"We create an environment
where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress
it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love."
-- Whitney Moore, Jr.
"I tell you, there is
such a thing as creative hate!"
-- Willa Cather
1. Avoiding cliche and
remembering to use strong, active verbs, write a scene in which a character
acts out his/her hate.
2. Imagine a character
who hates his situation. What is that situation? Why does he hate it? Choose
an external thing to focus that hate on. Write a paragraph in which the
hated thing helps the reader to understand what the character is really
feeling.
3. Write a paragraph
that describes a man's love for his wife (or wife's love for her husband).
Then write another paragraph that describes his hate for the same character.
Remember to give your character's spouse a flaw. Read both paragraphs over
and make sure they are equally convincing emotionally.