure in some real place, but if it
will be a negative, I don’t use a real brand or a real company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect this is an important topic to write
about, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you need to go negative, go fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of my writing isn’t about the place as much as it’s about the
characters, but if I did need a negative company or brand, I’m not going to
make a social statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all the
criticism in the world, you might ask, why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Novels are not about social statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They aren’t about political statements or science statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had my characters make reasoned
statements about what I think are obvious problems in the world, but I’m very
careful about these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, German National Socialists make a great enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s Nazis if you didn’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nazi is an acronym for National Socialist in
German.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are everyone’s most evil
creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another is the International
Socialists—that is the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other International Socialists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all evil and criminal—they make
great criminals and bad guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrorists
are also fair game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
really bad groups and nations that are worth using as the “bad guys” in your
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This keeps you away from the
potential for not holding to a universal enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, you might say, but there are those who support terrorists, Nazis, and
Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say, most of them can’t
read and won’t read my novels anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don’t want them for my readers unless they want to change—I guess there is even
hope for Nazis and Communists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
from a writer’s standpoint, if you need a bad guy, they are your bad guy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I noted, I stay away from brands and companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll tell you why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every company I’ve ever worked for has wanted
to make money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you harm or kill your
customers, you don’t make money--in fact, you go broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked in the aviation industry on every
side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In aviation, the individuals, the
company, and all the management would do anything to prevent any kind of
problem, accident, or issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give
you an example, when maintenance accidentally dropped a drop tank and put a
small dent in it, the company spent thousands to fix the dent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Air Force, the tank would have stayed
dented and been used forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Governments don’t really care about people, but companies really
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I noted, a single problem by a
customer can break a company, a government has no other competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are there bad companies and people out there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure there are, but there are many more bad
governments, and governments can take your life, liberty, and property from
you—a company can’t, not unless they are a criminal cartel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, if I need bad guys, I do go for criminals, terrorists, and
governments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty enough of
these to go around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you really want
to go for a brand or business, I’d advise you to work for them for a year
before bad mouthing them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Realize, most
of your readers are people with jobs and some degree of education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can fool some like journalists and
perhaps those in certain industries, but you can’t fool your core readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, as I wrote, novels are all about
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I’ll look at
putting real people in your novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, by all means place real historical people in your novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they are alive, I would recommend not
defaming or vilifying them, but under some circumstances, you might.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d be cautious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, Queen Elizabeth plays an important walk-on roll
occasionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I definitely don’t show
her in a negative light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, she is
a good friend and help to my characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Part of this comes from the interaction and influence of the Fae and the
gods and goddesses of Britain with the government of Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, since they are reflected worldview, I have the Queen, now, the
King as responsible for the human side of the courts of the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Ceridwen is in charge of the Fae and
courts of the gods, the King or Queen is in charge of the human courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two worlds interact through the office
of the King.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have a very
important character, the Keeper of the Book of the Fae who works for the King
and who oversees the Laws of the Fae for the Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is all reflected worldview, so it
could be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The King isn’t saying.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition to important people, I also include the less important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times I’ll change the names, but keep
the look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written before that real
people don’t make great protagonists, but they do make great general
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you need a character,
there is nothing wrong with looking for a picture and going for a
description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just change the names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless there is some positive need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, I use the names of real royalty
in my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also use the names of real people who
are dead as a part of the history of the place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, the question at hand is how will we use history in Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll cover that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine isn’t just about history—Aine is history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine is a bring out of history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a person from the Gaelic world and
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a place and that place
has moved through time and place to the new and modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>My point in using Aine, I want to show her world and her understanding of
the world in contrast to the modern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
modern world will give reality and life to Aine and her history, and her
history will come out in her own revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Indeed, Aine is a revelation of the protagonist, Eoghan, but Eoghan’s
purpose is to express the reality of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine is the focus while Eoghan is the protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine must learn to live in the modern world,
and through this, her world will come out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan will be revealed and Aine be revealed in his wake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of the most powerful ways to
represent history—we bring a person from the past into the modern and through
contrast show off their culture, history, and world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, what is Aine’s history like?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned some of the most salient facts about Aine, but not much about
her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine comes from a place where
there is little writing and a lot of Feudal waring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are times without any modern conveniences
and the beginnings of the use of metal and the seven basic machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She lives in a real building and progressive
age for her world, but it is nothing compared to the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food is scarce and security scarcer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In myth, she was either raped or under the
threat of rape all her life long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
intend to not change her history as much as cut it off with some of the
features of her times and her story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Is that it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, there is so much
more, but most of it is embedded in the development of the plots and the story
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try to update you as I put
the actual story together, but at the moment, I’m developing, and not
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll move to the next plot type. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>9. School (s) – 11 – 10% - I’ve really fallen
in love with the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since
I wrote <i>Children of Light and Darkness</i> which includes a very strong
school plot, I’ve been intrigued and excited about using it when possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It helps that my prepublication writer really
enjoyed this plot in the context of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because of the characters, I did include a school plot in the next novel
in the series, <i>Warrior of Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since then, I’ve looked for opportunities to have a school plot although
I’ve really not set the novel on the plot as much as the plot on the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, I didn’t start
with the idea of a school plot, it just came out in the writing of the
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For example, <i>Essie: Enchantment and the Aos Si</i> didn’t start with any
kind of school plot, but as I developed the novel, the entire idea about Essie
attending a boarding school just leapt from the storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Essie was really my first foray into a
boarding school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are reasons for
using this type of plot and setting, but mostly, it is classically British, but
pretty much dying as we speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea
of putting together young people for the purpose of education and life is a
powerful setting with both positive and negative features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see them all, to a degree, displayed
in the Harry Potty novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of
isolating youth to educate them in magic is as appealing as educating them in
other subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Since Essie, I’ve used school as a setting and a plot in numerous novels,
and it’s not just for youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In many of
