Feo Takahari
Auror
As I've mentioned in other threads, the last story I wrote was pretty much me ripping my heart out and painting the pages with blood. A lot of it was extrapolated from the worst time of my life, if instead of getting help and getting better, I'd become more isolated and gotten worse. It was incredibly painful to write at times, but looking back on it, it feels like a really good story.
I think what I'm trying to do with my current story is valuable, and there are meaningful things I want to say, but looking back on what I've written, it doesn't feel as good or as powerful to me. Even when I try to connect it to my own experiences, I haven't gone through a lot of the things the main characters have. I can write how they react, and portray their emotions, but it just doesn't feel quite as real.
Is there a way to find that passion even in a story that isn't based on my life? You folks are all fantasists--how do you put emotion into events you've never experienced?
I think what I'm trying to do with my current story is valuable, and there are meaningful things I want to say, but looking back on what I've written, it doesn't feel as good or as powerful to me. Even when I try to connect it to my own experiences, I haven't gone through a lot of the things the main characters have. I can write how they react, and portray their emotions, but it just doesn't feel quite as real.
Is there a way to find that passion even in a story that isn't based on my life? You folks are all fantasists--how do you put emotion into events you've never experienced?