Sunday, March 17, 2013

Doomed

Read 1 Samuel 4-6

1 Samuel 4:9 "Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight."

There are three kinds of doomed situations to write about. One is a character who is doomed and knows he is and how it will affect what he does in the time he has left.

Another is a character who thinks she is doomed and is not necessarily. She plans to make the most of her last breath and fight her battle with her enemy, even if it kills her.

The third is a character or community who is doomed, but doesn’t know it. The reader knows and the tension builds while the reader keeps hoping for a different and triumphant ending, while watching the inevitable happen.

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