Like I usually do.
Recently, I've thought about why I'm doing this. I mean, it seems odd, devoting my life to a profession that is about ordering a bunch of dark squiggles into symbols that represent ideas, to try to move, motivate, and inspire people. I mean, what's the point? What's my end goal? What's my win condition?
It just seems odd, the whole process that I'm doing. Maybe I've been working too hard, drawn too close to the labors that I'm doing, and have forgotten the magic and wonder that comes with storytelling. And wonder is an important aspect of writing I need to be working on more.
Some recent readers of mine have remarked that my writing style is too dense and inaccessible. I won't begrudge them that point; I guess I haven't figured out the rhthym and pacing to keep a reader interested while also telling a story where things are going on beneath the narrative being told. Part of that is because I can't establish wonder.
The first people who saw "Star Wars" felt like they were seeing magic enfold before them. It was spectacular, not in the sense that it was good (which it was), but that George Lucas was able to make a spectacle. Rowling did the same thing with her wonderous and whimsical world. Could I ever do the same thing?
Maybe I get too distracted from what the characters are physically doing that I don't take a moment to point out the beauty of a thing, which is funny, because people IRL tend to think I speak too much when I try to explain the beauty of an idea or event, yet my writing doesn't reflect this.
Am I that serious and sober-minded? Hmmm... I don't know. I know that I have the potential to write a decent comedy or twelve, but that sort of thing doesn't interest me. Serious things interest me, and any play that I do while I write is more for someone else's benefit than my own.
Aside from all that, I've noticed that there are some techniques you can use to speed up your writing narrative:
The first is dialogue. Dialogue is interesting; that is why so many stories start off with characters speaking.
The second is that sometimes specific descriptions of every person and action is completely unnecessary. Tolstoy (though a bit dated) will sometimes not even bother giving a name to a reoccurring character; just a profession.
Streamlining is necessary. Kept the story moving and your readers interested. That's what I need to learn too.
On a side note, I'm planning on starting a new fantasy webseries. I'm not too sure when I'll do the updates, but I want to do them twice a week. Hopefully they'll be interesting to you.
Wow, this post was all over the place, lol oh well. Thanks for reading! See you next week!
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