Every writer for adult books will write with a certain amount of darkness. What I mean about darkness is the evilness that will come across whether it be with the characters of a situation that the characters go through. There has to be a level of darkness. Darkness is what can urge characters into situations and to learn or solve problems as they go along their stories. Or the darkness of a person can be what traumatizes or creates the problems to be solved for the character. The darkness can even be the main character.
I think to think about the darkness because the darkness is so much a part of our regular lives therefore it is reasonable to want to put it into our stories. Life is not all rainbows and roses, we all experience that little piece of darkness whether it be loss of a job or loved one or if it is encountering some horrible person that will make your life feel like hell. These are all ways we experience darkness in life and that is why I love writing about darkness. We cannot escape the darkness because it is so much a part of our life.
What are your thoughts about darkness?
