Today, we have Amygdala Hijack. This explains a physiological process in our brain in how we respond to stimuli. As always, there is a lot of information to go over, but I promise that this will be useful in character building moments for your story.
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Amygdala Hijack — New Age Literary Term
Olfactory Imagery & Out-of-Character Moment— A-to-Z Blog Challenge, Literary Terms
When you think of tough letters, your first thoughts are Q, X, Y, Z…but O? O my God, this was a tough letter to find words for. There are words, but to do what I’m trying to do, nothing good. I finally found something interesting that I think will knock your socks off, but I would prefer if you kept your feet in the air while you read this. And if you’re not wearing socks, can you slip them on first? Thank you.
Today I am doing Olfactory Imagery and Out-of-Character Moment
You know the drill, give you the words, link them together (somehow) and you let me know what you think. Great fun for everyone.
Learned Helplessness & Least Effort Principle — A-to-Z Blog Challenge, Literary Terms
Now starting the third week and we start off with L, or as I call it, the Longest titLe for this chaLLenge thus far! Like many letters up to this point, L proved to be a challenge and I had to once again scour the internet for good words that still represent concepts that writers should know.
Today we tackle Learned Helplessness and Least Effort Principle.
I thank everyone for the support thus far and I look forward to reaching the end of our path together. Show me you’re still out there with a comment below.
