How exactly do you go from “here’s what I think” to “here’s how the story shows what I think”? How do you fit your diary/your boring self-therapy journaling sessions into a narrative without it being preachy or hamfisted?
E.g. “I think it would be cowardly if someone deserted their comrades in a war” - who would do that in my story? “I think life is unfair to good people” - where in my story shows that? “I think people become reckless when they’re stressed out” - who does that in my story? That sorta thinking. You don’t even need to say anything about it - just having it happen is enough.
How exactly do you go from “here’s what I think” to “here’s how the story shows what I think”? How do you fit your diary/your boring self-therapy journaling sessions into a narrative without it being preachy or hamfisted?
E.g. “I think it would be cowardly if someone deserted their comrades in a war” - who would do that in my story?
“I think life is unfair to good people” - where in my story shows that?
“I think people become reckless when they’re stressed out” - who does that in my story?
That sorta thinking.
You don’t even need to say anything about it - just having it happen is enough.
@ can you say too much? If you have a lot to say, does your world need to be huge to fit all of it?