Articles in Musings
The Twilight characters are well enough drawn to compel readers. Emotion and character development pretty much always trumps plot and story structure, in my view. That said– The Hunger Games has completely eclipsed Twilight at the box office and on the best seller list. The Hunger Games has great characters and a rich, complex, well realized Power of Truth story structure– that is an unbeatable combination.
How to Evaluate Stories is a great little guide to finding story problems and fixing them fast!
A character’s Immediate Response is where the character goes first emotionally. This response is a character’s automatic reaction when caught off-guard, questioned, or challenged unexpectedly.
I’ve distilled everything I know about story analysis into a short eBook. It will be my first Kindle, Amazon, iBooks, Sony Reader, Nook publication. It’s priced at $4.99 for an introductory time. Let me know if you’d like to be on the pre-order list.
I believe fiction is a mirror in which see ourselves– that is why “author’s intent” is never as important as “reader’s (or viewer’s) perception”.
