How exactly do you go from “here’s what I think” to “here’s how the story shows what I think”? How do you fit your diary/your boring self-therapy journaling sessions into a narrative without it being preachy or hamfisted?
E.g. “I think it would be cowardly if someone deserted their comrades in a war” - who would do that in my story? “I think life is unfair to good people” - where in my story shows that? “I think people become reckless when they’re stressed out” - who does that in my story? That sorta thinking. You don’t even need to say anything about it - just having it happen is enough.
I think it’s more a case of, how long is your story and how much happens? I think your opinions are articulations of feelings that you’ve had from experiences in life. If you depict circumstances in your story that evoke such feelings (from which your opinions have formed), there’s no need to say anything. Asking yourself for your opinions is just a way of getting at those experiences that might generate ideas for events in your story that would evoke such strong feelings in yourself and others. What happens is enough, you don’t need to verbally “say” anything - just - how long is your story to fit it all in - is the question.
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How exactly do you go from “here’s what I think” to “here’s how the story shows what I think”? How do you fit your diary/your boring self-therapy journaling sessions into a narrative without it being preachy or hamfisted?
E.g. “I think it would be cowardly if someone deserted their comrades in a war” - who would do that in my story?
“I think life is unfair to good people” - where in my story shows that?
“I think people become reckless when they’re stressed out” - who does that in my story?
That sorta thinking.
You don’t even need to say anything about it - just having it happen is enough.
@ can you say too much? If you have a lot to say, does your world need to be huge to fit all of it?
I think it’s more a case of, how long is your story and how much happens? I think your opinions are articulations of feelings that you’ve had from experiences in life. If you depict circumstances in your story that evoke such feelings (from which your opinions have formed), there’s no need to say anything. Asking yourself for your opinions is just a way of getting at those experiences that might generate ideas for events in your story that would evoke such strong feelings in yourself and others. What happens is enough, you don’t need to verbally “say” anything - just - how long is your story to fit it all in - is the question.