my Enchantment novels, I’ve used a university setting for the school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed, in Rose, I’ve used a school plot for
youth as well as a military school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bet you didn’t think of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
military school plot or a training school plot is just as useful as a regular
school plot—it just can apply to older individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the training plot is a school plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve used the training plot almost as much as a dedicated school plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training plot can be much more individual
and between fewer characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Sorcha:
Enchantment and the Curse </i>is a full-on school plot set in a training
situation and almost entirely one on one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These are powerful plots and great tools for the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In spite of the fact that the school plot is
only found in about 10% of the classics, don’t let that fool you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dedicated training and schooling is a
relatively new idea in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
accomplished early in human history, but it is still a pretty new idea to be
applied to large groups and the whole of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think about the basis for most education
and learning in the past and you should get my meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I do plan to involve Aine, the novel in a school and training plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to that, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I have a few options for Aine and school plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main and most obvious is the training
that Eoghan must accomplish to help Aine integrate into modern society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure how I’ll play this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main question is how much Aine will fight
being educated and trained into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you remember, novels are all about
entertainment and part of entertainment is some satire and irony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is ironic for a person who obviously needs
help and education to neglect and ignore it, but like I wrote, I’m trying to
determine just how much of this I want to push in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is the protagonist while Aine is the
focus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Eoghan as the protagonist must get Aine to accept the training and education
he will provide her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because Aine really
wants Eoghan to love her, I don’t think that will be much of a
problem—especially, since Aine wants to learn and wants to please him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The training scenario will move a pace with
the initial revelation of Aine in the world, plus with their travels and her
integration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another
opportunity that I’ve contemplated for this novel from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The telic flaw in this novel is about Eoghan’s lack of integration in his
place and time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has much to do with
his own training and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
didn’t go to school, that is university, like most of his peers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t go to the military for education
and training like most of his peers in his business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a real problem for him, and one I’ve
contemplated from the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
originally wanted Eoghan and Seoirse to meet each other at Sandhurst or
Cranwell, but I don’t think that’s an option with the way the novel development
is going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I also have the Isle of Shadows for training female warriors and the other
Isle for training male warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a
hankering to bring Aine to the Isle of Shadows and Eoghan to the other
Isle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This provides a training and
school situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Isle of Shadows
was developed by Rose to train her little goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since Aine is a goddess herself, it would be
the perfect place for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question
is then, how to get Eoghan integrated into this process and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel is foremost about him, Aine is just
the focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you see there are places to use this school plot in Aine, and the school
plot is perfect in this training sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll move on to the next plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>10. Parallel (s) – 4 – 4% - the parallel and the allegory plots
are similar, but not the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
I consider them to be significantly different, but their differences are
somewhat subtle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can help to define
the easiest of the two, an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The typical allegory for example in literature is <i>Pilgrim’s Progress</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s an allegory of the spiritual life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think I’ve defined a parallel before
in simple terms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here, I’ll try:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A parallel is a story, poem, or picture that mirrors an existing story,
poem, or picture for the purpose of reference or expression.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is really what the parallel is about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is not intended to reveal a hidden meaning at all, although the
original piece of art could mirror that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So what is a parallel, and how can we use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can give an couple of examples.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If your novel mentions, for example, Noah and the flood, that is a reference
to the account about Noah in the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You could use this as a figure of speech, the rain was falling like the
time of Noah and the ark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could
incorporate all kinds of figures of speech about Noah, the ark, animals, and so
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of these continued metaphors
or figures of speech would constitute the use of a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use of and reference to Noah in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>novel would produce a reference in terms of
the basis for the novel and an expression of the ideas and concepts about
Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, the proper use of
the parallel about Noah should produce ideas in the reader that expand the
expression of the novel in question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the use of a historical figure of speech as a reference back to
another piece of art or literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
hope you can see how powerful this idea is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Another example, I wrote my novel <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Daemon</i>
as a parallel to the Apocryphal book of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not an obvious parallel, unless the reader is familiar with
Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally think everyone
should be familiar with all the Bible including the apocrypha as well as all
the Greek myths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason is that all
Western art and literature is based on these first the Bible and second Greek
myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you aren’t familiar, you are at
a great disadvantage in understanding literature and art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In any case, I based <i>Aksinya</i> on Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallels are obvious to anyone familiar
with Tobit, even the name of the Demon is the same, and the resolution of the
telic flaw follows the resolution of Sara’s problem with the demon in Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why Tobit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It builds an historical and literary foundation around a subject that
hasn’t been written about much, escaping the clutches and contract with a
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty of works, well a
few, about humans contracting with demons, but very very few about humans
getting out of a contract with a demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s just not done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tobit was the
first I know of, and <i>Aksinya </i>is a parallel of Tobit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Next, I’ll look at possible parallels in Aine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The explanation above is probably my best for a parallel plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question is how will I use this in my
proposed novel, Aine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see two ways
plus the most obvious—I guess you could say three ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The most obvious is the parallel plot built into the idea of Aine, the
character herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The history and myth
of Aine is a parallel in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
brining in the story of Aine is a parallel plot and that’s why I picked it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incorporation of a historical based or a
reflective worldview is a parallel, and that’s exactly why I like using them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you why.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Although most people aren’t familiar with Aine and her history, readers are
generally familiar and knowledgeable about the basic ideas of the Gaelic and
Celtic worlds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, explanations and
information will be necessary to help the reader understand the world of Aine
and Aine as a mythical person, but the parallel exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also what I did with <i>Aksinya</i>
to a degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter the subject of
the parallel, you need to explain some parts about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, for <i>Aksinya</i>, I didn’t do much of
that, the story and parallel plots for Tobit are obvious in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just mentioned the focus a few times in
context and that was it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Aine, I’ll
have to do more than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although most
people know generally what Gaelic and Celtic mean, they don’t know much about
the cultures and the history of the cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I will do is explain them in context and from Aine’s mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will make it even better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first parallel in Aine is the basic story
of Aine and her world, her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This, by the way is one of the reasons I’m writing the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not into education or educating through a novel or any fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fiction and novels are all about entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason I’m using the Gaelic and Celtic
culture is because it’s a new and interesting culture to most people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The revelation of the culture is a huge part
