On Writing: Motivation

I decided to reblog for motivation and inspiration and use my time wisely for writing.

Life Through the Big Screen

When it comes to writing and developing characters, you need always to keep one word in mind: motivation.

Motivation is helpful in two fronts. Motivation…

a) defines characters, and

b) pushes the story along

Think about it. In order for the beautiful harmonizing of a solid story and lovable characters to occur, several things must happen, but the main thing is motivation.

Think Lord of the Rings. Not only is the story itself driven by the motivation to destroy the ring, but the characters are defined so clearly because of that motivation.

Think Finding Nemo. The title itself is the motivation behind the story and the characters.

Motivation is nearly everything in a story. Why am I writing this? Why is the bad guy bad? Why did my protagonist just do that?

Motivation.

But the catch is, the motivation must be believable.

Writers – don’t make your characters…

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WWOW: Wonderful Week and Weekend!

This week I was inspired to write by attending the Foundations and Futures “Joining the Song” of Faith Community Nursing Practice at the Westberg Symposium 2015. This year it was held  at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis Tennessee. I met new friends and found some of my FCN friends from many years before. I am so inspired to share the many nuggets from these encounters, experiences and events. I am amazed at how we learn so much from our elevator rides and bathroom breaks so I will be sharing in some of the future blogs. #II am in gratitude to ACS.

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