Well...I write because of my cousin's demand that I should write on my blog more, and I whole-heartedly agree, it's just finding the time. This blog allows my thoughts to flow a bit clearer, provides me with a motivation to continue writing.
In a recent English class, we have been studying heroes and anti-heroes and the way they are depicted in works of fiction. In many cases they are clearly defined: Superman, Deadpool, Neo, characters of the like, both hero and anti-hero. And my teacher made a statement: "Real people are neither good or bad, neither hero or anti-hero, but a mixture of both. They have strengths, they have weaknesses, this is what makes them real, this is what makes them human. In reality, there are no true "heroes", no true "villains", no true "anti-heroes", there is just humanity." Well...I took some creative liberties in writing that out (ie. I interpreted and followed that line of thought). This is very much the case for my trilogy. I don't set out to set up a hero that is flawless, I set out to make a 'hero' (used in the non-classical sense) that is real, a person, someone who struggles between the good and the bad. This extends to the rest of my 'cast' (as they can be called) - the whole idea of the first book is not to show the true 'leanings' they hold, but is to show that they are human beings who have made one critical mistake in their moral leanings. I don't have any true villains (OK...that's not true, but he doesn't appear to be a total villain early on), only people. Those who aren't people is an entirely different matter ;)
On that, I finish.
Needs a villain.
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