Are you satisfied with your writing? What is it about? How often do you write? Do you dream of people finding out about it eventually?
Are you satisfied with your writing?
Nope, which is another motivation to try to do better. Beside the relentless desire to write, I mean.
How often do you write?
Daily.
What is it about?
Some attempts at fiction (short stories and plays, for the most part). A mix of philosophy/sociology/history. Journaling, too.
Do you dream of people finding out about it eventually?
Nope. I just don’t think it’s interesting enough (nor good enough). Also, since I don’t publish it anywhere and since it’s not even stored on a computer (I write longhand, using actual pen and paper, or I type on a good old typewriter), there is very little chance for it to be accidentally leaked online.
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I had a Kafkaesque writing crisis recently. I was close to destroying 25 years of writing, because no one’s interested and what’s the point etc. I was so worn down that my writing just seemed like garbage. Maybe that’s why no one’s interested, I thought. As I tried to build the courage to destroy it all, I began to see it all in a sharper focus. It was good writing. So I’m satisfied with it on that level. I tend to write about life in the grey areas, where regular language doesn’t do it justice. I usually write every day, but I’m taking a break so as to break my ingrained writing habits, create new ones, keep things fresh. I would like for people to “find out about it”, but at this point, I’m also OK if no one does.
Mostly short stories based on a single “what if” concept. Like, “What if everyone in the world had to have a unique name?” That may not be the premise of the story, but it factors into the characters and the world building and the story goes from there. Most of the stories don’t really “go” anywhere, but that’s not the point. The point is to spend a day in a world where the “what if” concept is true and see what society, people, and life is like.
The setting is usually ambiguously Earth but it’s never stated nor that they’re even humans or what time period. That gives it a lot of leeway.
It’s mostly just a creative outlet / thought exercises so I don’t even save half of them when I’m done.
Examples From the Example "What If"
For the “What if everyone in the world had to have a unique name?” example, the short story had the following elements:
- Surnames / family names quickly became extinct since they were found to be redundant.
- Different cultures in that world implemented the unique name requirement differently:
- Some kept the family names but combined it with a unique name as a suffix. e.g. SmithFriendlyGame, SmithSoccerFan
- Some went with just number designations. e.g. 12345
- Most came up with brand new words when a child is born e.g. Fluginary
- Other cultures did something similar to “What 3 Words” does for locations by combining 3 or 4 ordinary words. e.g. BashfulCarpetTree
- The uniqueness requirement included not reusing names of those who have died. e.g. There could only be one “John” ever, for example. All mentions of “John” would only refer to that individual.
- Because of that requirement, heirloom jewelry became popular in this world to make up for not being able to honor a loved one by naming your child after them.
I should get back into it. I come up with tons of ideas but they never make it past conception stage. Although there are elements that never change, so I suppose those ideas are somewhat solid.
I guess you could call it political theory? Philosophy maybe? I don’t really know. It’s in early stages and it will probably take me years to cover the whole gamut of topics my point of view covers but I hope to start publishing essays soon. My very naive hope is that someone will discover it and pay me to write the rest. Though they would have to be very foolish people, since I would do it for free anyways!
I write quite regularly. Mostly for myself. Some time ago I did start a web novel but stopped the work on it. Now I’ve picked it up again and my goal is to rewrite that thing, finish it and post the end product on said site. That’s one project I’ve been working on.
