It’s … FLAWLESS CHARACTERS! The flawless love interest is honestly such a pet peeve of mine. Unless you’re writing a children’s fairy tale or some kind of poetic play where the characters are allegories, ALL your characters should have flaws. Well, not *should* but it’s the first step to giving your characters some dimension so they are not just cardboard cutouts. A great example of this is Jake from Falling for Christmas. His only vice…
After watching the new season of Borgen, internationally known as Borgen: Power & Glory and Danishly known as Borgen: Riget, Magten og รren, I decided to share a few thoughts on it. Welcome to Borgen review ร la Katja. If you have already watched the YouTube video and just want to jump to places in this text that are NOT in that video, you can go here for more on Greenland and here for more…
2021 has been a crazy year, full of self-reflection, life lessons, and personal growth. While this definitely applies to me, I suspect I am not the only one. And isn’t that wonderful? In the midst of this worldwide insanity, we have been forced to turn within, reevaluate our lives, and find our tribes. In that aspect, it has been a truly transformational year. Well, and I turned 30. That might have had something to do…
Do you have a pre-writing ritual? It could be anything. Doing an hour-long yoga class or just taking your favourite pen in your hands. Preparing a cup of coffee or taking a few deep breaths. Changing your clothes or lighting a candle. The nature of rituals This topic reminds me of writings by Richard Schechner and Victor Turner on the nature of rituals. More specifically, the part about rituals serving as a way to transition…
Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year? I loved the concept of the (inter)national novel writing month since the first time I heard about it. Which must have been quite a few years ago, in the good old days of low-waist jeans, Britney, Christina, and Discmans. I was dreaming of becoming a writer and being a part of an international community of supercool writers (a redundant phrase no doubt, but I wanted to make it clear).…
It’s a funny thing, inspiration. So often, it seems like some elusive magical feeling that grants us its presence every now and then, whereas its absence makes us lethargic and the world uninteresting. Which is understandable. We connect feeling inspired with the dopamine rush of motivation we get after an idea pops into our heads. We are intrigued. We follow the idea. We ask questions. New ideas pop up. It’s all coming together! We are…