Crystal Clary Life Adventures: THE
...: THE OPEN MIND By Crystal Cla...
Monday, October 17, 2016
THE
OPEN
MIND
By Crystal Clary
When I was a child, magazines or books about the wild west with equine as their form of travel inspired me to hop on the back of my Thoroughbred horse "Sissy" and ride like the wind through the miles upon miles of orange groves that surrounded my home in the country. Sissy would oblige my indulgence with zeal being an ex-racehorse who still loved to do a quarter run; full-board. My mind could dream that I was hot on the trail of a wanted "bad guy" who slipped out of the hands of the authorities and I would find him.
Later in college, I often read books about adventure and romance with a historical twist which led me to take psychology classes wanting to understand how some of the cruel characters could be so nonchalant about committing such horrible crimes against humanity.
Little Women a lovely novel made me realize the human struggle to survive and find your soul mate in spite of the real world.
Somewhere in time between childhood and adulthood my soul knew I must make the world a better place and not let this point in history go unnoticed. Document the things in life which must be shared and never forgotten and I find myself doing that very thing with each book I write.
When you read my novels you may realize the crumbs of truth sprinkled on every page.
Monday, September 5, 2016
Crystal Clary Life Adventures: Love the Character:
Crystal Clary Life Adventures: Love the Character:: First we need traits, attitudes, and actions the reader's will love, but here's the problem: If Jackie is too perfect, your audi...
Love the Character:
First we need traits, attitudes, and actions the reader's will love, but here's the problem: If Jackie is too perfect, your audience may not believe in the character. A balance between actual caring and whether the audience can believe in the character is a tight rope balance.
To solve this problem the writer needs to give Jackie some sign of affection that is not perfect. Jackie must have a small minor failing or weakness in her character or behavior to make us believe in her.
Let's say she is honest, physically attractive, and has a great sense of humor--but she also has a drinking problem. Jackie comes to the rescue when her best friend is arrested for a murder she didn't commit. You like her already. Right.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Character Appearance
Character Appearance
When an actor is evaluating a part, they try to keep track of how many scenes their character will appear. Will this script move them forward in the audiences mind or is it just a small part. If the character keeps coming back the audience will expect that actor to do something important. Why else would the writer keep bringing him back?
If the actor has a small part he should remain that way. Say he fills a seat in a café, you wouldn't want to keep seeing him in other locations. The same goes for writing a book. The character should fade into the woodwork if he doesn't move the story forward.
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Crystal Clary Life Adventures: EFFECTIVE PUNCTUATION
Crystal Clary Life Adventures: EFFECTIVE PUNCTUATION: #WRITER"STIP EFFECTIVE PUNCTUATION Proper form. If you want to emphasis in dialogue or narration use italics. Use boldface e...
EFFECTIVE PUNCTUATION
EFFECTIVE PUNCTUATION
Proper form.
If you want to emphasis in dialogue or narration use italics. Use boldface except for headings. Now if you want to show very loud volume, capitalize all the letters. Look at the difference in this one word.
"Bird."
"BIRD."
See the difference?
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