Kids' stories are full of Oz-like stories where the lead character can go on one massive quest and solve everything. The sick relatives get better and the house is saved and the bad guys lose and Christmas and springtime hit at the same time and even if it was hard, it was the lead character who had the power to change everything.
And then huge chunks of our adult life consist of being powerless to help the people we love.
Write a story with a huge quest that can fix lots and lots of things. Stack the odds, send out your powerful hero. And if you're feeling bold, draw the line and delineate what he does and does not have the power to change.
Crud, that was depressing.
ReplyDeleteI wrote that a month ago and timed it to post. I think I'm going to vet the arsenal more carefully now. Bleh.