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❄️ Even ❄️ More ❄️ Snow ❄️
❄️ It’s good today is Saturday and I’ve got nowhere to go. ❄️ Who knows how much more we can take of this Global Warming, y’all…❄️
❄️ Dichotomy ❄️
There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. ~Erma Bombeck
Life isn’t always perfect and it certainly isn’t always fun. We’re certainly enduring a winter of our discontent this year.
Be that as it may, brighter days are ahead.
Well, at least until the Summer 🌞 Solstice. At that point, there will be darker days ahead until right around Christmastime.
Things come and go. Life and the world at large are comprised of cycles.
Matters don’t always go your way but that doesn’t mean they never do.
The idea is to be happy with what comes your way. Appreciating what you have makes the bad times a bit more tolerable. It also helps you to look forward to better days when things aren’t going your way.
❄️ Snow ❄️ Bloopers ❄️
Best Snow News Bloopers
One of the things about snowy conditions is that it creates situations that are simultaneously funny and tragic. If you’re the one getting clouted with a snowball or slipping on the ice, it’s kind of tragic. If you’re watching it happen to someone else, it’s kind of funny.
Of course, it’s only funny as long as nobody actually gets hurt. The downside of wintry conditions is the unexpected loss of friction. It’s fun if you’re in your yard playing but significantly less so if you’re trying to drive somewhere.
Oh, well. Some winters are fairly bone dry or even warmish. This isn’t one of those.
It’s been a while since we’ve had a winter with significant snowfall. These things come around from time to time. The good news is that since we’re having a humdinger this year, we can probably look forward to a more clement winter next time around.
❄️ Heroes ❄️ And ❄️ Villains ❄️
The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people. ~Chadwick Boseman
I suppose that’s as good a definition as any. I’m hoping to blur the lines a bit in my series.
Nobody is entirely good and very few people are entirely bad. As an author, I can set the thermometer wherever I want in order to explore the human condition.
As with all things, there are seasons in life for fictional characters just as there are for real people.
This is what they call a Character Arc. Writers can explore various facets of any given character by subjecting them to stimuli and circumstances that test the character and essence of your dramatis personae.
The thing is that a lot of the writing advice I’ve been listening to is geared toward stories based on individual characters. People always talk about the “Main Character” or protagonist as if you must have a central character to focus on.
Obviously, it makes it easier to dial in on a story if you’ve got a central character to zoom in on but the protagonist of my series is actually the team.
The team changes over the course of the series. New members join. Some leave. Roles change but the team is still the team.
The team has an arc that serves as a kind of “Umbrella Plot” for the series while individual members have character-specific arcs that might be the core story of a given book or that might span a couple of books.
That might be seen as biting off more than I can chew, but that’s how I’ve envisioned The Sentinels from the first time I put pencil to pad. We’ll see how it turns out…
Sleeping in is awesome. I’m glad I get to have some rest this morning. The batteries really need to recharge. I hope you’re getting some R&R as well. ❄️