My characters are really feeling some pain now. All of my protagonists are going through the darkest times in their lives right now.
Now the hard part is - how do I bring them out of it? I don’t think everyone will turn the corner and realize that they need to do something painful to do what’s best. Somebody is going to stay mired in misery (sorry for that one) because they refuse to do what’s necessary.
Sometimes it’s too much fun to write about the tough times for your characters…I have a tendency to get as dark as I can and not let the light in. With this story I want to change that a bit, and have (most) characters end up happy.
I find it more challenging to write about my character’s good times than bad. What about you?
Official Week 13 Word Count - 52,644
Me, too. Though I’ve never written anything book length, I have the same trouble with short stories and those a bit longer. Writing about pain and agony is just more fun.
Left by alicia on June 12th, 2007