of the novel and a huge part of the entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes novels and fiction fun to
me—that’s what I want to give and express to my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I’ll get to the next potential
parallels in Aine—the less obvious ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The other two ways to bring a parallel plot into Aine is through figures of
speech, as I wrote before in general, and through intentional analogous events
related to myth or history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is basic good writing technique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know this has really fallen by the wayside in modern writing, but it’s
literally the bread and butter of great writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A writer who doesn’t understand the use of
figures of speech and especially the use of deep and involved figures of speech
is just not going to be considered beyond their lifetimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lack of figures of speech in general writing
will just lead to not being published, while the lack of in depth figures of
speech will lead to being forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hey, we just want to be published, who cares about creating a
classic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Frankly, a classic is a classic because of the depth of the parallels and
the integration of the novel into the classic world of literature, art, and
poetry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This seems to be an area that is
wholly missed in modern writing and publishing, but hey, no one will remember
most of what people memorize or understand today: celebrities, political
figures, sports teams, most artists, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Think about those whom you can remember from 100 or 200 years ago—there
are a few standouts, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Edison, Shakespeare,
Dickins, but I bet you can’t name a single musician (other than composers),
actor or actress (maybe Booth, but not because of his acting), or any sports
figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nobody cares because their lives
were basically meaningless—they created nothing and left nothing behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may be harsh, but literature is the
means to remember and parallel their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is one of the reasons I recommend the use of the parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to remember the meaningless, but to
remember the people, places, and events of the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m certain other writers in the past felt
the same way.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>By referring to Noah, you remember the historical account of Noah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By referring to Daniel, you remember the
historical account of Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By
mentioning Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle, to name just three, you remember the
golden age (so to speak, of Greece).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
really isn’t the classical golden age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, to throw in the phrase, golden age of Greece or Golden Age of
Greece, you are building on a parallel, not a strictly historical parallel, but
a real and reflected world parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
same is true with Noah or Daniel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical source is somewhat questioned, but the reflected for both is real—to
express their parallel in a figure of speech or in an in depth parallel, you
are expressing and handing off a knowledge of the past and of humanity that
needs to be continued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
there is more than just history or the historical account that is important in
the expression of a parallel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the
example of Aine, until I mentioned and wrote about Aine, you probably didn’t
even know such a myth or a possible historical person existed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you did, you might have pushed her away as
just some myth or ancient person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the novel, Aine, I want to bring Aine alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, there are all kinds of
people, events, places, and reflected world ideas and realities (said tongue in
cheek) that come with Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All their
stories and their existence is worth remembering and exploring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If anything, within the confines of
entertainment, fiction is all about remembering and revealing a story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal with Aine is totally entertainment,
but within that fabric of entertainment, I want you to see the story of Aine
and Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallel will be all the
history surrounding Aine and the history from the time of Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, I’ll bring in figures of
speech that reflect Aine and her times as well as from other places, myths, and
sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you don’t get them or
fully understand them, they are expressed and remembered in the context of the
novel—when you see them again in art or literature, you might remember and
realize a deeper context about that piece of art of literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although fiction is all about entertainment,
I never said literature is self-contained or isolated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exact opposite is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, the other two, less obvious types of parallel in Aine will be figures of
speech and the use of other myths and history to bring out the story of
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These aren’t details as much as an
overall plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could try to drag up
some details, especially about the other myths and history I’ll include as
parallels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Those other myths are broadly what I call the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point in using a reflected worldview is to
provide a universal connection between all the major and minor myth and
supernatural structures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a true
universal connection found specifically in Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are unfamiliar with this, I’ll try to
explain it in basic terms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you recognize the great truth in C.S. Lewis’ <i>Mere Christianity</i>
where he notes that the supernatural either came from within the creation or
without the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
without, it’s God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes from
within it’s not God but the creation of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, about God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do need to
point out that the three means to know truth: historical method, logic, and
scientific method proves that God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Specifically, Emmanual Kant’s philosophy proves the not God can’t exist
(you can’t prove a true, you can only prove a not false); the big bang proves
the telic cause of the universe must exist (a telic cause is defined as God);
and finally, the historical method relates in the New Testament the interaction
of God in the process of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
Lewis writes, this evidence of God’s interaction comes from without the
creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what we usually term
miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, about the supernatural
from within creation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point about the supernatural from within the creation is that it
proves God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was what Bram Stoker
the author of <i>Dracula</i> and a very dedicated Catholic was attempting to
show with his character and his novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Dracula</i>
is the most abbreviated and expurgated novel in common use to remove all the
prayer and God language—not to improve the novel, but because the SAS felt they
needed to keep all that God and Christian stuff from its young readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are the same book haters who abbreviated
and expurgated <i>Fahrenheit 451</i> a book about governments burning and
expurgating books. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is that as Lewis notes, the moment
we bring up the supernatural in the creation, we are expressing the actions not
of God but of the forces God allows in the creation and those forces naturally
point to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use this in my novels as
the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll explain
how they fit into the world and the novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, gods and goddesses could exist in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The typical explanation, from the Old
Testament is that they were created by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In my novels, I acknowledge their creation by God and note that they
were put in charge of helping humanity and eventually pointing to the God of
creation in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not alone in
this view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tertullian writes in his
philosophical works about the commonality of Christian imagery in pagan
cultural antiquity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cross and other
symbols as well as the components of the mysterium such as baptism, renaming,
robing, meal with the deity, and many others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These components were already features of Judaism, but made Christianity
look much like a mysterium and led to many Greeks coming to the new variant of
Judaism in the first Century and later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In any case, I take the standpoint that gods and goddesses exist in two
varieties, the bound and the unbound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of their purpose was to point to the God in the future, but now to
follow that God and to do the same in this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are those who do follow the God and
those who do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, there is
much turmoil in the world caused by the remnants of the old and those god and
goddesses caught up in incidents from the past—Aine is just such a being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the undergirding philosophy I use in
the reflected worldview, but it is an undergirding idea and not a focus of the
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how I resolve the
question of how gods and goddesses can exist in the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is also the issue of the Fae as well as
other beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll address this next as
well as explain about the bound and unbound.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Yes, I’ve been developing my reflected worldview and novels’ supernatural
structure for a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is
to put together a focus of physical structural and logic to build the world
where gods, goddesses, dragons, the Fae, and other beings can exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the ideas I had to confront was the
concept of the bound and unbound gods and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I built these from the concept of the gods
and goddesses who were born, lived, and died within certain cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This came from my <i>Aegypt (Ancient Light) </i>novels
where I posited that the Goddess of Light and Darkness were twins and chosen from
their children after their deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
actually waffled a bit on this information and didn’t provide any complete
details until my later novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any
