Literary Limbo: How to Write and Draw Supernatural Fiction

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47076749740299005182011-07-30T16:36:06.357-04:00Literary Limbo: How to Write and Draw Supernatural FictionThis weblog offers advice and resources on writing and drawing about angels, demons, and other related concepts.Asayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835345738506988687noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4707674974029900518.post-9004040167454594592009-07-12T16:01:00.004-04:002009-07-12T16:48:29.425-04:00Creating Unique Perspectives

To create more realistic interactions between characters(espescially main characters), it's important to remember that two seperate people will view the world differently. If that is the case, then seperate characters should also interact with the world differently.For example, we have John, Rachel, and Fred. John is a casual, ordinary guy. He believes that you should go through life as easily as

Asayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835345738506988687noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4707674974029900518.post-3552269762056037252009-06-29T18:56:00.003-04:002009-06-29T19:03:34.892-04:00Scale it Down, Please: Why The Apocalypse Is Starting To Get Repetitive

The future of mankind, the world at stake, the hope of humanity hangs in the balance.As much as I enjoy climatic battles and the fate of humanity, scaling down the conflict makes the story more personal. Making the area of conflict a bit more local to the setting will probably make it easier to contain in the reader's mind, especially for beginning writers.

Asayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835345738506988687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4707674974029900518.post-85292746200807701092009-06-06T15:10:00.006-04:002009-06-06T15:36:12.862-04:005 Ways to Show if a Character is Possessed

1. The character has an unnatural eye colour. (Their eyes are completely black, or are yellow with slit pupils, or their eyes are glowing, etc.)2. The characters' word balloon is jagged and the font is irregular. Most commonly used when the character is speaking, unless you want to be subtle. Their voice may become deeper or more savage.3. A ghostly figure is behind the possessed character. 4.

Asayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835345738506988687noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4707674974029900518.post-33000032280063445892009-06-05T23:25:00.003-04:002009-06-05T23:28:59.493-04:00Going With the Flow

Lately I've noticed that when you're having writer's block it's okay to just write down any relevant ideas that come to you for that particular story. Then, you can organize it into a more understandable form.

Asayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835345738506988687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4707674974029900518.post-68055315905685418592009-05-30T16:01:00.000-04:002009-06-05T23:30:31.448-04:00How to Provoke Questions

Barbara Nicolosi, founder of Act One(http://www.actoneprogram.com/index.htm) once said in an interview-"Too many Christians think we are supposed to use the arts to give people the answers. We’re not. We’re supposed to use the arts to lead them into a question. And that is just one stage in their personal journey of divine revelation. Once they have a new question, they will be on a search -

Asayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835345738506988687noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4707674974029900518.post-73377877752310244172009-05-22T22:35:00.003-04:002009-05-22T22:51:10.177-04:00Two Ways to Portray Angelic and Demonic Spirits

There is still some debate among religious scholars about this very topic, but for those who are writing a novel or comic-book there are TWO WAYS to write about angels and demons-1. Free Will- With this method, the spirits are self-aware beings that have a choice about what they can or can't do. I think this is a pretty cool way to portray spirits because it can lead to an interesting look on how

Asayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835345738506988687noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4707674974029900518.post-40104154547506381032009-05-20T16:46:00.004-04:002009-05-20T17:03:50.632-04:003 Ways to Work with Visions

Leave it open-ended. It'll take all the suspense out of a story if everybody knows whats going to happen. Try leaving it open to the interpretation of the reader and the character(s). The premonition might be vague, or it may mean more than it appears. The Medium frequently has dreams where the vision means more than it suggests at first.Make it a metaphor. Maybe the dream or vision is a metaphor

Asayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835345738506988687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4707674974029900518.post-43574317008011619882009-05-16T15:58:00.004-04:002009-05-20T16:33:08.055-04:00The Differences Between Prophets and Psychics

For those of you who want to write about a prophet or psychic but don't understand the distinction between them, this will hopefully help you to understand these types of characters.Prophets are usually common people divinely inspired to represent God. While prophets are usually individually inspired, there are prophets who also have offspring with the power of prophecy, which is a kind of

Asayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835345738506988687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4707674974029900518.post-52748209805604326132009-05-14T20:05:00.001-04:002009-06-05T23:29:52.933-04:00Don't Overdo It! How to Avoid Preaching At Your Readers

I've seen more than enough Christian fiction and comic-books that have tried to reach to secular audiences. I've haven't seen much that have succeeded in reaching out to the YA audience, especially comic-book wise.I think it is great to express your beliefs in your stories, but when you are preaching at the reader every other word balloon or sentence, you are telling your readers that you do not

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