Tag: spine

• Writing and the Human Condition

  There really is nothing new under the sun. I think Solomon was correct. Perhaps, writers know this more than most people. Each time they string together a sentence, they are stepping on the toes of someone who has come before them. Each time they craft a character, they are describing countless other people who at…

  sassevn

  January 13, 2014

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  character development, human drama, spine, story development, superobjective, writing and the human condition

• Can we identify a real person’s ‘superobjective’ by how they actually behave in real life?

  As I think about writing and character development and human behavior and a ton of other things, I keep going back to the fascinating world of the superobjective. A superobjective is what acting coach Larry Moss calls the overarching goal or desire of a character’s existence.  Whether acting or writing, keeping the superobjective in mind…

  sassevn

  June 4, 2013

  Writing Process

  character development, indie author, spine, superobjective, writing, writing brainstorming, writing process