Call it March Madness, or just madness, but the
moment March stepped into view, I set myself very high goals. My March goals
are completing 2 chapter books, polishing a couple of picture books, reading my
adult novel to revise it again and ofcourse reading a few books.
Now that we are done with my writing and reading goals,
it’s time to focus on my IWSG post. Yes, its IWSG (Insecure Writers Support
Group) time again. IWSG is an online, global group of writers. We post on the
first Wednesday of the month. In our posts we tackle any of our writing
insecurities, worries, fears, discuss our writing and publishing problems, learn
from other writers who have overcome these doubts and anxieties and generally
use this group to let off our writing steam.
IWSG was started by Ninja Captain Alex Cavanaugh. Adorable,
Amazing Accomplished Alex is a guitarist, his blog is the place to visit for
writers of all genres, and he is also a best-selling author: his books CassaStar,
CassaStorm, CassaFire and Dragon of the Stars are all Amazon Bestsellers. The IWSG with its super-efficient team of dedicated writers has to its credit, writing
contests, twitter pitch parties, it has brought out several anthologies. The
IWSG website has amazing and informative posts from publishing experts.
The March 6 question - Whose perspective do you like
to write from best, the hero (protagonist) or the villain (antagonist)? And
why?
I have always written from the hero or the heroine’s
perspective. I think this POV works the best for me. I like being inside the
protagonist’s head and ultimately it is also about the battle of good versus
evil, so I would like to send the message to my readers (I write kidlit: picture
books, chapter books and middle grade books) that good triumphs over evil. Though
I do want to write a book from the antagonist’s perspective. I have written a
book where the hero has shades of grey, but he is not the out and out villain
that an antagonist would be.
Eager to read about all your writing perspectives.
I feel the same way. I want good to triumph over evil.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way as you and Alex. Good luck with your goals!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with those March goals!
ReplyDeleteThose are several big goals. Perhaps prioritize them and remind yourself it's okay if you don't meet all of your goals by April 1st. <3
ReplyDeleteSince you write for children, showing them the hero is better. They need good examples, not bad ones. They get enough of that in the real world.
ReplyDeleteIt is a definite challenge for me to write anything but the protag. :-)
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The hero is extremely important in kidlit, especially good defeating evil.
ReplyDeleteGood answer. And great reasoning behind it!
ReplyDeleteVery ambitious goals – but that doesn't mean you can't meet them!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good idea to go with the flow, especially when attacked by inspiration and energy. I hope you reach all your goals, Rachna!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your goals, Rachna. I'm with you (and many others) I want good to overcome evil. So I write from the Protag's pov.
ReplyDeleteMost of my stories have no true protagonist or antagonist; thus I get to write from a villain-type hero. Meaning, my bad guy is still a good guy in his own villainous world. A true protagonist is hard for me to write; but I don't really believe in absolute good or absolute evil. Well, not in humans, that is.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to have goals:) I love multiple perspectives, but I've found many publishers are hesitant about them.
ReplyDeleteWow! You've made loads!!! They're all beautiful! I hope Issy is better soon!
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