Sometimes your story is driven by a force that is irresistible. Love, hate, power lust, money, or any of the seven deadly sins can create great, though sometimes tragic, stories. What drives you?
- love, fear, hate, longing,
- duty, honor, allegiance, law, order, pride, blind ambition
- envy, jealousy, covetousness,
- gluttony, avarice, greed, rapacity, acquisitiveness,
- materialism, cupidity, money-lust
- ambition, power, control, dominion, superiority, supremacy
- lust, passion, desire
- angst, depression, melancholy,
- self-loathing, self doubt,
- impotence, hopelessness, sloth, carelessness,
- anxiety, fear, nervousness,
- promises, atonement,
- loss, regret, remorse
- vice, compulsion, addiction, obsession,
- truth, justification, righteousness,
- anger, wrath, hatred, chaos,
- vengeance, revenge, pay back, eye for an eye,
- making up, restitution, correction,
- rebirth, renewal, wash away sins,
- destruction, annihilation, eradication
- get rich, fame, fortune, make a name for oneself,
- bad memories, tortured past, lost years,
Notes:
- Whatever your theme, make sure that someone learns a lesson from it. The lesson can be conveyed subtly (laying a flower at a father’s grave after finally reconciling with the past) or can be blunt (“Wow,” said Bob, “I’ll never do that again.”) or anywhere in between. The lesson is important because it makes a point; in other words, your story won’t be pointless.