Messages in writing
From a Monday prompt.
When I was younger I tried writing with messages, and it was horrible. My writing was stale and dishonest.
I don't have messages in my writing, but I find that recurring themes of hope and redemption arise in almost everything I write, with the exception of my zombie stories. Everyone dies in the zombie stories, because that's just fun to write. My stories tend to have realistic endings that usually involve a chance for happiness or unhappiness. My Camp Nanowrimo novel will have a mixed ending, with the main character finding closure but the area of space involved staying doomed to repeat a cycle of horror.
It used to bother me that my writing is basically escapist fiction, but I had to get over that. Sure, I'd love to write something that would inspire millions to change their lives and have a happier existence. I'd love even better if one of my books lead people to Christ, but as Stephen King said, you don't choose the subject of your writing so much as it chooses you. Instead of those deep heavy books I've ended up writing horror and fantasy fiction. I've come to terms with it. Giving people a chance to get away from the world for a while is great too.
When I was younger I tried writing with messages, and it was horrible. My writing was stale and dishonest.
I don't have messages in my writing, but I find that recurring themes of hope and redemption arise in almost everything I write, with the exception of my zombie stories. Everyone dies in the zombie stories, because that's just fun to write. My stories tend to have realistic endings that usually involve a chance for happiness or unhappiness. My Camp Nanowrimo novel will have a mixed ending, with the main character finding closure but the area of space involved staying doomed to repeat a cycle of horror.
It used to bother me that my writing is basically escapist fiction, but I had to get over that. Sure, I'd love to write something that would inspire millions to change their lives and have a happier existence. I'd love even better if one of my books lead people to Christ, but as Stephen King said, you don't choose the subject of your writing so much as it chooses you. Instead of those deep heavy books I've ended up writing horror and fantasy fiction. I've come to terms with it. Giving people a chance to get away from the world for a while is great too.