by Angela Arndt, @aearndt Inspiration from a Screenplay I have chronic pain and there are some days that I’m unable to do much more than watch television <gasp!> Still, we can learn …
If You Give a Character a Lie …
If You Give a Character a Lie … If you give a character a Lie that is tied to some Dark Moment in his past … he is going to …
Emotion: It Don’t Come Easy
My decision to layer in stronger, deeper emotion into Somebody Like You cost me more than I ever anticipated. Why? Because if I wanted my imaginary characters to express emotions that my readers connected with, I had to tap into very real emotions inside me.
While the story is a contemporary romance, it also examines themes of twins and family, widowhood and grief, loss, estrangement, brokenness … all wrapped around the Story Question: Can a young widow fall in love with her husband’s reflection?
Another question I had to answer? How honest was I going to be as I wove stronger, deeper emotion into my novel?