I’m Not Going to Take It Anymore!
I’ve had it! I’ve had enough of this crap and it ends here. I refuse to deal with this any longer and changes are going to happen. Big changes. Massive changes, because this is totally unacceptable!
I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!
Does your main character feel this strongly about anything in your story? If he or she doesn’t, you’ve got a problem. You main character should be passionately outraged about something. Fiercely irate. Livid and ready to do whatever it takes to make things right.
If your main character can ignore the situation and just walk away with no consequences… you’ve got work to do. Give your character something to fight for, something that she must set right… or die in the trying.
Celebrate “I’m Not Going to Take It Anymore Day” (yes, that’s today) and give your character something to be furious about.
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2 comments
AravisGirl (5 comments.) on January 11, 2009 at 8:18 am
I got my character mad like that for my NaNoWriMo novel, and it really saw us both through, even if the conflict wasn’t the clearest.
Cheryl on January 11, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Hi AravisGirl, good to hear that it worked for you. This is a technique I need to remember to apply to my current novel. My main character is kind of drifting through the story. I need to give her some events to be outraged about to liven her up.