Jul 30 2009
Inspiring the next generation of writers. . . to commit manslaughter
My 13 year old cousin is a budding writer and we were talking shop one day when she mused, “I am totally stuck in this one story. I don’t know what should happen next.”
“Kill someone,” I said.
“Really?” she replied.
“Yeah,” I said, “I read a book on writing once that recommended killing someone if you are stuck.”
She looked down at the ground for a moment and then looked up and shyly asked, completely serious, “But. . . won’t I go to jail?”
“In the story! Kill a character in the story!” I clarified and she said, “Oh!” with genuine relief.
I’m not even sure where to begin with this.
Hillary is an award winning playwright, fiction and non-fiction author best known for her play, The Love of Three Oranges which has been performed around the world. A Script Frenzy and NaNoWriMo ML, she loves connecting with other writers no matter what their experience levels. For the business side of blogging, publishing and selling, visit Hillary at The Whine Seller. See a complete list of Hillary’s blogs and books here.
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