Monthly reminder: Everyone has a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut their chest open and yank that book out.
@MaeAndTheDove@TonyBoes Yep! But, the reason there’s so much of that is because it sells. Buck against the tropes too much, and the majority of readers won’t be interested. And if you’re going trad, you really don’t have much of a choice if you want to be published.
@MaeAndTheDove 2/2 I also have a low born “chosen one” but he’s enslaved, forced to train as a warrior, and struggles against the brainwashing of his captors. He has a good heart, and every victory darkens it a little and is more a victory for his masters than for him.
@MaeAndTheDove 1/2 Weaknesses are definitely essential to every character. The underdog is a trope in most genres, but you can reimagine it in so many ways. Ex: I have a high born lord whose relationships are always a mess, and his plot victories never make him happy.
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Why are many white, conservative Christians calling for racial justice? Didn't we end discrimination years ago? This week I produced a video that packs 100 years of racial history into 17 minutes. I hope it helps make sense of all this! https://t.co/G4Wa9RuxAS via @YouTube
There was a dead ash tree in our front yard. My wife, Tabitha, had an idea to turn it into a sculpture featuring books and animals. The sculptor was Josh Landry. He did it with a chainsaw.