My very first story (which is not included in the "snippets" because I'm not seeking publication for that one) didn't have enough conflict...okay, it had very little which is why I think it's unpublishable in the first place. It's like I went from one extreme to the next. No conflict to toil, toil, boil and bubble.
So then I got to wondering...where did all this conflict come from? After much time watching my favorite shows yesterday (hey, you have to unload your TiVo at some point), I realized the answer was staring me in the face.
This is my TiVo queue:
Spongebob Squarepants: 8
Dora the Explorer: 4
Amazing Race: 1
Survivor: 1
Wedding Crashers: 1
Judge Judy: 22
Wait...
Did you get that? 22 Judge Judy's? Therein lies my conflict.
I watch waaaaay too many of cases of betrayal, broken trust, lies, more lies, degradation, separation, child support frauds, insurance frauds, broken leases, broken relationships, yada, yada. To be honest I don't watch any other television shows as religiously as Judge Judy.
She tells it like it is--gets straight to the point and doesn't fool around. She wades through that conflict like it's easy-breezy Sunday morning.
And I absolutely love it. Honestly, I think my love for the show has more to do with the fact that it works the logic side of my brain for awhile, giving my creative side a break. After hours creating stories of my own it's nice to sit back and think about things in different ways; have stories laid out for me by a master storyteller in a black robe with white doily fringe.
All doily fringe aside, whatever gets me watching Judge Judy is working...yesterday I put my hero and heroine in the stickiest of situations. She realizes she loves him minutes before he reveals he's her sworn enemy. Love. It.
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