A select few people who know more about me than I would like will tell you that I’ve had a handful of extremely low points in my life, although this may be the popular opinion, personally, I disagree. I won’t bore you with the cliches of how my “low points” have made me stronger, although I don’t necessarily disagree with that phrase; I believe that what others consider my “low points” were and still are some of my favorite experiences. As a writer my “low points” are when I write the most. When everything’s okay I have nothing to write,
As a writer and consumer, I know that entertainment comes from problems, trauma, and overall sadness. As someone who enjoys writing dramatic fiction, I know that my job as a writer is to provide readers with enticing events that they believe are realistic enough to happen to others, but believe themselves immune to. This belief of immunity is why so much content is geared towards teenagers; teenagers live their lives as if they’re superheroes… immune to anything. They don’t think anything can touch them. To be a great writer you have to allow readers to live vicariously through your characters without actually having to experience any of the consequences. People want to be in control, and when they read they get to choose what to experience and when to experience it. As a writer I simply provide material that is good enough to transport readers in between those two worlds of reality and realistic fiction; however, in order to write, I must have at least some experience in regard to the subject I am writing about. I don’t believe that research enough is alone to provide writers with adequate material to write about things they haven’t in some way experienced.
My so-called “Low Points” are really my high points, the more I write the more satisfaction I gain; if pain means writing then I’ll gladly suffer.
— March
As a writer and consumer, I know that entertainment comes from problems, trauma, and overall sadness. As someone who enjoys writing dramatic fiction, I know that my job as a writer is to provide readers with enticing events that they believe are realistic enough to happen to others, but believe themselves immune to. This belief of immunity is why so much content is geared towards teenagers; teenagers live their lives as if they’re superheroes… immune to anything. They don’t think anything can touch them. To be a great writer you have to allow readers to live vicariously through your characters without actually having to experience any of the consequences. People want to be in control, and when they read they get to choose what to experience and when to experience it. As a writer I simply provide material that is good enough to transport readers in between those two worlds of reality and realistic fiction; however, in order to write, I must have at least some experience in regard to the subject I am writing about. I don’t believe that research enough is alone to provide writers with adequate material to write about things they haven’t in some way experienced.
My so-called “Low Points” are really my high points, the more I write the more satisfaction I gain; if pain means writing then I’ll gladly suffer.
— March
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