Wright’s Writing Corner–Musings on Writing From the Beautiful And Talented Wife

My wife writes:

On Angels:

Some things are intrinsically hard to write about. Angels may be one of

those things. I have almost never seen them done well in fiction. I

have, however, read really stirring accounts of people who believe that

they have seen real angels. While I have no way to judge the veracity of

their stories, I can feel the power of the narrative. It come with a

sense of awe and wonder.

Somehow, that sense almost never appears in depictions of angels in

fantasy and science fiction. Depictions of angels in genre literature

and media is almost universally negative. They are the real bad guys,

while demons are misunderstood, emo, moody hunks. Or they are weak.

Angels are rigid. Angels are hand-wringers. Angels are boring.

Only the ones who fall in love…emphasis there on the word fall…are

even the slightest bit interesting. When they fall, then they get to be

the cute scruffy hunks.

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