Cover of The Sun Also Rises
No one likes a know it all.
Hello hello hello, my brother and sister bloggers, writers and Flash Fiction Fanatics. Welcome to another edition of the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette. Jake Barnes in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite protagonist. Why?
Because the man has issues. He is very conflicted. Because of a war wound, he cannot have sex with the woman he loves. Ouch!
Throughout the novel, Jake struggles to live life as best he can with his war wound. His struggle makes for some heartbreaking and riveting reading.
The point is, when you build a protagonist make sure he or she has some internal conflict. Everyone else in your story can be convinced of their position, but your protagonist has to have doubt.
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Writing: When A Man Loves A Woman
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Spring is near and love is in the air. “For the world will always love lovers as time goes by.”
There are several love stories on this blog. Since a flash fiction story is so short, often times there are only two people in the story. And if it’s a love story about a man and a woman, the writer may have a problem putting conflict in the story.
The solution is, conflict does not always have to be about finger pointing and screaming and yelling. Conflict can also be about a loving couple having a gentle disagreement.
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Along with several stories about love, there are also stories about the aftermath of war, karaoke, breaking up, writer’s block and sex on this blog.
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