Incanus
Auror
What if it turns out that I’m just poor at inventing/developing/presenting drama? And that no matter how much I work at it, the best I’ll ever get is still below par (wherever or whatever that is)?
Does that mean I should not bother to write at all? Or does it mean I’m in the wrong genre, or using the wrong storytelling mode? Or, I write the stuff, but just don’t submit it anywhere?
I’m in the middle of exploring these questions and I’m attempting to see if I can’t make up a nice pitcher of lemonade out of the big pile of lemons I apparently have at my disposal.
So, I suck at drama and sympathetic characters, but what about satire? I’ve been messing around with it for about 2 weeks now, but I haven’t a clue yet. Well, maybe one clue: the brainstorming and the writing itself have happened at a quicker rate than for my other projects so far. Good or bad, it seems to be falling together a little faster.
And what am I to make of one of the biggest selling books of all time, Lord of the Rings? (The book, NOT the movie.) A few characters are mildly sympathetic at most, but this story is chiefly about the setting and ideas and a well-charted non-existent place. Going by what people say should be in stories, this book should be virtually unknown, and yet it still sells and sells and sells. I find that pretty confusing.
Does that mean I should not bother to write at all? Or does it mean I’m in the wrong genre, or using the wrong storytelling mode? Or, I write the stuff, but just don’t submit it anywhere?
I’m in the middle of exploring these questions and I’m attempting to see if I can’t make up a nice pitcher of lemonade out of the big pile of lemons I apparently have at my disposal.
So, I suck at drama and sympathetic characters, but what about satire? I’ve been messing around with it for about 2 weeks now, but I haven’t a clue yet. Well, maybe one clue: the brainstorming and the writing itself have happened at a quicker rate than for my other projects so far. Good or bad, it seems to be falling together a little faster.
And what am I to make of one of the biggest selling books of all time, Lord of the Rings? (The book, NOT the movie.) A few characters are mildly sympathetic at most, but this story is chiefly about the setting and ideas and a well-charted non-existent place. Going by what people say should be in stories, this book should be virtually unknown, and yet it still sells and sells and sells. I find that pretty confusing.