Q: Do you generally start with mood, title, character, concept, …?
A: Stories come to me as one character caught up in a bad situation. I see my main character/characters as possessing a good heart, caught in impossible situations. I build the story around the idea that while people may be good, the world is not, and that leads to making decisions in which there is never a perfect resolution. In the story, I hope to illustrate that we are all doing the best we can with what we are given to work with. I love my characters, but I know they always have a difficult journey ahead of them. I want to show that while at times the world is dark, there is always hope.
L’Erin Ogle’s story “Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, and I Love You” was
published on Friday, 23 November 2018.
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