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Today Christian Fiction spotlights a book trailer or movie trailer for our Trailer Park Tuesday feature. This week we will revisit Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns with Tavis Smiley's interview of Angela Basset, since it premiers this week. I received a free ticket to attend. Would love to treat someone to go with, but Selah's birthday is Saturday and Easter is Sunday, so when can we go. Selah's slumber party is Friday, so...Sunday evening? Let me know.
I am in love with a song, John Legend's Coming Home. The moment after I heard it for the first time. I envisioned a man and a woman and a story inspired from that song. Has that ever happened to you? Has a song inspired a story idea? If so, what? And what did you do to make that song a story?
I wanted to be sure what I thought of the song could be transferrable into a character driven story.
I didn't want my idea to be the same as the video.
I use it to brainstorm horses(a chain of themes to build the story)
It helps me determine whether this story will be flash, short, novella or novel. Depending on how many elements this song springs out, tells me what kind of story I'm going to have.
I just love that song. :)
3. I ask my friends and family their thoughts about my horses. Why?
I'm searching for a chain to link these horses up. Usually when you ask people questions, they send you anecdotes. These anecdotes could become subplots, plot points who knows.
You get another chance to listen to the story. :)
4. I began a rough story arc sketch of the story with the lyrics. Next post I will show you a picture of how I do this for my WIP, LoveBound.
Now I have to go back to rewrites on Blessed to Kill:)
This week ACFW has a fun topic question going on: What couples in literature and/or cinema has the most tension, were the most fun, and the most unforgettable? My picks are below. But before you peak I want to ask you 2 things:
Are Christian romances playing into the Romeo and Juliette Syndrome, whereby love isn't good unless it's full of near death experiences and trauma? Is that a true account of love? Or does Christ think otherwise?
What are your favorite tense twosomes and why?
My answers:
The Sound of Music: Fraulein Maria and Captain Van Trapp.
The Matrix: Trinity and Neo.
Nicholas Sparks' A Walk to Remember: Landon and Jamie
Dirty Dancing: Baby and Johnnie
Claudia Burney's Zora and Nicky (April 2008 release)
