5 Reasons I Don’t Think Girls Should Only Wear Dresses
[Note: this is an old blog post. The takes in this post may no longer apply to what the author currently believes and/or the information may be outdated. Please take all that is written here with a grain of salt.] Y’all know I’m not a traditional Christian in some respects … and in others, I’m […]
Why I Do Halloween
[Note: this is an old blog post. The takes in this post may no longer apply to what the author currently believes and/or the information may be outdated. Please take all that is written here with a grain of salt.] *deep breath* Okay. Here we go. I know I’m going to offend a lot of […]
Plot Construction 101: Inciting Incident
Hello, all! Well, it’s time for the next episode in Plot Construction 101, which is basically me summarizing all the stuff you knew, and I didn’t until I started researching it recently because I was having trouble with Ivy Introspective. Today we’ll be talking about the inciting incident. Rising action usually starts with an […]
How to Write Three-Dimensional Characters
The most important thing you can put in your book is well-rounded, three-dimensional characters. According to Google, the definition of three-dimensional (in literature) is sufficiently full in characterization and representation of events to be believable. So a three-dimensional character is a character that is, well, human.
Books That Should be Made into Movies
When one of our favorite books gets made into a movie, we’re both excited and scared. Excited because we, well, our favorite book has been made into a movie. Scared because it almost certainly will be spoiled. But today we live in a Utopian world and every book that gets made into a movie turns […]
Book Review: The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall by Julie Klassen To escape her stepfather’s scheme to marry her off to a dishonorable man, Margaret Macy flees from London to the country disguised as a housemaid. If she can remain unwed until her next birthday, she will receive an inheritance, and with it, sweet independence. However, Margaret never planned on actually working as a […]
