Someone asked after reading Return of the Sacred Feminine what the Sacred Feminine actually is. I'm not an expert by any means. If fact, I'm not really sure I know the answer well enough to respond. What I do know, or at least, feel is that with all the war and upheaval going on there is an imbalance. I found on the internet that the Sacred Feminine is associated with the qualities of wisdom, justice, beauty, and compassion. The Sacred Feminine destroys old forms and brings new ones into being …
Return of the Sacred Feminine??
Images on the news often portray an imbalance. That the old world order, the patriarchal world of rules and judgments and wars and control needs a bit of balance. Only trouble, the sacred feminine stays lost or hidden, is out of reach.Yesterday's plot consultation gave me hope of the sacred feminine reveal, return, and balance restored. Ah, the joys of being in on the birth of greatness. Thanks for inviting me...Be brave.Dig deep. …
Plot and Emotion cont.
In the hopes of inspiring yet another emotional layer to your characters, I add the following to the list of behaviors that do NOT work in effective communication. Focusing on own feelingsClaiming amnesiaChanging the subjectTaking the high moral groundTrying to winHating to loseAgreeing, but not reallyLyingExaggeratingGiving upGiving ordersTaking over the discussionGiving suggestionsGetting hurtBecoming delicate and vulnerableLosing perspectiveCatastrophizingFacial expressions like boredom, …
More on Emotion and Plot
Following the in-depth article Emotion Makes the Character with tips for creating emotion in your characters, I offer the following:Use of the following behaviors, which impede effective communication, create conflict and tension and reveal character:Walking awaySarcasmBlameShort TemperWithdrawalNot listeningTalking overLooking awayShoutingAngerCriticismIntellectualizingDebating the complaintThreatening to leaveCounter-complaints(List is thanks to my dear friend, Teresa LeYung Ryan, and Emillo …
Universal Writer’s Traits: Sound Familiar?
At a couple of the recent plot workshops, I asked writers to fill in a Character Plot Profile for their protagonist's Dramatic Action goals and Character Emotional Development traits, the antagonist's, and for themselves as a writer, too.Following is a random sample of the responses in relationship to themselves as writers:Dramatic Action PlotLong-term goal: Write a book, finish, publish bookStanding in the way: Family, job, poor discipline, distracted, lazy, nothing, integrating two characters …
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