My mom told me once that she had a nightmare where she was in what she perceived to be heaven, and she was wandering through empty space for eternity - and it was like the worst nightmare she ever had, and had to go crying to her mother (she was a kid). She thinks eternity is the worst thing in the world.
Well, people choose fortune all the time - of course some people in your writing would choose fortune. I don't believe that you should use your characters to champion your beliefs in the sense that, you know, the good characters have your beliefs, the bad characters have beliefs you don't agree with, etc., etc. I think you should just write about real people, and let the story carry your "point".
I didn't grow up with thanksgiving, but in Nebraska it used to be a big deal, with everything from scratch and with original or family recipes. Not so much anymore now that... well, I'm never there, and my cousin (who was always really into cooking) is constantly ill. Apparently the turkey had to be cooked at our house this year because my uncle could not get his oven open again after it self-cleaned. What's funny is I have a feeling the male Hostetlers do something totally different from the female Hostetlers... my mother had me when she was 40, my uncle had his son in his mid-20s, who had his son in his mid-20s... and I bet my cousin once removed will be like his father and grandfather, while I probably won't get married for a while.
Which is fine with me, because the men have been getting successively dumber and less successful.
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Date: 2008-11-28 08:04 pm (UTC)Well, people choose fortune all the time - of course some people in your writing would choose fortune. I don't believe that you should use your characters to champion your beliefs in the sense that, you know, the good characters have your beliefs, the bad characters have beliefs you don't agree with, etc., etc. I think you should just write about real people, and let the story carry your "point".
I didn't grow up with thanksgiving, but in Nebraska it used to be a big deal, with everything from scratch and with original or family recipes. Not so much anymore now that... well, I'm never there, and my cousin (who was always really into cooking) is constantly ill. Apparently the turkey had to be cooked at our house this year because my uncle could not get his oven open again after it self-cleaned. What's funny is I have a feeling the male Hostetlers do something totally different from the female Hostetlers... my mother had me when she was 40, my uncle had his son in his mid-20s, who had his son in his mid-20s... and I bet my cousin once removed will be like his father and grandfather, while I probably won't get married for a while.
Which is fine with me, because the men have been getting successively dumber and less successful.