how to (and how not to) write a solving a puzzle moment This is the IDEAL place for an allegory In a novel I just finished, I had to basically explain what market share is in the business world, and why the villain in my novel acted as he did Its a complex topic, yet I explained the concept easily between my main character, and his love interest in one line of realistic dialog via the use of an
Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard I think I want to write an allegory but I need something to jump start my imagination Hinds Feet is probably the best allegory I've read So I think I'll start here I don't really want to read the whole thing so I think I'll use quotes and online summaries and notes
Novel - Should I Illustrate My Novel? | Creative Writing Forums . . . It is an allegory-riddled work of literary fiction, which deals with many social issues, from chauvinism to racism The main character, the pilot, suffers from a highly addictive personality He has a drinking problem, gamebles like a degenerate, and is forever drowning in a sea of meaningless women
How do you come up with a premise for your story? But a better allegory would be looking for gold, because we know most of what we write is useless dust, but that nugget is in there somewhere To find gold you gotta mine You can either set up an established operation in a known spot and keep working at it, or hunt around, trying this place and that, looking for leads to the prize
The Role of Fantasy in Story - Creative Writing Forums Speculative elements make good allegory, since you set the parameters For example, the issue of Mage rights in the Dragon Age series is a freedom vs security allegory at its core Magic users can cause horrendous suffering because of criminality or demonic possession, so they're forcibly confined to hybrid school prison facilities called Circles
How to write a convincing child necromancer? - Writing Forums I would read "The Infancy Gospel of Thomas," which has some pretty interesting Slytherin-style magic by Jesus Yes, that Jesus The church hates this book The word heresy is bandied about It's just an old curiosity and not to be taken seriously, but it would make a perfect source for allegory If it were me, I would rip themes off from it
The City of Ember, By Jeanne Duprau - Critical Review I liked Lina’s bean sprout, and Doon’s moth, but the were ultimately very diffuse in their allegory and didn’t connect much with the plot The whole red herring with the secret store room in the pipeworks would have been more satisfying if it had been employed somehow as a mechanism for Doon and Lina’s escape once the truth was discovered