"Nature is a haunted house--But art is a house that tries to be haunted." --Emily Dickinson

I posted something! Whee, I’m special. And I’m using the journal--I’m just good this week (I may use this journal simply to use all these quotes I have about writing. Who, me? Silly? Of course not! Don’t be ridiculous [oh, well, -pout- My quote doesn't fit. I hate these silly short subject lines. I have the same problem on lj. I'll just have to put it above]).

Yeah. I have other stuff to post too when I get time. I haven’t posted in so long that I had to spend thirty seconds reading all the links on the main page to figure out which one I should click… now the journal thing I got lost a few times (I’ve never used it, after all).


I’ve recently decided a few different things about writing, and art in general, but mainly writing:
One: ) Writing for satisfaction produces far better work than attempting to write masterfully.
Two: ) One cannot produce good work if all one does is write about things that are safe to write about. To avoid writing about what one has learned for fear of what other’s will learn about oneself is ridiculous—the only good writing is the writing that takes risks.
Three: ) Emotions must be kept in-check when writing non-lyrical pieces. Subjectivity has the ability to make wisdom naïve (oooh, that line is pretty. I bet I read it somewhere. -pout-).
Four: ) To look at one’s writing as if it were a child is a mistake. Fondness towards the production of one’s toil is expected, but love of such a piece disallows improvement (though this is true in all things, and thus it follows that it would also apply to writing).
Five: ) Subtlety in fiction is necessary. One cannot go about rambling one’s points as though it were an essay—evidence must be used to prove a point through the use of literary devices. To use these devices is to compliment one’s readers, for one thus assumes that the reader is witty enough to pick up on one’s point without the idea having been stated blatantly.
And, of course, the sixth I always knew: Don’t be so damn stubborn, self!

Therefore, I’m trying to become more mature in my tone and less silly, or more silly with serious undertones. Of course, I haven’t actually written anything with this in mind (though I think some of it I’ve done a little subconsciously). I’m going to have to go do that next idea I get.


Though I'll have to actually find time to apply these first. o.O



(PS: Do tell me if you guys got updated every time I edited this thing... that way I remember to edit obsessively -before- I hit enter).