Of measured responses and expected behaviors. His life had fallen into patterns of routine, of requisite conversation. It wasn’t the lack of feeling that set him on edge as much as the realization that he didn’t care. Gravel turned to asphalt houses drifted by like ghosts.Īs he drove back to town he searched his feelings, tried to assess whether he was upset, angry, or what. He leaned forward to find the road through his windshield. Fog enveloped him as he left the parking lot, erased his surroundings. Matt brushed the remnants of broken glass off the passenger seat and got into his truck. In this moment, the weather is used to show his unclarity about his life: In my novel Someone to Blame, Matt is fighting his grief over the loss of his two sons. Weather is often used metaphorically and as motif in fiction. But someone with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) might find such weather depressing. I love the fog and rain and cold of autumn-especially after a scorching hot summer. Sunshine makes us feel happy.īut characters in our fiction-just like you and me-might react to weather much differently than expected due to the mood they’re in. Weather can be used to convey moods in fiction because we tend to associate specific feelings with certain kinds of weather. But there are plenty of opportunities to have characters interact with weather in ways that can be purposeful and powerful in your story. Sure, at times they aren’t going to notice it. Since we want our characters to act and react believably, they should also be affected by weather. And weather greatly affects our mood, whether we notice or not. We make decisions for how we will spend our day, even our life, based on weather. Who wants to read about a dark and stormy night? No wonder Snoopy never got past typing that first line of his great magnum opus.īut weather affects us every moment of every day and night. It’s boring, right? An unimportant element that adds nothing useful to a story. Lakin ( are sometimes told not to write about weather. Today’s guest post is by writing coach, workshop instructor, and author C.
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