Everyday Canvas

Quotes and Stories

Prompt: "I think quotes are very dangerous things." Kate Bush Do you agree with this?

---

From where I stand, I think quotes make great prompts to write from, but to a person who doesn’t read or write much, I can see how they can be boring and even threatening. This may be because some people dislike the feeling when a quote deftly points to their shortcomings, especially if such people have never thought about or tried to improve their own internal workings.

Prompt: “The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.”
Leo Tolstoy
Agree or disagree and what do you think Tolstoy meant?

---

From the pen of a master, good vs.bad or good vs. good do not matter. Either theme will provide an excellent story.

Still, in good vs.good, the conflict may have the inclination to grow larger and deeper. This resembles a couple of people at odds with each other with both showing equally good points; such a conflict attracts the interest of an onlooker more strongly, the onlooker being the reader. Surely, this theme is more interesting but also more difficult to write.

The same clash may happen in real life when a couple in a relationship break apart and their friends don’t know what to do as they like each person equally.