"I know it feels like you have all these options and when you make a decision, you lose a world of possibilities. But the reality is, until you make a decision, you have nothing at all."
Jag älskar pepp-mailen man får från NaNoWriMo. Jag får verkligen alltid en push framåt av dem.
Idag fick jag ett litet meddelande från Janet Fitch (som tydligen har skrivit Vit Oleander):
"In life we try to avoid trouble. We chew on our choices endlessly. We go to shrinks, we talk to our friends. In fiction, this is deadly. Protagonists need to screw up, act impulsively, have enemies, get into TROUBLE.
The difficulty is that we create protagonists we love. And we love them like our children. We want to protect them from harm, keep them safe, make sure they won't get hurt, or not so bad. Maybe a skinned knee. Certainly not a car wreck. But the essence of fiction writing is creating a character you love and, frankly, torturing him. You are both sadist and savior. Find the thing he loves most and take it away from him. Find the thing he fears and shove him shoulder deep into it. Find the person who is absolutely worst for him and have him delivered into that character's hands. Having him make a choice which is absolutely wrong."
Det är precis vad jag gör nu. I'm killing my darlings, fast i en annan bemärkelse. Ord är förbjudet att förinta i november månad.
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