#but if your conflict hinges on ignoring a simple solution uggggh it irks me
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Tearing up because that’s me.
I can’t stop (couldn’t stop) all the pain & struggles & trauma in my life or the lives of literally any other person in this galaxy, but I can write worlds where things get better, where people actually talk about their issues, where people save the day. Or maybe sometimes they don’t, maybe sometimes they’re seconds too late and they still have gut-wrenching grief and trauma, but other people are there for them in exactly the way they need. They say exactly the right things. They hug them and kiss their foreheads and provide a safe, warm, soft space for my characters to actually let out ALL the tears instead of holding them back—something I’m still figuring out how to do for myself.
My stories are all about going through terrible things and figuring out/receiving the things they need to heal. It’s about *humanity* in all its beauty and ugliness and pain and wonder and joy and grief and hatred and love and suffering and comfort and all the things that we go through in our own lives, because I think it’s important to see how even fictional people can survive those things. Because it helps us feel like we can, too.
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#also on a less serious note I can’t help but notice the little things that would fix issues in stories#because sometimes it’s so obviously a plot convenience#why didn’t they just do this#oh well then there wouldn’t be a story#YES THERE WOULD BE YOU JUST DON’T KNOW HOW TO WRITE IT#if you as a writer can’t come up with a reason for why the characters didn’t do a certain thing that would have easily resolved the conflict#other than just “for the sake of the plot#then you’ve got more work to do#think about allllll the angles#is it hard#hell yes#I get stuck in that brainstorming stage a lot#but I do truly believe my stories are better and more realistic that way#and maybe it’s the autism#but I really care about my stories and characters being realistic#and when other books or movies have something that feels unrealistic and plot convenient#it takes me out of the story#I’m not saying everything needs to have a happy ending and there can be zero conflict#not unless that’s the story you’re writing in which case carry on#but if your conflict hinges on ignoring a simple solution uggggh it irks me#and what if they DO resolve the conflict and stop the bad guy in time#what is there’s a BIGGER conflict or issue that arises because of that#see what I mean#there’s still a story#you just have to find it
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