I've been reading ANANSI BOYS, by Neil Gaiman. I'm reading it slowly. But his use of pov in this story is interesting, and I thought to myself, this book is about characters. Something bad, or not necessarily bad, but strange, happening to someone who only wants to be normal. I wonder how many people really only want to be normal. I know a lot of people who want to be special, in different ways of course, but at the heart of it we all want to be special to someone. Not necessarily the grand populace so to speak, but at least to our families, our loved ones, and our friends.
This thought led to me back to the thought of why I write. I'm not a great writer, perhaps I have a modicum of talent, an ability to get to the heart of a matter if I'm lucky. I'm a new writer. One still trying to find my way. One still trying to find my voice.
I like to find the humor in things; good things, bad things, or normal things. I also want my work to say something. What that something is...well, therein lies the crutch doesn't it? What does a normal person have to say about their life? I have a stockpile of strange characters at my disposal, mostly from crazy relatives, the south is full of them you know, but at the heart of it all they are still family even with all their insaneness.
So I'm going to write what I feel. I'm going to write some short stories because I love the short story format and I'm going to write stories about funny people who are struggling to remain normal in a world that is not normal.
We'll see what happens.
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Whatever you write, do it from the heart. It's the only kind of writing that'll sing to your readers.
Hugs,
Tanya
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