As a writer, I try to think about "what's the most realistic/believable thing the characters could be doing in this moment," but also "what's the most interesting thing that could happen now."
Shockingly often, violent/angry conflict is neither the most believable nor the most interesting response.
Shockingly often, violent/angry conflict is neither the most believable nor the most interesting response.
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JC Andrijeski (author) 📚🔥🪄🌙☕️
As a writer, it never once occurred to me that "conflict = violence" but now I'm realizing this is a big part of why some fiction doesn't speak to me at all. Not that I'm anti-violence in fiction if it makes sense for the story, but if that's "the conflict" in that story, I'm quickly bored.
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We've been programmed by pop culture to expect unrealistic events and reactions, so realism can be very startling.