Comments on: The Burning Desire: The Difference Between Magnificent & Maddening https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Sat, 24 Jul 2021 14:08:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Rachel Thompson https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/#comment-114922 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 14:08:22 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29032#comment-114922 Burning desire is great motivation, a burning life or death necessity is how you force characters to do what they don’t want to do and that is tension served on a golden platter.

]]> By: Alice Fleury https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/#comment-114876 Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:22:43 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29032#comment-114876 That’s it! I need to define my BBT’s goal. I thought it was one ghost but it’s really another.

]]> By: The publishing industry experiences good news (This week in books) - Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/#comment-114875 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 16:23:12 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29032#comment-114875 […] Cesar Airas’s “no revision” method, Kristin Lamb talks about the importance of a character’s burning desire as the heart of great stories, Sarah Penner has a pre-launch checklist for debut authors, and […]

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/#comment-114874 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 03:34:39 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29032#comment-114874 In reply to Ed Hoornaert.

*bada bump snare* They BOTH had a burning desire—Montag for knowledge and depth and Beatty for superficial contentment/peace. Both make a valid point and that is why that book is a classic 😉

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/#comment-114873 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 03:33:19 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29032#comment-114873 In reply to MJ Powell.

DONE!

]]> By: Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/#comment-114872 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 03:33:07 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29032#comment-114872 In reply to vanessafowler.

Oh I MISSED Y’ALL SOOOO MUCH!

]]> By: Mike Gutowski https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/#comment-114871 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 03:00:42 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29032#comment-114871 I greatly appreciate your wisdom. I hope things are looking up in your neck of the woods. I fear my 4th book, due to be released in a few weeks on Amazon.com, may not measure up, but fear has never stopped me, for very long anyway. The book is my first ghost story, and it was fun traveling that literary path. All the best.

]]> By: Ed Hoornaert https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/#comment-114870 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:59:25 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29032#comment-114870 But, but . . . if we put a burning desire into our books, aren’t we just doing the job of firemen like Beatty and Montag’s for them? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

]]> By: MJ Powell https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/#comment-114869 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:28:10 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29032#comment-114869 First of all, you are quirky. i love that. Also, you are right on the money, and whenever you vent everyone else totally gets it and is grateful that somebody FINALLY SAID SOMETHING. It would be awesome if you posted about editing…

]]> By: Suzanne Lucero https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/07/the-burning-desire-the-difference-between-magnificent-and-maddening/#comment-114868 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 02:28:02 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29032#comment-114868 Thanks for the reminder! I haven’t really answered my own BBT’s deepest desire yet, so my plotting isn’t going anywhere. Stay tuned for a major story breakthrough (any year now ?).

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