10/10/2012

Writing Issues and Successes.

A few points of writing progress:
  1.    So inspiration has struck to a point that I want to write a few new works and even re-write my problematic older pieces to make them significantly better. While re-writing old works is an issue because what if a few years roll by and I wish to write them again? Oh well... I'm happy with my current style, so I'm going to do it anyway.
  2.    I am comfortable with my current style of writing in that the editing process is thorough (unlike my blog posts.) Even if I like something I still rip it to pieces to make sure only the best actual writing gets through. Also, as for my content... darkness and realism is my favourite of my works.So expect something a little closer to the bone.
  3.    I have one piece I'm currently writing which is proving to be one of the most difficult for two reasons. Firstly, It's completely based upon this world and dealing with real world things - including God. And also that to other people it will be seen and controversial, so I have to make sure the story stays exactly as planned. I can't really be bothered to deal with complaints from people who have misconstrued it or generally don't understand.
  4.    I've started my first novel! It's good, it's interesting, it's... complicated. Very difficult to get what you want in something so long. And so I'm not worried about length, I just want the story to write itself and just get it done. It'll most likely be drafted three or four times before I'm happy with it anyway.
So yeah. That's my writing position at the moment. While I am not posting much up at the moment, I am writing things and at this point I'm more writing for the joy of writing and enjoying the process than for other people's entertainment. So you'll get to see it eventually - don't fret. (As if you were.)

But I am slightly caught in this little issue. The quote by J.S. Mill goes: 'It is better to be Socrates than a pig satisfied.' - This, translating to me, is a problem because I have things to tell the world, but I also want to purely entertain without a point. And well, doing both causes a lot of people to mis-understand a lot of your works when they try to make sense of it. So is it better to try to make a point and inspire, or let things lie and try to create happiness? I'm really unsure...

Feel free to talk to me at some point - I'd love to hear your opinions. Thank you.

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