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Four Fiction-Writing Tips from Grey’s Anatomy
What can the doctors at Grey-Sloan Memorial teach you about writing your novel?
I love Grey’s Anatomy.
Okay, it might never be high-fallutin’ storytelling, more akin to a soap opera than high drama. But, honestly, that’s just more to my taste. Give me a campy, lively story over some dry and pretentious literary one any day. And, whatever your thoughts about the show, you do have to admit: wrapping up 15 seasons, they must be doing something right.
Okay, I might have some beef with Shonda and crew with how they’re ending Season 15 (no spoilers!), and some of the relationships they destroyed in the past, but still. I’ve got to admit that I’ve got an emotional investment in the show.
A lot of that, I have to admit, is damn good acting. But, behind the good acting, there’s good writing. And that’s the key.
There are some lessons that you and I — even if we’re not writing the next hit medical drama — can pull out of this story.
#1 Character is Key
Dear God, this should be emblazoned across the front of every writing craft book in the world. If you want to keep people interested, make them care about your characters. And, hopefully, not just the…
