tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30069554.post6573670458688942501..comments2023-06-09T06:32:34.309-07:00Comments on Man Your Own Jackhammer: FatimaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127638986568582625noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30069554.post-63027674923666094172009-07-10T13:09:19.340-07:002009-07-10T13:09:19.340-07:00Interesting thoughts, although I disagree about th...Interesting thoughts, although I disagree about the sadism. I often find in writing a story that when it comes time for a character to experience pain of some sort or another I feel less inclined to write it, though I suppose maybe that's mostly if I know it isn't exactly a happy ending.<br /><br />Really it makes sense, though, that we appreciate the value of suffering even if in the wrong way because deep down we realize that salvation comes through suffering--that's what the cross is all about--and only that which has been tested can be true joy. To live is to love and to love is to give and not to count the cost.<br /><br />Can you really evilly want something good, though, without twisting about the meaning of such words? Evil after all is only a privation, the lack, of good.Nickel Halfwisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318121457083450635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30069554.post-52172159088403182642009-07-10T08:43:02.124-07:002009-07-10T08:43:02.124-07:00Characters in fiction are supposed to be identifia...Characters in fiction are supposed to be identifiable for the reader. When a character experiences pain, its sets them upon a course for growth, because that's usually what happens when someone conquers there pain. When the reader identifies with the character, they take the journey along with them, thereby growing as well. Enough times of this, and a reader gets excited because they instinctively know they will grow in a vicarious way.<br /><br />There should be nothing weird about wanting to cheer up another human being, only in that not enough people are committed to doing it.The One and Only Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389030276109468709noreply@blogger.com