tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31719388.post7875827823614893186..comments2022-03-02T20:23:21.795+02:00Comments on PR move: TITLE ANTITHETICAL OR PLAIN? CREATIVE WRITING IDEAJacob Skirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449460588097304030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31719388.post-29473010011775762852008-06-04T20:17:00.000+03:002008-06-04T20:17:00.000+03:00Deb,thanks for a great comment. You would send it ...Deb,<BR/>thanks for a great comment. You would send it to "Yahoo answers" if it were possible (if the question were still open there).Jacob Skirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449460588097304030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31719388.post-15395858070371309062008-06-04T19:35:00.000+03:002008-06-04T19:35:00.000+03:00Jacob,I always am happy when I can foreshadow even...Jacob,<BR/><BR/>I always am happy when I can foreshadow events or reveal character subtly, whether in a title or elsewhere in a work.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if a sublter approach to the title and summary might not be a better idea here. If you set up immediately that this girl is a paradox, where does that let the story go? I don't really know enough about this to have a valid opinion, but it's important to show, not tell. (Gee, where have we heard that before...? *grin*)<BR/><BR/>Even though she's asking for help with her summary, I get the impression she hasn't written the story yet. There's no need of a title yet in that case. Frankly her summary is too vague to make much sense to me. <BR/><BR/>I get the contrasts, but I'm not sure they work in this context. And unless Rylie is shown to be a more sympathetic character, (bitter and rebellious aren't attractive qualities) the author runs the risk of no one wanting to read about her protagonist.<BR/><BR/>I've seen this happen often with beginning writers. They know so much more about their characters than they have verbalized. Yet they think it's all there on paper, when it's mostly still in their heads. <BR/><BR/>And yes, this happened to me early in my writing career. That's how I know. It's hard to filter out what we know about our characters that our readers don't know yet.<BR/><BR/>It may seem obvious to her that Rylie is devastated by her boyfriend's death, but it's not enough to say there's a void in her life. We need words that evoke an emotional response in us, not that instruct us in the facts of the story.<BR/><BR/>"The void that was now Rylie's life is not what she had in mind for the beginning of her senior year. And since Nature abhors a vacuum, bitterness and rebellion have now taken the place of sweetness and innocence. [Boyfriend], her one true love, is dead. Nothing could change that, or alter the fact that she herself felt dead inside. But Rylie <I>could</I> change her life. The question was, would she destroy it in the process?"<BR/><BR/>Just a suggestion.<BR/><BR/>Deb GallardoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31719388.post-10052434480760616142008-06-03T12:45:00.000+03:002008-06-03T12:45:00.000+03:00Abigail,I am not so sure as you think. It is impor...Abigail,<BR/>I am not so sure as you think. It is important to see all the possible solutions. In our case, the idea of using Antithesis comes from the fact that the main heroine is very paradoxical (= antithetical) herself.Jacob Skirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449460588097304030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31719388.post-8354890384262975712008-06-02T17:40:00.000+03:002008-06-02T17:40:00.000+03:00Jacob,you name a few solutions, then you say Antit...Jacob,<BR/>you name a few solutions, then you say Antithesis is the most suitable solution. How are you so sure this is the best solution?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com