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The rythm of writing
Why do you suppose we love the ups and downs of a good story? Apart from the obvious entertainment value, of course!
Because it imitates our lives from a safe distance and it won’t hurt us a bit… oh, we may have a good cry, a good laugh or get thumping angry, but ultimately, it’s someone else’s problem/love-affair/illness or financial issue.
But I think that apart from being entertained or informed, when we read a story, we’re also identifying with the pattern of things. The beginning, the middle and the end - this pattern being an imitation of our own road through life, many times over the years.
Beginnings are always primed with hope, even if a beginning is a telling tale of something bad and we can’t imagine it happening to us.
The ‘middle’ is like a washing machine filled with mixed colours, and the hope that putting our whites in with our reds, blacks and blues, won’t mean we pull out a wet, discoloured mess.
And ‘endings’, classically, are what we hope, work and pray for - when, with a bit of luck and some really hard work, it all works out - the mystery is solved/ the solution is found/the culprit is dammed – and dare I say it… our characters live ‘happily ever after.’
Happy writing!
Because it imitates our lives from a safe distance and it won’t hurt us a bit… oh, we may have a good cry, a good laugh or get thumping angry, but ultimately, it’s someone else’s problem/love-affair/illness or financial issue.
But I think that apart from being entertained or informed, when we read a story, we’re also identifying with the pattern of things. The beginning, the middle and the end - this pattern being an imitation of our own road through life, many times over the years.
Beginnings are always primed with hope, even if a beginning is a telling tale of something bad and we can’t imagine it happening to us.
The ‘middle’ is like a washing machine filled with mixed colours, and the hope that putting our whites in with our reds, blacks and blues, won’t mean we pull out a wet, discoloured mess.
And ‘endings’, classically, are what we hope, work and pray for - when, with a bit of luck and some really hard work, it all works out - the mystery is solved/ the solution is found/the culprit is dammed – and dare I say it… our characters live ‘happily ever after.’
Happy writing!
