Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Jan 07 2010
It's not just a trip to the market if there's a fist fight in produce
Writing today has consisted mainly of items for an organization, so fiction has been set aside. I was thinking about how important it is to incorporate everyday activities into fiction without making them seem trivial and distracting. We all get groceries or stand in line at a post office, but we rarely remember any of these occasions unless something unusual happens, such as running across a friend or finding a twenty-dollar bill near the door. That also works well in stories. If there's going to be a big scene anyway, why not have it at the butcher shop or the hardware store? Or the church social hall kitchen?
posted at: 21:34 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Writing today has consisted mainly of items for an organization, so fiction has been set aside. I was thinking about how important it is to incorporate everyday activities into fiction without making them seem trivial and distracting. We all get groceries or stand in line at a post office, but we rarely remember any of these occasions unless something unusual happens, such as running across a friend or finding a twenty-dollar bill near the door. That also works well in stories. If there's going to be a big scene anyway, why not have it at the butcher shop or the hardware store? Or the church social hall kitchen?
posted at: 21:34 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
