how to (and how not to) write a solving a puzzle moment From Wikipiedia "As a literary device, an allegory is a narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences
Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard ― Hannah Hurnard, Hinds' Feet on High Places Wow, couldn't find this more applicable to my life BUT, I'm supposed to be trying to focus on allegory Symbolism: Impatience as a weed opposed to acceptance with joy as a flower Thoughts: weeds can overcome destroy everything around them Flowers are gifts of joy, happiness, love, romance
Descriptive Development - Writing Forums Descriptive Development Need help describing things ? Need to know your metaphor from your simile or your allegory from your elbow this here's the place
The Difference Between Allegory and Getting in Trouble Actually, it isn't that simple Public figures are fair game, for the most part, at least in the United States You still have to avoid actual libel, but you can lampoon and spoof, and even get away with vicious innuendo With a private individual, you can get into trouble much more easily
Dark Fantasy Publishers - Writing Forums Does anyone know of any suitable publishers? I've submitted to S SF, BFS Horizons and Clarkesworld as these are broader in scope I feel that they don't quite fit, however Any help would be greatly appreciated Edit: Found Rainfall, although this is more obscure Also discovered Allegory and The Dark Magazine
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 - 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