We are happy, able and willing to go forward with our lives, full of positive endeavors until...
Something goes wrong / accidents happen / conflict with others / misunderstandings etc.
Whatever or however it happens, Adversity steps into our lives and causes pain and even discouragement.
A positive solution is needed and as a writer we learn to use all that comes our way as fodder for writing.
Perhaps we have a good story in mind and characters we like and feel we can develop so as to interest our readers...
All this is good and based on our imagination and creative ability.
And yet may lack a strong realistic personality.
This is where Adversity comes to the rescue!
By developing the ability to take ourselves out of the picture and put our characters in instead, we find ourselves with realistic people whose stories we can develop, adding passion and anxiety and emotions to give these creative persons life.
For example: I had an experience of jealousy recently.
Someone I like preferred someone else's company or so I thought.
Solution? Well a writer writes and what a gift to experience the emotion of jealousy and transfer it to one of my creative characters. Suddenly, I was no longer deflated or jealous, in fact grateful for the experience.
Roll on Adversity, my creative tutor!
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