![]() ![]() Kids love reading about kids on an island who behave in a really terrible way. Why has Lord of the Flies become such a hugely influential novel? Well. It’s one of the reasons why I write about Lord of the Flies in my book. It’s very hard to write interesting fiction about good people, right? There’s this saying from Tolstey, the Russian author, who once said, “Every family is happy in exactly the same way, while every unhappy family is unhappy in a unique and peculiar way”… It’s just hard to tell good stories about people who behave decently… The good is often pretty boring. Despite much evidence to the contrary, Bregman would like to remind us that humans are wired for kindness. ![]() I recently listened to a n interview with Rutger Bregman, promoting his new book Humankind: A hopeful history. Opposition is unrelated to kind intentions. This turns two loving characters into natural story-worthy opponents. For the purposes of a story, two characters only need to want different things. An opponent can love you hard, right back. Here’s the thing about opponents: An opponent can be someone you love. ![]() Successful stories don’t need conflict… if conflict means arguing, wrestling and wishing each other dead. ![]()
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