case, the idea of a goddess or god who was born then lived and then died comes
from the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic ideas of the primary earth goddess who controls
the seasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Anglo-Saxon culture this
was Ceridwen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seasons were spring,
the maiden, summer, the woman, and winter, the crone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen supposedly lived and died in a cycle
of generations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods and
goddesses were confined and held to a certain place of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sometimes meant they couldn’t leave
their areas of authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bound gods
and goddesses were stuck in their places and are immortal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unbound are more like normal humans but
have skills, abilities, and powers beyond human kin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, my point in creating these unbound deities was to build my dynasties in <i>Ancient
Light</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters and
protagonists who populated these novels from the first Leora Bolang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This produced a great series of novels, but I
had other ambitions especially based on Kathrin (Ceridwen) from <i>Children of
Light and Darkness</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the
protagonist of this novel, but an important person and character in the other
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made for an interesting and
entertaining series, but that didn’t end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, Aine is a novel about Eoghan but with the focus of a bound and
regular goddess, Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t the
first novel I’ve written with a bound goddess as the focus, but it may be the
second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, the point is to create
this reflected worldview that can fit in all these supernatural creatures and
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is allowing them
to exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only creature I haven’t
been able to fit in is ghosts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts
are just a little outside the ideas and especially the logic of the normal,
real worldview as well as the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghosts are something many think exist, but
there is no or little basis for their existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t run across a reason for ghosts, yet
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, I should move on to
the allegory plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>11. Allegory (s) – 10 – 9% - I think the parallel plot is one of
the most powerful and useful plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can use it almost everywhere will all kinds of degrees and details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can go from a figure of speech as a part
of a plot to a full-on parallel to define a scene or a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A parallel can just exist to enrich any plot
or story—it doesn’t have to have a reason as much as a presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, the allegory must have both:
reason and presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a good
definition of an allegory:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt;">An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main problem for me with an allegory is that it is indeed hidden
teaching or proselytizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For that
reason alone, I’m not a fan of the allegory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s not to say I don’t enjoy a good allegory or that I can’t
appreciate both the parallel and the historical basis of the allegory—I just
think we should leave fiction for entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moment a writer tells me he or she wants
to change the world, I want to ask—why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
people can barely write a decent paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of those few who can, most can’t write an entertaining paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps one in a million can write an
entertaining paragraph, but how many of those can write an entertaining
paragraph that also includes some hidden meaning?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a billion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One in a trillion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why, with the million novels and books
published every year should I have to put up with a single one that isn’t
entertaining, but that’s good for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You may read those.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go for
the entertaining ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We read fiction to be entertained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
readers and students ask me all the time: why don’t you write more technical
works about history?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is
simple: most people are bored by technical writing of any kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve written about 100 papers—you can see
them on the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I sit down to
write fiction, I’m writing 100% to entertain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to entertain myself first, and I hope that also entertains my
readers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there any hidden meaning in
my writing—I hope not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t put it
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to put one in there
and I don’t want to have to tease one out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now about non-hidden meanings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
shouldn’t be any special messages in the plots or the text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention educating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel may have some notes of
education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to express an idea
in science, spy craft, or history to you, I’ll have to show it to you or
explain it to you in a dialog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
necessary for the entertainment to come through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I want to explain to you about the
reflected worldview, I surely need to show that reflected world to you—you
might meet a dragon or a member of the Fae Courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s just good writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On the other hand, I don’t include any extraneous information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Novels are not about education or informing although
some education and informing must go one—just read my published historical
novels <i>Centurion</i>, <i>The Second Mission</i>, or <i>Aegypt </i>and see
what I mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>History is something the
novelist shows you, and that’s entertaining and entertainment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, about the allegory—I don’t intend for there to be any allegories in
Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll look at fantasy world, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>12. Fantasy world (s) – 5 – 4% - this is the bread and butter of
my writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at the fantasy
world as a plot just a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
obvious that this is a setting plot, but even more, for years and years, I
imagined this was a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not, but that took me a long time to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go through the three basic
worldviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are overall settings
for any novel or writer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first is the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is
the real—this is the worldview and world that most people perceive as
real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That doesn’t meant there might be
disagreements or even conflict about what is real, but the real is generally
grounded in science and a normal understanding of history and existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real is where most novels live or
die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s where most writers go to and
come from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the normal for most
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then you have the created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a world and a worldview that is in no way tied to history,
science, or the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get the
wrong idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created can be based
wholly in science, but it isn’t known or existing science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be based in created or future
science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The created worldview is
created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a projection or an
extrapolation, or just made up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Science
fiction is all a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Full
on fantasy is usually created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, Harry Potty is a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it’s called magic realism, but that is
usually just another type of created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The created worldview is a great worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used it for my science fiction, but not for
my usually or supernatural fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
big difference between the real and the created is the created includes stuff
the author made up about the world, science, the supernatural, and all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That doesn’t mean it can’t or doesn’t include elements of the real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I wrote, that’s just an extrapolated or a
projected world from the real into the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the reflected worldview is where my novels lie, and where I
think most of the best part of the world exists.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The reflected worldview reflects what most people or some people think
exists in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, this is
the worldview most people hold but have no idea they hold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural and things that go bump in
the night can exist in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are just imagination in the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All those wonderful ideas about faith, worship,
God, gods, angels, and other supernatural beings are all part of the reflected
worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a worldview that most
people hold to be fact, kind of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
explain more, next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This might not be the best way to explain the reflected worldview, but it
will be a different way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me go over
the three and only three means to know truth: historical, logical, scientific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are based in the historical method,
logic, and the scientific method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
historical method is also called the evidentiary method and is used to prove
non-repeatable events (like those in history).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The scientific method is used to prove repeatable events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can’t be used to prove non-repeatable
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t know about these
two basic methods of proving truth, you really need to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The modern world depends on the scientific
