RE: Editing Our Own Fiction - "How To" Books - How Not be a DNF
turned them into a 50,000 word novel that starts well but ends stupidly and ineffectually. Oh, it was just a first draft; I've had December and January to remodel and rebuild the thing; yet I have not brought myself to look at it again.
It's so difficult sometimes to look at your own work objectively. I hope you keep working on the novel until you're satisfied with it.
Ha ha, and yes beating up the characters some can really bring a story to life 😉
It speaks to an underlying sadistic streak in humanity I think. Although the majority of us would never knowingly hurt anyone or want to perpetrate violence/conflict, most people need to see these things in the stories they read to stay interested.
The strange duality of humankind.
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Aka the triune brain or the lizard brain - that "underlying sadistic streak in humanity." We are a fairly recent evolutionary species, and if you'd rather say creation, I say the Creator still has some tinkering to do....
And after watching "Vikings" on Netflix, I'm thinking football and other national sports are serving a vital function in giving humans an outlet for fighting without killing for real.
Thanks Raj!