Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Effortless

Read 2 Kings 1-3

2 Kings 3:17 "For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts."

We want to make our characters work for what they get. When we read about it, it gives us hope that hard work pays off.

Readers can get annoyed when a reward is effortless. When things come too easily to a character, it’s more than boring—it can make us angry and frustrated.

Even nonfiction articles about a person for whom things come easily rarely get printed. People want to read about how someone struggled and then succeeded.

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