method and the historical method is how you know what is true in history as
well as it’s used in the courts to take away your rights (or return them to
you).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, most people need to
be familiar with the historical and the scientific methods; however, there is
also logic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Greek, who invented these three means to know truth, realized that many
things in the real or physical world are not measurable or normally
knowable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What? You might ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks were interested mainly in
mathematics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Math is perfectly
repeatable, but it is not repeatable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not like scientific phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can’t repeat a math equation and get a statistical average based on
the results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For normal math equation,
there is a single answer or a set of answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is not a real world phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Math is a concept only existing in logic or reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other things like this in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Greeks noted that thoughts
and emotions are both not provable by the historical or the scientific
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are not measurable in any
normal sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the modern world math,
emotions, and thoughts are all similarly unmeasurable and fit in these
categories, but we’ve found other similar problems mainly workload, but even in
science certain events are considered non-repeatable or only repeatable on a
grand scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there is the
supernatural.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you go to church or you believe in a god or in the God, you accept there
is a supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural
can’t be proven with the scientific method—that’s not to say certain elements
in the world don’t point to the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You might begin to touch the supernatural with the historical
method.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People have reported
supernatural events since the beginning of human history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the real proof of the supernatural
comes from logic and from philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If you didn’t know, the entire purpose of philosophy until Emmanual Kant was
to prove God exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emmanual Kant
produced a philosophical proof that has yet to be disproven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In it, he proved the not God can’t
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In logic you can’t prove a
true—you can only prove a false, a not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kany proved the not God can’t exist therefore logic proved God must
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does this have to do with
the reflected worldview?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shows what
we always knew, the supernatural must exist because God must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more, and I’ll give it, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You could argue the reflected worldview is the real worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go that far, at least from a writing
standpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world of the
supernatural is filled with great things to write about some could be and
likely are true, but many others aren’t true and are likely not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big question, especially for the writer,
is what is reflected and what is real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d
say for writing it doesn’t matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
matters in writing fiction is entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I write using the reflected worldview because it’s fun and entertaining to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To find the supernatural in unexpected
places or to see the secrets of the world around the supernatural, that is fun
and entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, to invoke the
ideas we have about our normal world, but then to overlay those ideas with new
ones that fit into the reflected world—that is really powerful and
wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, to imagine a
dragon who knows his place and why he was created, or a dragon who knows his
place but not why he exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
epic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The supernatural world has rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>The
Golden Bough</i> Sir James Frazer tried to define the supernatural for the
purpose of dispelling that it could ever exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He really failed, but he produced a wonderful work that shows the basis
for the supernatural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His writing really
defines the basis for the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, he didn’t provide us any real helpful guidance because in
the reflected worldview, we aren’t looking for proof, we are presenting the
world as humans understand it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reflected
worldview is reflected because you can find so much data and writing about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not writing about fiction perse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m writing about the information you might
find by making any library or internet search.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example about Asmodeus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What about Asmodeus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Asmodeus is my
demon from <i>Aksinya: Enchantment and the Deamon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The only problem, is Asmodeus isn’t my
demon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do a little searching, you
will find he is the demon from <i>Tobit</i>, the apocryphal book and there is a
lot of information about him from <i>Tobit</i> on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, for his name to be used in <i>Tobit</i>,
you know it must have existed before then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is Asmodeus real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He exists in
history, in literature, in art, and in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a great representative for the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same can be
said for the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to the Fae,
next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are a little most complex, but we need to fit them into the
reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first place,
all supernatural beings have an origin and a reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That origin and that reason may be clouded in
myth or lost in word of mouth, but usually, you can find the origin stories
(myths) and pull together the history of such beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there are the regular supernatural,
those deities and ideas we know very well from history and writing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Back to the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In British myth from
the Christianization Era, the idea of the neutral angels became some idea in
the myths surrounding the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
are the fairies and fairy creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
likely the Fae existed as an idea well before the Christian Era in Britian, but
the Christianization provided some explanation for their existence and like
many ancient ideas in Britain, they became associated with Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the British myth, the Fae were originally the neutral angels in the battle
between Satan and God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, no neutral
angels are mentioned in the Bible or the Apocryphal documents, but the British
have a long history of many cultures Picts, Welsh, Celtic, Gaelic, Anglo-Saxon,
Vikings, and Normans that were against each other, allied with each other, or
neutral to each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were important
and defining characteristics of the overall British culture and society from
the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of the
neutral angels appealed very strongly in this cultural soup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In this myth of the Fae, the demons were cast into hell, only to be seen
occasionally, the good angels who supported God kept their positions of
authority in the heavens and continued to be messengers of the God, while the
neutral angels were cast down to the earth to await either repentance or damnation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This particular idea that the Fae are a type
of fallen angel is what drives the Fae myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is much more to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
I’ll look at these details, next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the Fae is immense in British myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It goes well beyond the simple idea of small
beings flitting around a garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fae
comprise four groups and courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
courts being rulers of certain areas in the British Isles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are three Seelie courts and one
Unseelie court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of the Seelie
and the Unseelie are generally that the Unseelie is evil or opposed to
humanity, but the reality is much more complex than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use my novels to look in depth at these
very peculiar beings and groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Unseelie are supposed to be evil, but the Seelie are equally cruel and
capricious to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Unseelie have
there own problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most do live by preying
on humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is likely the biggest
difference, but the Seelie are equally harmful to humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is the list of the Fae courts and their
leaders: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seelie - Daoine Sidhe – General Britain and Scotland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Oberon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Titania<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fae of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg" title="Tylwyth Teg"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tylwyth Teg</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Tylwyth Teg are Welsh Fae</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pryderi fab
Pwyll <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigfa" title="Cigfa"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Cigfa</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon" title="Rhiannon"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rhiannon</span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Manawyadan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Irish <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídhe</span></strong> (singular <strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Aes Sídh) Tuatha
Dé Danann</span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Art Óenfer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Achtan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unseelie – all of Britain, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Morgan le Fey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Madoc Morfryn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The overall leader or queen of the Fae is Essie, the Aos Si.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes from my novels, and I developed
