Protagonist: Writing Your Dream Main-Character~Part 1 © Copyright Arabella K. Federico How Protagonist and Plot Dovetail together to create a dynamic merge that gives your readers a main-character wroth fighting for. "It's not about the Plot-It's about The Lie, The Journey, & The Truth."- Arabella K. Federico To begin, my blog post "Why You're Writing Your Mentor All Wrong" speaks to this notion of the Protagonist's journey. Those writing their novels from the approach of an external plot, idea, or premise…
© 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…
© Copyright Arabella K. Federico 2020 All Rights reserved How to write a character who's smarter than you A Blog by arabella k. federico Are you a genius? Is your IQ in the top 5 percentile? Do you even know about Reality Transferring? Yeah, me either. Though, if you're in the market for whipping up stories that require a smarty-pants character who has to be smarter than you, but you yourself aren't a theoretical genius; how the heck do 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 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…
© 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…
