Do you wake up in the middle of the night fearing writer's block taking hold of you and your story? Does it make you worry that one day you'll just be so blocked you can't write a thing? Do you struggle with Writer's block currently and haven't found a way out? Well, I have your solution What the hell is the star of conflict? To begin, "The Star of Conflict" is a specific tool I created for writers like yourself…
© Copyright Arabella K. Federico All Right Reserved How To Make Your Writer's Imagination Shine The Writer's Imagination Boot-Camp to help you expand your imagination so every tale you tell is as rich and vivid as you want it to be. A Blog by arabella K. Federico What do you care about and why is building your imagination important to you To begin, as you follow along with me in this journey, I want you to really think about WHAT…
©Copyright Arabella K. Federico 2020 All Rights Reserved My opinion on why Edward Cullen is the REAL Protagonist of The Twilight Saga, and how Stephanie Meyer's new book, "Midnight Sun" will probably be the best novel out of the five. Let's Go back...back to the days of the twilight "Twihards" To begin, and please don't think less of me...I drank the Kool-Aid over the entire Twilight thing. Actually, I found the books decent back then, but that wasn't the issue,…
Creating Your Dream main-character: How Protagonist & Plot dovetail together to creat a dynamic merge. Part 2 © Copyright arabella K. Federico How you are able to take an incredibly flawed Protagonist and guild them down the 3 Act Structure so their story follows a completed arc that follows the plot to perfection. The 3-act story structure To begin, since I mentioned Jessica Brody in PART 1 of my Protagonist series, I'm going to just continue with her and her book "Save…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved Writing Your Antagonist's Evil Sidekick We're all familiar with the hero's sidekick, with the Protagonist's valiant partner in crime who's always standing by their side through adventure and danger alike. But what about your villain's sidekick? What happens to your story when you take all the elements of a traditional sidekick and wrap them in evil intentions and spring them out upon your world? Everyone needs a friend, even the most evil of…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved We all know about the typical hero. We all know who our Anti-Heroes are. But do you know about the grey-hero? We all understand the Grey Antagonist, but what about the Grey Protagonist? Introducing the grey-hero For example, you see it everywhere on Pinterest. "How to write a morally grey Antagonist!" "How a grey Antagonist Will Shake Your Readers." They're not wrong. A morally grey Antagonist IS a good Antagonist. Typically, you…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved. Why your mentor character sucks, is cliche', and how you're novel is missing out on the thematic truth your readers are craving. Wise old men who are full of Power & knowledge-NEXT!! Firstly, it's time this stereotype ends. Period. It's not a thing anymore and more importantly-IT'S BORING. So, now that that's out of the way, we can get to the good stuff. Why Have A Mentor? Secondly, even though I feel…
© 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…
