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.)
Wed, May 30 2018
Truth and/or consequence
If you tell the truth, you don't have to have a good memory. But is fiction the truth? It can be, if it represents basic truths. A detail such as setting can enhance truth, but an underlying principle is what makes a story ring true with the reader. If you want your protagonist to survive jumping off a cliff, you'd better have a good reason why he or she doesn't die in the process. A miracle is convenient, but short of a miracle, Does a tree break the fall? Does a pterodactyl swoop in and grab the protagonist on the way down? Does he or she sprout wings and glide? The solution may surprise the reader, but the solution should still fit in with the general theme and tone of the telling.
posted at: 09:17 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
If you tell the truth, you don't have to have a good memory. But is fiction the truth? It can be, if it represents basic truths. A detail such as setting can enhance truth, but an underlying principle is what makes a story ring true with the reader. If you want your protagonist to survive jumping off a cliff, you'd better have a good reason why he or she doesn't die in the process. A miracle is convenient, but short of a miracle, Does a tree break the fall? Does a pterodactyl swoop in and grab the protagonist on the way down? Does he or she sprout wings and glide? The solution may surprise the reader, but the solution should still fit in with the general theme and tone of the telling.
posted at: 09:17 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry