Conviction is known by many names. When it's a good thing, it is dedication and perseverance. When it is a bad thing, it is stubbornness and thick-headedness. In either case, it means that nothing is going to stop you from doing what you want.
Conviction is one of those things that makes your characters disobey you. Writers tend to be very rational. We like to plan things out. We also like to create realistic characters. When one of our characters has strong convictions, then truly nothing can stop them, not even their creator. This is not something we should fight, though.
It is our obligation to surrender to the wills of our characters, no matter how stubborn they are. If you try to bend your character to make them do what you want, you will likely break them. The best thing to dod is to simply be a historian and record the events of your characters. If you made them right, it should be interesting enough.
We should also be aware of conviction as authors. How strong is yours for writing? If you want to be a professional, can anything get in your way of writing every single day? If you want to be a hobbyist, can anything get in your way of starting to write? Your conviction should match the level of your desire. If they are out of sync, then change one of them.
About Me
- Kevin Bahler
- I am a writer. A writer is one who writes. By the same logic, I am also a thinker, an observer, and a puzzle solver. I am a graduate from the State University of New York at Cortland with a degree in Professional Writing. The idea of the program is that one studies all three aspects of writing as a whole: Creative Writing, Technical Writing, and Rhetoric. The knowledge I have gained in those subjects is put to use in every aspect of my life. The worst thing a person can be is boring. I am most interested in people who can pique my interests. An example is people who can correctly use the word 'pique'.
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