Let’s talk about lust. Craving. Longing. Yearning.
Leave love out of it, or finding the right partner.
Let’s stop being so technical or polite, and start
talking about raw, naked, shameless want.
There’s one easy way to feel less despondent about the
state of the world—and to get in touch with your own
sense of optimism and possibility. You can write
about people who want things.
This is one of the main reasons why fiction is great.
It allows us to model desire. People in stories
generally have goals, even if they struggle,
even if they face setback after setback.
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They have dreams and wishes and hopes.
They strive towards something that
they’ve enshrined in their hearts.
A lot of writing advice talks about motivations.
We talk endlessly about finding your character’s
motivation, and making sure your characters have
motivations that are clear to the reader.
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Or if the characters are ambivalent or torn,
as is frequently the case, we understand what
they’re torn between, or what they’re ambivalent about.
But maybe instead of talking about motivation, we should
talk about desire. And ambition. And lust. Craving.
Longing. Yearning. Let’s stop being so technical or polite,
and start talking about raw, naked, shameless want.
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