Don't Treat Characters as if They Were Real

Read Isaiah 43-45

Isaiah 43:2 "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee."

We want to live peaceful, healthy, happy, love-filled lives and we want the same for our families and loved ones. We have the power to give our characters the blissful lives we want.

But if we do, we’ll never get any readers because we’ll never get our stories past an acquisions editor. Even our faithful fan club made up of our families and loved ones will get bored by trouble-free stories.

So we can’t treat our characters as if they were real. We have to throw trouble, conflict, suffering, and pain for them to overcome at them in order for our stories to be interesting.