I agree. I personally believe that if you focus your writing around writing for an audience, your stories will always feel a little soulless, because you're not putting much of yourself into your work.
And by "soulless" I don't mean it can't be deep, or funny, or poignant. Just that it won't have you in it.
...Which sounds kind of dirty, but I haven't had enough coffee to care.
if you're really unlucky, you hear, "Oh. Well, it's not that hard, right? It's just telling a story. You know, with words."
Have you ever had a, "Oh, writing! I've done that. NaNoWriMo and all that."
Nooooo. A contest that promotes nothing beyond writing 50,000 words in one month is hardly even the tip of the iceberg. It's more like an ice chip.
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I agree. I personally believe that if you focus your writing around writing for an audience, your stories will always feel a little soulless, because you're not putting much of yourself into your work.
And by "soulless" I don't mean it can't be deep, or funny, or poignant. Just that it won't have you in it.
...Which sounds kind of dirty, but I haven't had enough coffee to care.
if you're really unlucky, you hear, "Oh. Well, it's not that hard, right? It's just telling a story. You know, with words."
Have you ever had a, "Oh, writing! I've done that. NaNoWriMo and all that."
Nooooo. A contest that promotes nothing beyond writing 50,000 words in one month is hardly even the tip of the iceberg. It's more like an ice chip.