Monthly Archives: December 2012
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Don’t Fear the Static Character
1December 31, 2012 by bradcharlesbeals
The word static, when describing a character, does not have to be dirty. Think of the static character as a …
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The Constant Conscience
Leave a commentDecember 29, 2012 by bradcharlesbeals
In Sophocles’ play Antigone, the conscience of each character is fixed with the same message: submit to the gods, it says. The drama begins …
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Subdue Your Muse
Leave a commentDecember 29, 2012 by bradcharlesbeals
I had a student ask why some lines, like Shakespeare’s “something wicked this way comes”, stick around and almost nothing …
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Zero-prop Fiction
Leave a commentDecember 19, 2012 by bradcharlesbeals
One of the first things I do with clients who provide existing content is to look for the zero-prop filler–language …
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The Writer’s Habitat
Leave a commentDecember 11, 2012 by bradcharlesbeals
British Lit is a survey course, so we jump from one period to the next. Usually the periods are divided …
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