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RE: NOTES FROM AN AMATEUR WRITER #46 - Why Do I Write?
You know, no matter how bleak your writing gets, the only thing that ever comes through for me is a sense of hope. Well, that and a feeling of catharsis. I could relate to everything that you wrote here, and everything you mentioned translates well in your writing.
Quite too often, writers are dismissed as merely creatives, when in fact a lot of us pour our very being and leave a part of our soul in everything we do. It often goes unnoticed by the average reader, but fellow writers appreciate what we pour into the page. I see you, mate, and I appreciate all that you give.
Thank you, glad to know a sense of hope does come through. I'm not a 'happy ending' kind of writer, but more an 'ending that matches the tone of the story'. But that doesn't necessarily mean doom and gloom. Ultimately this is a form of entertainment.
Yes, we do pour our soul into our writing. No doubt about that. Some more so than others. And once it goes out into the wilds to be read and accepted or rejected by others, it is well and truly out of our control.
Thank you.
In that regard, we are brothers in arms. Happy endings are a thing of the past. Whatever fits the story should be the natural outcome of it.
Yes, whatever fits the story and its mood. I like to be left thinking and pondering on meaning and significance. Left wondering about what if...
Don't we all. The best stories are always the ones where the reader is left to wonder, even when there's a definitive conclusion.