this character and idea as the physical being made by God to help the Fae find
their way in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This gets very
complex since if you note the name of the main or head Seelie court is the
Daoine Sidhe, the children of Dana-ana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dana-ana is the name of the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic goddess of the spring
and the manifestation of the maiden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was also the main goddess of the Fae and the supposed bound god leader of the
Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gets more complex in the
mythology.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Ceridwen is the unbound goddess who represents the maiden, the mother, and the
crone in Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and Gaelic mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the sovereign goddess of all, but is
reborn in each generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is born,
lives, and dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use her in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ceridwen rules the courts of the
gods, man, and the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s not that
good of a goddess, but I give her some improvement in my novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The main point of this is that the idea of the Fae is very deep in British
mythology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has legs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As authors we sometimes have to bring all the
ideas of myth together and the myths themselves allow us to do this and see these
relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is really very
interesting is the connection of the myths to Christianity and the old pagan
beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They provide some connection from
the ancient past to the more modern and then into the modern world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This then is the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to believe in the Fae to be
enraptured by the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to
believe in anything to want to see the ideas of ancient peoples in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We call this magic realism and,
as I note, the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can also look at other mythical/historical creatures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, what about other creatures and beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For years, I wrote, don’t write about vampires, but then I wrote a
really fun novel about a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
your usual vampire, but I think the main point was what I was exploring in my
Enchantment novels—the redemption of beings whom we don’t think can be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was the entire point of my vampire novel—I
was writing about a vampire who could be redeemed and how she could be
redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or perhaps, you could
say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was writing about how a vampire
of any kind could be redeemed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was
the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Again, also, how can a vampire fit into the reflected worldview from a logic
standpoint?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I concluded that a vampire
was missing a key element of the human construction of sarx, psuche, and
pneuma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A vampire doesn’t have a physical
or sarx presence in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
intellect, psuche and freewill, pneuma, but not physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They must renew themselves monthly at the full
moon by taking on the essence, blood of a human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That renews their sarx existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why they can’t be seen in a mirror or
in silver as in normal photography, but in electronic photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also will be destroyed if the sunlike
hits them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s my idea of a vampire
from the myth and historical notions of a vampire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is the fun part of the reflected worldview—the author can create
logical extensions and reasons why a supernatural being can exist in the world,
and build around that supernatural being a reality that means they must exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I did with the Fae and with my
vampires—yes, I wrote about another vampire, but not in detail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The entertainment comes from the development of such beings and introducing
them and building them into the real world—the reflected worldview.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve mentioned it before, but one of the main points of the reflected
worldview is that the reader should be able to make a search for your
supernatural being and find a whole slate of information about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should be able to have a background based
on the creature that submits to scrutiny and that fits into the real
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is very different than the
created worldview of Harry Potty that is not found in myth or in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you notice, the author can produce a real
world with a sufficient suspension of disbelief that results in a world that is
created, but not based on a reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some would state that the Harry Potty
worldview is a hybrid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does indeed
incorporate elements of the real, the reflected, and a created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is okay, but the problem is that it isn’t
based on the strength of history or myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what I’m aiming for, a worldview based on history and myth that
intrigues my readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I want
in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine herself is based on a real (mythical and historical goddess).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has a history and a reality from
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is she real?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is reflected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were large cultural and societal groups
who believed in and worshiped her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are people today, I’m sure, who accept her as history and or as myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some might still say they believe in
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could ask who believes in Zeus
today?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actual answer might be
astounding to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Basically the entire educated world believes in Zeus as a mythical and
historically based being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the
absolute and correct answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many
still believe in him as a god and a real being?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is an entirely different question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The answer is many less than those who know he is a mythological and historical
being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, Zeus stands in history and
in myth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The belief and religion of Zeus
spans thousands of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His myths are
indisputable, but mythological.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine in some ways is similar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
mythology came out of a less literate and later society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her religion, pantheon, and history were
purged away by Christianity and other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had much less affect on the world than
Zeus, but she sits as a real mythical being in the pantheon and history of
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is more about Aine that I
want to use.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine is one of the Fae queens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is an important and interesting concept in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote already that the idea of the Fae were
contained and explained as the neutral angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aine herself predates Christianity in Celtic and Gaelic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the fact she is revered in history
as a Fae queen means the Fae predated Christianity (we knew that), it means Aine
was seen as both positive and negative in her culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also means she was seen as worldly and
unworldly—having a foot on the earth and one in heaven, but banished to the
earthly lands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fae also presumes glamour
as opposed to magic or sorcery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should
mention about both before we continue to the next plot type.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The world of the supernatural is filled with magic and miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magic comes from within the creation and
miracles comes from outside the creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic is based on faith in the creation while miracles comes from
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the reflected worldview, I developed the concept of glamour, which is the
miracles of the Fae and the gods and goddesses in the world and magic which is
the action of the belief in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a very important idea in the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for this is that in some way you
need to define magic in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, you should define the action of miracles in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is this important? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the first place, magic needs some explanation in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have a totally illogical and
unreasonable magic system like the one in Harry Potty or you can have a well
researched one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, I use the
magic system defined by PEI Bonewitz based on <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This system uses the “laws of magic” as described in <i>The Golden Bough</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is completely different than glamour
which is inherent in beings from outside of creation or whose powers come from
outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The neutral angels
who were exiled to earth are obviously beings from outside of creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gods and goddesses gained their power
from the God who made them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also
have glamour. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In general, I don’t write positively abut magic, but rather do about glamour
or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find this to be natural
in the reflected worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not
adverse to seeing magic as positive in some ways, I just usually don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My main point is that you must have and
present some method based in reason and logic about how your magic system works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really don’t care how it works—it just
needs to be logical in some fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
personally use a real magic system based on the reflected laws of magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question of “real” is illusive just as I
