Monday, May 6, 2013

Follow the Rules

Read 2 Chronicles 28-30

2 Chronicles 30:19 "That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary."

When looking for interesting traits to give our characters, we don’t usually write about a character who follows the rules. More often, characters are those who break the rules for their own or a noble purpose.

But writing about a character who follows the rules can be a challenge for writers. It isn’t easy to find ways to work around a plot problem while sticking to rules.

It may test our imaginations to find solutions to our characters’ dilemmas within a rule set. We may have to go back and rewrite the rules to allow whatever we need our rule-following character to allow himself to do.

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