tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-04-03:494808othereyesothereyesothereyes2010-05-04T23:15:44Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2010-04-03:494808:2359A personal reminder from writer-self to self, and a tad ranty...2010-05-04T23:14:49Z2010-05-04T23:15:44Zpublic2Today I'm having yet another self-confirming "you need to write novel-length literary fiction that confronts the disaffected, alienated, and estranged aspects of (post)modern life and how people cope or fail to cope with it, so just stop fussing with ideas that try to mold themselves into popular genres that all of your friends read because you're mashing a square peg into a round hole every time you try. So stop. Just stop."<br /><br />I know this sounds sort of stupid, but, realizing that many, most, or all of my friends and family might NOT be my story audience is, probably, the most important realization evah.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://othereyes.dreamwidth.org/2359.html#cutid1">Please pardon my blunt little rant</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />\o/ <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=othereyes&ditemid=2359" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments