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Tag: Protagonist

New Exercises: Letter to the Future Self/Nobody/Everybody

To stir things up and come at story telling from a new angle, here’s some calesthenics to get the rusted … More

Character, Details, epistle, Exercises, Fiction, letters, Memoir, Narratives, Protagonist, Short Stories

Must See BBC Part Deux

By Your Salonniere Can’t get enough of British Television? At the request of a friend, here’s a list to get … More

bbc, Character, Culture, Drama, Fiction, Masterpiece, Mystery, Narratives, Novels, Pop Culture, Protagonist, Romance, Suspense, Television

Beyond the Peacocks of the Estate: Assessing “Downton” Mania, Part II

 By Your Salonniere Who doesn’t love being in the Downton world, peeking in on the lives and loves of the … More

Character, country estate, Culture, Dickens, Downton Abbey, Fiction, Gaskell, Heroine's Journey, Narrative, Pop Culture, Protagonist, Tolkien

The Worse It Gets the Better the Story: A Character’s Bio

By Your Salonniere Cleaning out old files, this “Character Biography” worksheet surfaced. Its basic but gets to the heart of … More

Character, Exercises, Fiction, Narratives, Novels, Protagonist, Short Stories, Workshop

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