don't know if you find yourself deliberately pushing reader buttons, but well for me as writer, it's all about manipulation. Which I regret, in that while I find it easy to write fic that pushes buttons, it feels somewhat cheap to manipulate a reader that way. I feel like, um, a writerly whore when I drag the awwwws out of people by being deliberately cute, or porny or writing a specific pairing (um, Clucasex anyone?).
*snickers*
I love that. Writerly whore. That needs to be an icon. I am so making it into one.
*throws hands in the air*
When does the desire to be a good storyteller start interfering with the story?
My views on that are changing very fast. I'm still not entirely sure how I stand on the continuum.
I think--and this could change as I think about it more--the storyteller should win.
It's--not quite a one eighty, but I'm beginning to question my own beliefs as a writer the more I interact with an audience, the more times I AM an audience. I write for myself, right, the story is mine, but that may be the only part that really is. The telling of it--if I'm going to tell it outside my own head--is pointless unless the audience understands it, unless it connects with them, unless I can translate it into a medium they understand, appreciate, etc. Otherwise, why tell it at all? But am I compromising my vision for the audience too much....but if they don't GET my vision, then maybe something is wrong with the vision....
And so the circle of weirdness continues. Look! Shiny!
Gah. See, no damned absolutes, so everything fluxes constantly. One day, I shall be wise and consistent. But well, not today. I don't think I'd have near as much fun if I was.
See? This is murky, murky territory for me, and I have a feeling this is one thing I'll never be sure of in myself either.
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don't know if you find yourself deliberately pushing reader buttons, but well for me as writer, it's all about manipulation. Which I regret, in that while I find it easy to write fic that pushes buttons, it feels somewhat cheap to manipulate a reader that way. I feel like, um, a writerly whore when I drag the awwwws out of people by being deliberately cute, or porny or writing a specific pairing (um, Clucasex anyone?).
*snickers*
I love that. Writerly whore. That needs to be an icon. I am so making it into one.
*throws hands in the air*
When does the desire to be a good storyteller start interfering with the story?
My views on that are changing very fast. I'm still not entirely sure how I stand on the continuum.
I think--and this could change as I think about it more--the storyteller should win.
It's--not quite a one eighty, but I'm beginning to question my own beliefs as a writer the more I interact with an audience, the more times I AM an audience. I write for myself, right, the story is mine, but that may be the only part that really is. The telling of it--if I'm going to tell it outside my own head--is pointless unless the audience understands it, unless it connects with them, unless I can translate it into a medium they understand, appreciate, etc. Otherwise, why tell it at all? But am I compromising my vision for the audience too much....but if they don't GET my vision, then maybe something is wrong with the vision....
And so the circle of weirdness continues. Look! Shiny!
Gah. See, no damned absolutes, so everything fluxes constantly. One day, I shall be wise and consistent. But well, not today. I don't think I'd have near as much fun if I was.
See? This is murky, murky territory for me, and I have a feeling this is one thing I'll never be sure of in myself either.