I love music. But, then again, who doesn’t? Like a good story, music has the ability to touch upon our emotions. Music can uplift and inspire us, or it can fill us with dread. It can even make us cry. As is often the case with art, just the tiniest little details placed with great…
There are plenty of difficult aspects of writing fiction, but one of the hardest things to do is set a scene that really comes to life for the reader. A lot of writers struggle with White Room Syndrome—a common issue in which the writing has become so involved with the characters and dialogue that the…
In many mythologies and ancient worldviews, almost every little aspect of life is designated by some kind of deity. Quite often in these histories, it is as if the emotions and concepts themselves have been personified and prompted to action. The Greek god of love, Eros, for example, designated who was going to fall in…
I once saw this question being posed to the online community, and I honestly wasn’t quite sure how I’d respond to it then, and I’m not quite sure how I would respond to it now. I’d thought that as far as literary studies go, there were a number of specific styles of “reading,” but when…
A few posts ago, I wrote about close-reading and finding the story behind the story. One thing I’ve learned after going off to college and experiencing new people and places is that a lot of the story beneath the surface is dependent upon our perspectives as well. Not only as individuals with different backgrounds, but…