Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Feb 19 2010
Of lemons and lemonade (or the lack thereof)
We've all heard the saying. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Somewhere along the way your fictional characters are going to have to get some lemons so that you have conflict in your story. Some of those lemons may be ones they had as soon as they were born. Others may have come in childhood or may be brand new lemons that are being handed to them as you open your tale. Not only do those lemons have to be big enough to be of real consequence, but they also have to be affecting other characters. Friends, family, enemies, complete strangers to your main character may not be holding said lemons but they need to be getting the smell or the juice or the stain of those lemons all over their lives. And just when your main character seems to be juggling those lemons quite well you are probably going to have to hit them with yet another round of lemon-scented trouble that threatens to ruin their life and perhaps the lives of those around them. Sometimes the lemons can even contain elements of the very weapon needed to fight off what the lemons represent. And your particular character may or may not learn to make lemonade. But lemons will be there. That's why everyone understands the saying so well.
posted at: 13:31 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
We've all heard the saying. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Somewhere along the way your fictional characters are going to have to get some lemons so that you have conflict in your story. Some of those lemons may be ones they had as soon as they were born. Others may have come in childhood or may be brand new lemons that are being handed to them as you open your tale. Not only do those lemons have to be big enough to be of real consequence, but they also have to be affecting other characters. Friends, family, enemies, complete strangers to your main character may not be holding said lemons but they need to be getting the smell or the juice or the stain of those lemons all over their lives. And just when your main character seems to be juggling those lemons quite well you are probably going to have to hit them with yet another round of lemon-scented trouble that threatens to ruin their life and perhaps the lives of those around them. Sometimes the lemons can even contain elements of the very weapon needed to fight off what the lemons represent. And your particular character may or may not learn to make lemonade. But lemons will be there. That's why everyone understands the saying so well.
posted at: 13:31 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
