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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RomanceGenreHeroines This is a summary of the Heroine archetypes from The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes & Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes (see the footnote on the index page, Heroes And Heroines ). You can also find the Hero archetypes on Romance Genre Heroes . Most of the Heroines are female versions of the Heroes.

Romance Genre Heroines

Character Names - Tips for Writers on Naming Characters | BabyNames.com

There are many literary and movie characters that become everlasting brands in our culture— Atticus Finch , 'Ratso' Rizzo , Holden Caulfield and Scarlett O'Hara, for example. If you name your character right, you will choose a name that is unique to your character and memorable to your story. The names you choose should reveal something about your characters: who they are, where they come from or where they are going. http://www.babynames.com/character-names.php

25 Things You Should Know About Character

Previous iterations of the “25 Things” series: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/06/07/25-things-you-should-know-about-character/

Lady in Red

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LadyInRed I Dream Of Red! "Red.
For the Wilkie Collins novel and related works, see The Woman In White . http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WomanInWhite

Woman in White

Woman In Black

For the Susan Hill novel and related works, see The Woman In Black . Where the Woman in White marks a mysterious but important character and the Lady in Red indicates the sexy yet morally questionable one, the Woman in Black is almost always scary and menacing. While black in itself is a pretty common colour to find in Real Life 's clothing, particularly among Goths and similar cultural movements, there is still something unsettling to a woman in all-black garb, especially if she's an Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette . http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WomanInBlack
From this site http://www.cuckleburr.com/are-you-the-next-jk-rowling Planning This is by far the most underrated of the steps in the writing process. http://authonomy.com/forums/threads/61468/j-k-rowling-s-writing-process/

Writers' forum - J K Rowling's Writing Process | authonomy writing community

Answer the...Call To Adventure: How Many Plots are There?

For a long time now scholars have sought an answer to this question and depending on where you look and who you ask, you’re likely to get an answer of anything from two to two hundred. There are conflicting responses to this question because a definitive answer does not actually exist. http://www.darrellpitt.com/2011/04/how-many-plots-are-there.html
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Motifs a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., esp. in a literary, artistic, or musical work. a distinctive and recurring form, shape, figure, etc., in a design, as in a painting or on wallpaper.

Motifs

Youkai are a widely-varied collection of various supernatural creatures that pop up in Shinto religion.

Youkai

List of legendary creatures (B)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Buraq from a 17th-century Mughal miniature Ba ( Egyptian ) - Soul of the deceased, depicted as a bird or a human-headed bird.
Pixar story artist Emma Coats has tweeted a series of “story basics” over the past month and a half — guidelines that she learned from her more senior colleagues on how to create appealing stories:

The Pixar Touch - history of Pixar - Blog - Pixar story rules (one version)

The Seven Basic Plots

Christopher Booker's The Seven Basic Plots is a long book .