by Dan Jeffries | Apr 1, 2012 | Art, Writing |
The basic mechanism of character change in any story is incredibly simple. A hero starts off with a weakness that is ruining his life and he moves to the logical opposite of that weakness. If he’s purposeless, he gains purpose. If he’s fearful, he...
by Dan Jeffries | Oct 24, 2011 | Writing |
For years I have worked (sporadically) on a book that unlocks the secret doors of story telling. I have never gotten very far, but I have collected some good ideas that I think have a lot of value and have guided my own work. I think I got jammed up mostly because...