Writing Magazine

ANGER MANAGEMENT

Anger is a short madness,’ said the Roman poet Horace – ira furor brevis est.

But it’s a fact that in real life some people seem to be almost permanently angry. They live their lives at a pitch of fury that comes perilously close to long-term insanity.

Luckily, most of us don’t get into that state of short or even long term madness very often, or indeed at all. But I’m sure we all know that making important decisions or choices when we’re upset or angry is usually unwise?

It’s the same in fiction, in which angry characters tend to make bad choices. They

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