What Broken Hearts Has Published Fiction Left Behind?
While Valentine's Day has passed, it is not too late to do something special for the ones you love. Something only a fiction writer can do. People who are close to writers will end up on the writer's page. Hide behind the figment of fictional deniability and let your passive aggressive tendencies come out. Base a character in your short story on your loved one, but give them a stutter or stammer. They'll not get the best of your fictional alter ego in an argument with a speech impediment.
Just tell it like it is—at least what the negative is—or at least, your perception of what the negative is. Perception is [insert your gender-friendly royal title here] in fiction, and your perception is [insert your gender-friendly royal title here] in your fiction. Whether it be narcissism, shrewishness, baffling stupidity or dullness, or emotional coldness, all that really matters is that you feel it is true. You'll show them for saying your taste in music is juvenile.
Through the lens of fiction, you can amplify the quirks and defects of the one you cherish until the end of time. A fondness for virgin pina coladas becomes raging alcoholism. A tendency to think out loud becomes a full blown psychotic break, complete with multiple personalities. A penchant for rare hamburgers becomes cannibalism.
Just remember that its all for the greater good, as your fiction inspires and lifts the masses from their intellectual stupor. Surely, your loved one can take a hit for the fine arts?
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