People don't seem to understand that I have absolutely no control over my story. I can't make my characters something they aren't. My dad has been helping me brainstorm for this story that I just can't seem to get right.
"I need conflict," I told him. "I know," he said. "You're guy could be a rock-climber and he falls and loses a foot. Conflict." "But Chris isn't a rock climber. He doesn't do things like that." "But he could be." "But he's not." "And," he continues. "The girl is training to be an EMT. And she's interning with the ambulance and when he falls she goes and helps him." "She's not an EMT." "But she should be." "But she's not." "But she should be." "I can't make my character something she's not." "Well, it's your story. You can make her whatever you want." Not really. She is what she is. Once that's established there's no changing it. Here's another example: "I really don't want him to die, because I'm kind of in love with him." I told my mom, after explaining what happened to this guy in my story. "Then why are you killing him?" She asked. "...Because that's how it happened." I can't change it, unfortunately. He dies. It's what happened. There's no reversing what's going to happen. I really have no control over it. What happens, happens.
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About Me!Hannah writes to satisfy her imagination. She's written six books so far--five of which need to be rewritten--and is working on a seventh. She ranges through a variety of genres, but favors contemporary YA, fixing broken characters. She wants to use her writing to change people and bring hope. She's currently going to college for Nursing and that takes up most of her writing time. She's a rather stereotypical writer, talking to imaginary friends, eavesdropping on people at the store, secretly being nosy, stashing herself away in her room with a paper and pen and chocolate and her teddy bear. She loves Jesus, the way the morning smells, her family of seven (four siblings), old movies, fairy tales, candles at night and helping people. She writes on another blog at nerdywriter.blogspot.com to hopefully build her chances of publication. My Author Site:Archives
December 2016
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