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Monthly Archives: January 2016

Environment

Thoughts on Our Environment

January 29, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

A friend of mine once described me as “chameleonic”.  Now, I don’t think that’s actually a word, but I don’t care because I like the meaning behind it. He said: […]

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Characters, Fleeting Whims, Plot Devices
Oedipus Rex

Hero Archetype #3: The Tragic Hero

January 28, 2016by Vincent Alcaras 3 Comments

Who here knows the story of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles?  If you don’t let me paraphrase it for you: Oedipus is the son of King Polybus and Queen Merope of […]

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Characters, Plot Devices
Together Forever

Romantic or Not, Loyal Relationships Rock

January 27, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

The other day I heard Here’s to Us by Halestorm on the radio and it got me thinking about relationships and sticking together, etc. as fitting with the theme of […]

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Characters, Inspiration, Relationships
Vices

Necessary Ingredient for a Great Character #1: Give them a Vice

January 26, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

In case anyone here doesn’t know, we all have a vice.  Some people drink, they smoke, they over eat, they exercise an exorbitant amount.  So many people throughout history have […]

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Characters, Plot Devices
Past or Present Tense

Past or Present — Which Tense is Best?

January 25, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

When I started writing I used to mix my tenses.  I would initially start a paragraph in the past tense to show you the story and then I would write […]

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Characters, Dialogue
Languages

Thoughts on Foreign Languages

January 22, 2016by Vincent Alcaras 2 Comments

How many of us here know how to speak a foreign language?  I know, we all took that obligatory Spanish/French class in grade school and most of us have probably […]

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Fleeting Whims
Dexter

Hero Archetype #2: The Anti-hero

January 21, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

Okay so who knows what an Antihero is?  I know what you’re thinking, but no, it’s not a villain.  Much like the Byronic Hero, I always found the Antihero to […]

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Characters, Plot Devices
Musashi

Serendipitous Inspiration #4 — The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

January 20, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

Quite often I am asked by people how I finish the first draft, where I have no guidance or map to follow.  I always had some half cocked answer where I say […]

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Inspiration
Tony Montana

Great Character #4: Tony Montana

January 19, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

Before I begin I just want to say that I’m going to assume everyone here has seen the movie Scarface (1983) with Al Pacino, or if you haven’t, you have been […]

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Characters, Inspiration

4 Keys to Engaging Dialogue pt. 2

January 18, 2016by Vincent Alcaras 1 Comment

This is Part 2 to a post series, and Part 1 can be found here if you’re interested.  With that taken care of, I’ll jump into the post. 3. Circumstance […]

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Characters, Dialogue

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