Noah Litle's Blog

I know it’s been a while since I posted, and I’m sorry for that. But this time away from blogging has given me some perspective. Some new experience, and some new movies, too. This is just a quick post to share some of what I’ve learned in the past few months. I hope y’all don’t mind if I’m a little informal.

So, the movie TENET. This isn’t going to be the main post I write on this movie. That comes later. But I did want to share a bit about how this movie changed me.

TENET is a m...

As writers, we often think of a story as being something that is conveyed through words, at least at some point. We use words to tell our stories. Movies are usually screenplays before they’re made. And when we go to hear a story, someone has to use words to tell it to us.

But something that has always fascinated me is the idea of communication without words. And especially stories that are told without words. There aren’t a lot of ways to do that, which is one of the things that makes the chall...

So, I feel like I’m a little bit behind the bandwagon here.

Is anyone else late to the event that is “The Chosen”?

For those of you who haven’t heard of it, it’s an indie TV series about the life of Jesus. Or, more specifically, it’s about the lives of those who were changed by meeting Jesus. And very well done, I might add. I can hardly wait for Season 2. You can watch a “pilot” of sorts here: The Shepherd. And you can watch the first episode here: The Chosen, Episode One.

Anyway. In one of th...

I know. It sounds crazy. How can I give you “quick tips” for adding depth to your story? How can anything to do with deep themes be quick?

I’m glad you asked, because that brings me to my first tip:

Pick a character who makes a decision based on a certain set of circumstances. Say, for example…

… Caleb, from Fireproof. He makes a decision to do the Love Dare. Because his marriage is failing, and his dad asked him to.

So, the tip is to think opposite. What if he had decided not...

As promised, here is the guest post by my sister, Chalice, from Lionhearted Art. But enough from me. I’ll let her take over. Enjoy!

This was the question that began running through my head after I put down the book, A Monster Calls (by Patrick Ness). I had picked it up because pretty much every review on Goodreads was written by some one who was moved to tears by the book. And of course I wasn’t about to pass up a good cry.

I was almost finished with the book and I ha...

So, I had not planned to do a part two for my characters as symbols post. But I’ve been wanting to do this post on The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, and I though it would make a good sequel.

I’m going to be doing it differently, though. I’m not really going to be giving any tips in this post. I’m just going to share something I noticed in this movie last time I watched it.

I hope you enjoy it!

If you haven’t seen this movie (or read the play), I highly recommend you tak...

I’m not going to be analyzing much, or even saying much today. I don’t even really know much about this subject. I’m just going to give some quick pros and cons for traditional vs. independent publishing. And mostly tell you why I want to pursue traditional publishing.

First of all, I don’t want people to think that I have anything against indie authors. I have a few indie author friends through social medias. I have nothing against them or their work. Just want to make that clear before I dive ...

What is it about a character that makes a reader want to keep reading about them? 

Everyone has their own theory on what the most important trait for your character to have is. Some people say likability is the most important thing. If your character is likable, then your readers won’t be able to stop reading.

But there are characters who aren’t likable, who capture readers attention.

So, maybe it’s relatability. That’s the most important thing. If your character is relatable, then your reade...

Breaking from my usual again. Maybe this is the new normal.

Before I get started I want to talk a little about what makes something a favorite. And I don’t mean just for me, I mean for everyone.

I think each and every one of us has a certain set of themes that repeat throughout our lives. These themes may be influenced by personal preferences. Or maybe they’re driven by personality – that un-quantifiable mixture of nature and nurture.

One thing I do know, we humans seem to learn in cycles. We...

Welcome to Noah Litle Writes.

I’m breaking out of my usual pattern again. Last week I talked about why I don’t like dystopian and analyzed my personal preference. This week I’m breaking from the usual and I’ll be analyzing something I only know a little about. And that is, Likable Characters.

Why is it so important that characters be likable? And what does it take to make your own characters likable?

I think The Lego Batman Movie is a perfect example to analyse, because it has two characters who...