Only write what you care about

[richardthinks]

What is the point of me linking Zak’s blog, since you all read it anyway (right?)?

Because hidden away in a review of weird fiction is the best advice I’ve read since “don’t bother with art that’s trying to look like art”:

I just have to put the best of what I have to offer and nothing else out there by itself and see what kind of story it is. And if

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[richardthinks]

I'm actually wondering if I'm brave enough to take this advice, while also realising that it's simply correct.

[st_rev]

I stopped writing stories because I don't really understand what plot or characters are. That made me think, maybe I don't need to.

[richardthinks]

Me too, pretty much exactly.

I guess we won't know if all that plot n characters stuff is necessary until you write your story that doesn't care about plot or characters. I should write mine too. But I suspect it's going to come out as a series of blog posts about situations.

[st_rev]

I have a bunch of fragments (mostly lost) and one complete novella, "Jim Morrison, Space Ranger". It has a plot and characters, but they're not really what it was for.

[richardthinks]

maybe actually I should do my "stories" as pictures, since they mostly don't progress in time.