Sometimes, terrible things happen to characters. It's just a fact of fiction. But as authors, sometimes we want pull back before things get too awful for our sweet, precious characters. Sometimes we want to make things easy because we love them. My dear writer friends, that is not how our characters grow. Like mama birds shoving their chicks out of the nest to make them fly, we must make everything just awful so their true potential can shine.
Writing Conflict: How to Ruin (Fictional) Lives
Writing Conflict: How to Ruin (Fictional…
Writing Conflict: How to Ruin (Fictional) Lives
Sometimes, terrible things happen to characters. It's just a fact of fiction. But as authors, sometimes we want pull back before things get too awful for our sweet, precious characters. Sometimes we want to make things easy because we love them. My dear writer friends, that is not how our characters grow. Like mama birds shoving their chicks out of the nest to make them fly, we must make everything just awful so their true potential can shine.