discussed before—so, you can see that based in reason and logic, you can
develop a system based on whatever you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The trick is reason and logic—it has to make sense to your readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do suggest actually blocking out such a system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I wrote, I haven’t really dug into a
positive magic use or system in my writing, and if I did, I’d use the system I described
to you generally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I would give you the full frontal on this system, but it is complex and
detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to study it yourself
to be about to integrate it in your worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will find that some of the systems of magic in gaming systems can be
adapted to a novel and to a magic system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s a much better start and state than what Harry Potty uses which is
basically nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just advise not having
a magic system with no rules or no basis for operating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s how you get to Harry Potty and
silliness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silliness is right out, although
most readers might not notice it unless you have a bestseller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha ha.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, you do have a choice—magic or miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Magic works under certain rules and concepts controlled by human
beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miracles come from God and are miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t have to have any basis in rules or
laws—except those rules or laws put in place by the miracle makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an important point I make in my
novels, and this is a very important point in writing either a reflected or a
created worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You do see this
expressed in various novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In other words, magic can be unlimited as miracles are, but then you need
some means of restricting the power or use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Having a natural system of operation like laws an rules for the magic self-limits
the magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not everyone can do it, and
not everyone has the power—it requires some degree of skill and study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, those who can do miracles
can just do them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might need some
degree of training and study, but they are basically unlimited except through their
power and skills or through other limitations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In my novels, the humans can’t use glamour except through special
items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The glamour users are all the
Fae, gods, and goddesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This places very
specific limitations as well as controls on the users.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further, the powers of all these beings is
limited by their purpose in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They don’t have unlimited power or capability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any system you develop or that you reflect
in your worldview, you need to figure all this out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I guess I’ll conclude with how I’ll use all of this in Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s next. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As I mentioned, Aine is a goddess and a bound goddess at that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means she is immortal, and her purpose
just as all goddesses and gods is to eventually point to the God of creation—the
God who created her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is her purpose
just as every human has a similar purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The problem with humanity and with goddesses is that both have freewill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The object of freewill is what makes the main
problems for humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goddesses are
supposed to be a little different, but as myth shows us, they really aren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other problem with Aine is that she is a
Fae queen and can use glamour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll add
that she can also turn into a red horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What’s the point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Fae are fallen (neutral) angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gods and goddesses are made or created beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are different than human beings, but
they were made by God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think
Aine was mistakenly made a Fae queen, she was declared a Fae queen because of
her position and power in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think it was her acts against her actual position that led to her downfall and
her situation, thus she was declared a Fae queen even before her end in the
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine has more problems than the
normal god or goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is somewhat
indifferent to her responsibilities and her world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what makes her like the Fae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of acting like her peers in
submitting to the work of the people and the work of God, she confounded God
and didn’t act to the benefit of the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She ended up where she is because she was too much in the world and not
enough into her responsibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thus, Aine has some real problems that could cause her trouble in the modern
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, she is paired with the
one person who could really help her, Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eoghan is gentle and kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s
very responsible and controlled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just
doesn’t know fully what he wants to be or do in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aine will help him and he will help her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the soul of the novel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about fantasy world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My fantasy
world is the real world with the reflected thrown in just as it is in this
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People believe in the
supernatural as they desire and as they approach life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many who would never accept the idea of a
dragon, the Fae, gods or goddesses, or a vampire, will readily accept the God
and Christianity or other religions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the supernatural, and this isn’t to make God or Christianity
equal to the other elements of the supernatural, however, logically, they all
have a similar basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the point,
and that is exactly why the supernatural appeals to so many people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, I want to point out again, Bram
Stoker wrote <i>Dracula</i> as well as his other novels on the supernatural to
prove the existence of the God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C.S.
Lewis would agree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The supernatural in
literature should point to the real supernatural in the world, and that means
God.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is ultimately what Aine shows in the world, and I think that’s a very
good and entertaining thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll move
on. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>13. Prison (s) – 2 – 2% - the prison plot is one of the best
plots you can use to build entertainment and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used it many times in all kinds of
flavors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The full-on prison plot is like
that in <i>The Count of Monte Christo</i> and <i>The Man in the Iron Mask</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In these the protagonist faces and experiences
long term prison supposedly for false reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Getting there, being there, then escaping or getting out are all drivers
of the overall plot and the scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you haven’t read these novels, you need to, but the full-on prison plot isn’t
the only way to use the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sara Crew in <i>A Little Princess</i> has a type of prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sara is stuck in the school and a type of prison as the forced teacher and a
maid for the household.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She eventually
is helped to escape her prison in the attic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are other ways to play this scenario.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>One of the best ways and the way I work this is with short term
detention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if your
characters are arrested and taken in by the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this in many variants in many of my
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if your characters aren’t
arrested, but if they are accosted by a criminal or see a crime, the police
will want them to come and give a statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will be kept in place for a while and that’s a type of prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used this too, and it’s a fun way to use
the prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other means
of having a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll get to
that next.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Aine starts as a basic full-on prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have Aine imprisoned in a crypt and Eoghan releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s about as prison as you can get.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a lady who was imprisoned in a
crypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s been there for a long
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of her basic nature, she
doesn’t have some of the real problems of the normal human prisoner, but she
has been in there for ages, and Eoghan finds and releases her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end of this is that Aine falls madly for
Eoghan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I really hate to say she falls in love with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love and Aine are kind of foreign concepts because
of her culture and her past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just
say she is smitten forever because he saved her from her continuous imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did I mention she’s been there a long long
time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’ve played this before in my novels, but not to this degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my other novels, people might have been
released from captivity, but not in this fashion and not really for this long
of cogent imprisonment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words,
none of my other characters have been aware of their long term imprisonment,
not like Aine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can guess how happy
she is to be released, plus, Eoghan might be the only person in the world who
can and world release her.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Many who might release her, would not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the few who could even know or detect
her, might not release her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eoghan is a
kind and gentle man. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would release
Aine just because he is a great guy, but this will cause problems for him and
for the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will be part of the
entertainment in Aine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Now, about other prison plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
might throw one in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prison plots are
just so easy to use and to get into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, all I need is for Aine or Eoghan or Eva to do something a little
illegal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, they will be escaping
justice, so to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will be
hunted eventually by Stela and the Organization, or that’s my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The police might be looking for them actively
as in criminally, or for them generally, as in missing person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t decided how I want to work this or
how I want to present this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That will
come with the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, the prison
plot can be just tossed in when the author needs it or wants it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will mention this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I’m not a fan of writing where the author places a tensioned scene with
repercussions that suddenly disappear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, if the police or others are after your characters, don’t
just let them shrug it off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There needs
to be a result and resolution based on the circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there isn’t, why even bring in the peril
in the first place?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think this is an important point of writing, but to really do it justice,
I need to think about it, and perhaps make it the next topic under the prison
plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Peril is like a Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps
I need to explain the Chekov’s Gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chekov, the famous playwright wrote that if a playwright introduces a
gun in act one, someone must shoot it in act two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His point was that when a writer places a
setting element in a play, he or she should turn it into a creative element in
the next act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true to a large
degree in novels as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel,
not every setting element needs to become a creative element, but especially with
important elements, we shouldn’t introduce them and not use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a novel, because of the magnitude of the
setting elements, not every single one needs to be promoted to creative elements,
but why describe a setting element if you aren’t going to use it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the main point here is not just the
use of the setting elements, but rather, introducing peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peril in a scene is the development of
tension—tension without release is worthless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, let’s not build tension if we don’t release the
tension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the previous example, don’t
introduce a strained situation like an illegality or an incident without
resolving it in a reasonable way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically,
I find irrationality in shows or novels to be terrible writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great author doesn’t necessarily clean up
ever loose end and tie it up with a bow, but each incident of note needs a
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try an example using the
prison plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In <i>Rose: Enchantment and the Flower</i>, Rose goes out to find and rescue
a couple of girls in her house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
finds them in peril with a couple of women who are selling them beer and
cigarettes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the girls are attacked,
Rose fights back and using her very great skills stops their attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the process, Robyn calls the police and
the other girls from her house come to help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The conclusion of the event is that Rose is injured and brought to
hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others are picked up by
the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teachers and
headmistress get involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My point is
this, all of these situations need to be seen through to the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of Rose in hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The incident of the girls and Rose with the
police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem of the teachers, and
finally, the criminals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these
need to be addressed and resolved to some degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This completes the peril with appropriate
release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The point with the prison plot is that this is an appropriate release and
circumstance in the appropriate situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, sending Rose to hospital is one example of the prison
plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Placing the criminals in prison is
another example of a prison plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
point is to reasonably and rationally complete an introduced peril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This just makes sense to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any writing, it really bothers me when a
situation isn’t resolved effectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps this is just a problem for those who have complex circumstances,
but it does seem to be a problem of many movies and some writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect it causes a real problem for many unpublished
writers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Item</strong> (i)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>1. Article (i) – 1e, 46 – 42% - I’ll move to
the item plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great plot and
very easy to appropriately introduce to any novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can just throw it in at will for a single
scene, or build it carefully through scenes to act as a telic element.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always say go big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think I already wrote about the ring in <i>Cassandra: Enchantment and the
Warriors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The ring moves on the down
low through the entire novel slowly gathering more and more mojo until it
becomes a telic element near the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the best way to work an item in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With items, you have McGuffins as well as real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin is an item that exists solely to
move a plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has no real value,
worth, or maybe existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>McGuffins are
common in some modern novels, but I like items of real value and worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like my magic items to be magical, and my
other items to be used and usable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, if you introduce a gun…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now a
gun can be used in many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
shoot it, the target is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can also use it other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is
true of the knife or any other weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s true, if you introduce a weapon, you should use it, but use means a
lot of different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to
stop here and move forward next about the different types of items and how you
can use them in a plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So, there are McGuffins and real items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A McGuffin could be an actual and real item, or it could be something just
made up of even false or non-existent like the Maltese Falcon in the novel of
the same name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a fan of the McGuffin,
but I do see their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A McGuffin can
be very worthwhile in a real worldview novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could also be used in a reflected worldview novel, but the question
is why not give a real power or ability to an item?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m into that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the most interesting use of an item
is the secret or secret capability of the item that the protagonist or other character
discovers in the revelation of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is just the case with Angelica’s ring from my novel <i>Cassandra:
Enchantment and the Warriors</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have items of power whose capability or abilities are hidden or secret.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then, there are items whose capabilities are obvious like a gun or a
knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These have obvious capabilities,
but potentially many abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, you can shoot a gun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means
a lot of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gun can be shot at
someone or just in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
used to hunt or fired at a target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
are the points that are most obvious about a gun, but a gun can be used in many
other ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can use a gun as a tool, in the sense of striking a person or a
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gun can be mishandled—resulting
in firing or misfiring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be
cleaned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be used to
threaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a paperweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be an item that causes fear or that
reduces fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all, the gun is a very
useful tool in every potential use from shooting to just an item to a threat or
a positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guns are highly versatile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knives are too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Knives are ery useful tools like knives, but their use and potential use is
even more varied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus a knife can’t
usually go off unexpectedly although there can be accidents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll look at these items and their potential,
next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tomorrow,
I’ll start with these plots and evaluate how and which I’ll use in this new
novel Aine. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obstacles
that must be overcome for the protagonist to resolve the telic flaw</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rose and Seoirse, and the topic will be the raising of Ceridwen—at least that’s
my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to that, I want to
write another novel about dependency as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shall see. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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