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Vocal Creators Chronicle Vol. 8 . Top Story - February 2022.
The Vocal Creators Chronicle was founded on a love for creativity with the one ambition to celebrate fellow creators. To fulfil this ambition, we bring attention to a broad range of creators' work, carve out target audiences, and innovate to extend reach to readers. As we return from our Christmas hiatus and step into 2022, we are as adventurous as ever in chasing our dreams. Recently, we've strolled onto Twitter!
By The Vocal Creators Chronicle4 years ago in Journal
Writing in a New Genre
The idea started to form probably a little before I watched The Matrix. I was a small child still, and I didn't fully understand what was going on in the movie, but the concept of questioning reality was not foreign to me. And once I was able to look past the fun fight scenes and CGI of the movie, and understood the deeper message it was trying to portray, I realized the concept that had be growing in my mind was something people had questioned for years. They still are now.
By IEatForMyFriends4 years ago in Journal
All the Tools You Need for Building Excellent Characters
Developing characters for a novel can be a lot of fun but also overwhelming. The following guide is meant to help you to develop a strategic plan to organize your characters and make them interesting enough for your readers to want to know them.
By Andrea Lawrence4 years ago in Journal
Tell Me More
Tell Me More My new therapist asked if I had experienced trauma in my life. I told her about the time a man bought me a drink in the Cheers bar in Boston while I was in 12th grade and visiting with my family. My brother was playing football for Dartmouth, and earlier that day they beat Harvard 14-7. Somehow, I snuck a few drinks from the bartender; my twenty-three-year-old cousin facilitated the Ouzo shots for me most likely. The man at the bar coerced me to exit into the alley with him, where he pulled me closer, kissed me violently, and put one hand around my neck while twisting my nipple with the other. I was not safe.
By Candice Kelsey4 years ago in Journal
New York, Rome, Milan: Writing About Places You've Never Visited
Setting is an important part of any story. Whether it’s a memoir or a fiction novel, your story’s location can help set the tone of the story. It shows your character’s strengths and weaknesses and bolsters the overall theme of the novel. While visiting the location you plan to use in your book firsthand is always preferred, sometimes it’s not feasible. For example, my novel The Loch takes place in Balloch, Scotland. Scotland is on my bucket list, but I have yet to make it there.
By Beth Freely4 years ago in Journal
