WaterFish
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By normal I mean one that has a clear goal and purpose. One that reading it makes you feel the intent of the author and the message being passed through characters merely existing.
I myself find this difficult.
A fellow writer and friend praises my ingenuity in being able to bring out ‘new things’ in regular tropes. Making standard ideas non-standard through executing them just a bit differently.
I tried writing a Xianxia, and I was praised on being able to write such empathetic and understandable characters. For anyone who knows what usual Xianxia are like, this should be enough to say my writing style is… weird.
But I can’t help it.
I’ve been thinking about doing a contemporary work instead to test my skills in this area, but I get bored without a magic system. Things that are different from the reality I live through.
Fantasy of all sorts is more my style.
But I feel that if I keep being stubborn or going like this, I’d never find my footing and be able to write something with meaning. After all, tropes and characters should serve a purpose.
If I keep making twists and points of interest without thinking of a clear intent for their inclusion in the story, I write myself into a corner for it. Being confused on what to do next.
I stopped writing that Xianxia because of a headache on what I wanted the story to be.
What I wanted it to be about?
Power Fantasy? Empathy? Something between the two? What should happen for consistency?
Once I forget the original intent like that, my usual consistency also goes out the window.
There are those who look down on only being able to write bland stories using trope, but I envy that I can’t even do that right. Making it a mess that ‘has potential’ that is never realised.
How do people write stories like that?
I’ve seen how Solo Levelling worked out well despite using every Power Fantasy trope in the book… precisely because of that. It knew what kind of audience the tropes were meant for.
How can I do that?
Maybe this seems like a lot of questions, but for those who read this far, I’m guessing you’ll understand my problem better than me who’s writing this post. At least, I’d always left satisfied even if there’s only one person who gets it.
For now, I’ll leave this blog here so I can hear thoughts that aren’t my own about this issue.
Maybe I’m making a mountain out of a molehill.
I myself find this difficult.
A fellow writer and friend praises my ingenuity in being able to bring out ‘new things’ in regular tropes. Making standard ideas non-standard through executing them just a bit differently.
I tried writing a Xianxia, and I was praised on being able to write such empathetic and understandable characters. For anyone who knows what usual Xianxia are like, this should be enough to say my writing style is… weird.
But I can’t help it.
I’ve been thinking about doing a contemporary work instead to test my skills in this area, but I get bored without a magic system. Things that are different from the reality I live through.
Fantasy of all sorts is more my style.
But I feel that if I keep being stubborn or going like this, I’d never find my footing and be able to write something with meaning. After all, tropes and characters should serve a purpose.
If I keep making twists and points of interest without thinking of a clear intent for their inclusion in the story, I write myself into a corner for it. Being confused on what to do next.
I stopped writing that Xianxia because of a headache on what I wanted the story to be.
What I wanted it to be about?
Power Fantasy? Empathy? Something between the two? What should happen for consistency?
Once I forget the original intent like that, my usual consistency also goes out the window.
There are those who look down on only being able to write bland stories using trope, but I envy that I can’t even do that right. Making it a mess that ‘has potential’ that is never realised.
How do people write stories like that?
I’ve seen how Solo Levelling worked out well despite using every Power Fantasy trope in the book… precisely because of that. It knew what kind of audience the tropes were meant for.
How can I do that?
Maybe this seems like a lot of questions, but for those who read this far, I’m guessing you’ll understand my problem better than me who’s writing this post. At least, I’d always left satisfied even if there’s only one person who gets it.
For now, I’ll leave this blog here so I can hear thoughts that aren’t my own about this issue.
Maybe I’m making a mountain out of a molehill.