tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787990129976535182.post3740014087181439216..comments2024-03-21T21:30:16.320-04:00Comments on MFRW: Who's Driving Your Story? Make Sure the Proper Protagonist is at the Wheel by Alice Orr @aliceorrbooks #MFRWauthor #AmWritingKayelle Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02833531229634787728noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787990129976535182.post-64486426354002876722019-12-10T09:32:38.920-05:002019-12-10T09:32:38.920-05:00Dear Kayelle. Your comment is right on target. We&...Dear Kayelle. Your comment is right on target. We've all heard the quip that common sense is, in fact, not that common. This applies also to writing. The points I make here about what makes a main character a powerful presence on the page are mostly intuitive, if we would only plumb deeply enough into our sensible sides to find them. The problem is, I believe, that we become too anxious about our writing work. Will it be good enough? What will happen to it? Will anything ever happen to it at all? Beneath the clamor of these nerve-wracked questions, access to our own innate knowledge (what I call "the good sense God and Grandma gave you"} gets buried and lost. The secret is to calm down, relax, do this writing thing (and as much of what you do in life in general) for the joy of it. I wish everybody will be blessed with the ability to do that. AliceAlice Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15272714223159957598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787990129976535182.post-43171268302849476062019-11-03T08:57:27.920-05:002019-11-03T08:57:27.920-05:00This makes so much sense, Alice.This makes so much sense, Alice.Kayelle Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883422404631552203noreply@blogger.com