Oh Dark Souls... I think the biggest observation I've noticed in my stories is my tendency towards having unhappy love stories. It seems like no one in love in my stories ever meet a happy end. Though I think a part of that is my unconscious rebellion against the fact so many stories have happy stories tacked on. I also tend to love my female characters more than my male ones.
One thing my wife noticed, for example, is that I write vulnerable men. And though that isn't intentional, I'm quite happy that actually comes through because I've never really been satisfied with the portrayal of masculinity in the media. Still, the worst part of all of it is actually sitting down to write stuff. Like, juggling ideas like we do over mognet is fun and feels empowering, but I'm still kind of kicking myself in the face for not reading and writing enough. I always have some kind of excuse. Need to stop that and just gir gud, as the kids say these days
Well that the reason why you have other people read your stuff cause half the time you don't even notice some of your more underlying ideas.
Well, writing correctly is part of my job description, so I guess I had to hone that skill out of necessity.
Also, it's interesting to me that you mention Christian allegories as being so present in my writing when I really always felt like Classical Mythology motifs were something I used more blatantly. Its interesting how different that looks from a different perspective! The takeaway I think is that we both need to keep doing our best. In one way or another, we'll get there. Whatever "there" is. Our mutual love for writing is really what made this conversation happen in the first place, so whatever anyone says, we just need to keep going. (also, don't worry, the person in question has personally attacked me like this too. Some people are just like that)
Better than me, half of my grammar errors come from me having to hunt and peck the correct keys, and the other half comes from not proofreading before I post. So give yourself a little credit. You don't make as many mistakes as I do.
Again. Young. Where thevhell did that even come from? My fingers are out of control
That's the thing. I typed I instead of you when I meant the comics you posted in the AC thread. Those are not young skills to be envious of XD
What?
Rejection is just part of the business. Frankly, I feel you're a better writer than me. Your style is not quite to my liking and you do tend to stick to Christian imagery and expys a bit closer than I would care for, but we've addressed that I tend to be world focus first while you're more character driven. The other element is less about any discomfort with religion and more about the fact it's sometimes a little too obvious for my taste, though I don't know if you've noticed. Your dialogue flows pretty well and you are great at building really warm and comfortable characters. You are far better with descriptive narrative than I am, as I'm usually too self conscious about it, and can't find a happy medium for my taste. It comes pretty natural for you, which I'm a bit envious of. You can also type, which I'm also envious of.
