Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Mar 19 2010
Sun over your story
Think back to the most depressing story you ever heard, whether fictional or real. Did you enjoy reading it or do you remember it simply because it was such a downer of a tale? Stories have to have conflict. Conflict often involves bad news and awful events and sad choices. One of the most famous stories in the universe is the story of the angels' fall from Heaven. It's sad and terrible and maybe even violent on some level, since it was described as war in Heaven. Our stories here need to have conflict in order for characters to grow, to learn, to makes changes. Some characters may progress. Some may slide into the space of their own private abyss. Are we going to leave the reader there? I suppose we could, but the darkest days are only a temporary cloud cover that blocks out the sunshine. Somewhere, somehow, a story should probably contain a glimmer of hope within its words. It could be a peek back at something that almost was or maybe a hint at something that might still be there if only one can get through that cloud cover to touch the warmth of the sunlight.
posted at: 17:21 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Think back to the most depressing story you ever heard, whether fictional or real. Did you enjoy reading it or do you remember it simply because it was such a downer of a tale? Stories have to have conflict. Conflict often involves bad news and awful events and sad choices. One of the most famous stories in the universe is the story of the angels' fall from Heaven. It's sad and terrible and maybe even violent on some level, since it was described as war in Heaven. Our stories here need to have conflict in order for characters to grow, to learn, to makes changes. Some characters may progress. Some may slide into the space of their own private abyss. Are we going to leave the reader there? I suppose we could, but the darkest days are only a temporary cloud cover that blocks out the sunshine. Somewhere, somehow, a story should probably contain a glimmer of hope within its words. It could be a peek back at something that almost was or maybe a hint at something that might still be there if only one can get through that cloud cover to touch the warmth of the sunlight.
posted at: 17:21 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
