© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved What a Contagonist actually is and how this character can absolutely transform your story and its conflict to engage readers so they'll be hooked to your storytelling. What Is A Contagonist, anyway? To begin, what in the heck is a Contagonist??? No-before you even ask, it is NOT the protagonist or antagonist replacement in a story. The term "Contagonist" is actually a coined term created by Chris Huntley and Melanie Anne Phillips…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved How to write an well-written tragedy that breaks reader's hearts, makes them love to hate you & placing you way above the competition. To begin, a "Tragedy" is defined as: "A serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (such as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that elicits pity or terror." Likewise, more commonly seen in plays and classic literature. But you don't need to…
Buy The book! Facebook Twitter Instagram The Cruel Prince ~ A Book Review by Arabella K. Federico © 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved This post may contain affiliate links where I retain a small commission for any purchase made through these links Summary of The Cruel Prince To begin, The Cruel Prince begins with 7-year old Jude was stolen away from the mortal world by her mother's bloodthirsty ex-hubby who just happened to be a Faerie. He murdered…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved How organizing all the elements of your story into a Series Bible can save time, boost efficiency, and keep you from giving your love interest the wrong colored eyes; again. A big, scary, and intimidating Series Bible!! Oooohhh, the horror!! God forbid a Pantser is reading this, I may get virtually slashed! All jokes aside, a Series Bible really isn't that bad, and I have proof! Literally, I'm here to plan it all…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved Buy The Book!! Facebook Twitter Instagram Legendary~A Book Review by Arabella K. Federico Special Note About this Legendary Book Review: If you haven't read Caraval, book 1 in this series, I do not recommend reading this book review. There are spoilers of Caraval in this review, which is on book 2 (Legendary) of the series! You've been warned, my curious fairy children! Summary of Legendary: To begin with, Legendary starts with Donatella Dragna…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved How to Write Pain. Effectively. Pain. Physical pain. It absolutely sucks. Straight up, especially if it's something chronic that you deal with on a daily basis...but when it comes to your character's physical pain-either acute or chronic-how do you write pain? More importantly, how do you accurately convey what your characters are experiencing at the given moment of said pain? Our goals as writers are to immerse our readers into…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved Buy the book!! Facebook Twitter Instagram Caraval~A book Review by Arabella K. Federico Welcome to Caraval! Here you will get my subjective book review on this very popular novel! But remember, it's only a game. Summary of Caraval Scarlett Dragna is a careful, small island girl who's dreamed of nothing more than marrying a nice man who can take care of her and her sister, Tella. To take them both away from…
Book Review Request Hello & thank you for coming to The Book Review Request page! I call it a BRR! I am constantly reading, most of the time I'm reading 2-4 at one time! It's more than entertainment for me. In addition, I'm a firm believer that reading helps you become a better writer-it's essential to it. Similarly, if you're just an avid reader, than sit back & enjoy! Reading is a lovely virtue, therefore those who don't take full…
© 2020 Arabellan K. Federico All Rights Reserved Buy the book!! Tumblr Twitter Instagram They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera A Book review by arabella k. federico When I first saw the title for "They Both Die at the End" I was like wait...what? Do they REALLY die at the end?? And so, when it was time to do a book review on it, I wasn't sure whether to spill the beans or not. But, the title…