If I were to create my own novel, its focus would be on how just a few words, said either consistently or once in a moment of anger and frustration, can change a person's life...if they allow it to.
The plot would be about a serious athlete, who works extremely hard and always gives everything they have. Unfortunately, in a league championship game, this athlete has the chance to win the game for their team and blows it. As they walk back to the bench, their coach looks at them and says, "You obviously can't handle pressure, and you'll never amount to anything." Now keep in mind that no, this has never happened to me, and hopefully it hasn't happened to you either, but these words would be worse than a punch in the stomach. In my novel the athlete would take these words to heart, and basically give up on life as they no longer think that they are good enough to get anywhere. Their grades drop, they quit their sport, and they stop going out with their regular friends. Eventually this person falls into drugs and alcohol, and dies.
Now imagine what would have been different, had the coach been encouraging said, "Don't worry about it, you'll get it next time." instead of an insult, or at the very least said nothing at all. Their entire outlook changed because of a certain phrase. This is another reason why I believe in free will instead of fate, because it was the coaches free will to say what he wanted, and the athletes free will to take it to heart.
What I hope that any reader would learn from reading this is to watch what you say, because you never know how the listener will take it, or what the long term effects will be.
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