a think I just thunked

[maevele]

okay, on the whole "writing the other" thing that gets people going "Oh, but if I only write what i know, all my stories will just be about people just like me, damned if I do, etc"


dude. no one said "only write what you are" they say "write what you know" and yes, dammit, if you don't know shit about people who aren't just like you, either don't write it or educate your damn self. and if you don''t know shit about people who aren't just like you, writer or not, educate your damn self, or figure out how you've gotten to some grown ass age without knowing shit about people who aren't you.



shit. I just do not get it.

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[rhivolution]

I think there's a fear of still fucking up even after self-education, but the truth is, you just gotta go ahead and leap or you'll be stuck in your same shit. I mean, my Racebending fic? Wicked different from where I've been writing, but I've been educating, I've been trying to consider every aspect, and I'm ready to apologise and amend if I do fuck up.

You have to be willing to be fucking vulnerable.

[wrdnrd]

figure out how you've gotten to some grown ass age without knowing shit about people who aren't you.

HAHAHAHAHA. It's funny because it's true. But also sad because it's true.

[al_zorra]

Yeah!

Love, C.

[rhivolution]

I should clarify that I'm trying to say that that fear needs to be happening, and that there needs to be pushing through it and putting on the grownup undies.

Makes you end up a better person on the other side, you know?

[rural_juror]

IT'S LIKE YOU WANT ME TO BE RESPONSIBLE OR SOMETHING! D:

[softestbullet]

*nodding furiously*

woops, here from lj

[jaeleslie]

What you said.

Because even after you've learned and thought about making yourself large and containing multitudes, you're still gonna be writing about yourself.

Not such a small self though. Experience of years can be an advantage with that.

[ithiliana.livejournal.com]

There you go, being all Earth logical again, and insisting that writers do more than simply write from their sooooooooooooouls!

Tsk!

[nmdrkangl.livejournal.com]

from the soul?

not with the soul?

Well shit... that's 5 wasted sacrifices...

[tacky-tramp.livejournal.com]

How dare you silence those poor dears. THE VERY IDEA.