Saturday, September 29, 2012

The Art Of Coming Up With Psychological Novels

By Patrice McCoy


Psychological novels depict what motivates characters to act in a certain way, and not just the sequence of their actions. They highlight the thoughts, feelings and drives of a character instead of dwelling on the resulting action. They draw attention to the fact that external events are generated by the emotional and psychological state character exhibits. This is an important property that authors use to impress the reader.

Writers meticulously study the character's personality to give a good picture of the inner ethical struggles that they go through. This involves a thorough analyzing nature of humans and the moral conflicts attributed to the human race. Here, writing is a skill that calls for a careful examination involving subliminal as well as the unconscious aspects of the mind.

Flashbacks, internal monologues and a stream of conscious thought are some recommended techniques used by writers in the art of writing psychosomatic novels. Instead of expressing the character's point of view through dramatic monologue, the writers instead articulate the character's process of thought. The characters possess a mental process which is an unpunctuated form of interior monologue.

These techniques used in mental writing illustrate how the human mind works. It also enables readers to access the inner most thoughts of characters. The readers hence are able to understand and relate to the characters. The novels address social, emotional, political and spiritual issues that affect the human race.

These novels can be of various genres including horror, mystery, suspense and thrillers. Their authors apply their skills to give the reader a trip through the antagonist's and protagonist's minds to help them see and understand their feeling and emotional struggles. These aspects are the building blocks for the story.

Writing of such books can be traced back to Giovanni Boccaccio in his work Elegia di Madonna Fiamemetta. Nevertheless the first psychosomatic novel is believed to be the Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu that was written in Japan in the 11th century. Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a prime example of a psychological novel and William Shakespeare's Hamlet is a classic example of psychological writing in dramatic form.

Key contributors to the art of the books discussed in the USA include Edith Wharton, Henry James and Arthur Miller. Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe, The Red and the Black by Stendhal, The bell jar by Sylvia Path and Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes have received recognition as the most outstanding done classics. The new age mental novel is considered to have originated from the publishing of Knut Hamsum, a Nobel laureate.

Psychological novels make a significant slice of literal works. The drama, provocative questions and insight on the working involving the human mind have kept the fans ardent readers on the edge of their seats, turning page after page and seeking the next novel to be released. The novels are a great works of art that make an interesting and compelling read.




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