Have you every experienced one of those really creative times. These are times when you feel like you can rule the world, if you just try, like every solution will come to you in time, like life is just waiting for you to get up and do something? Ok, so maybe that sounds weird, or corny, or just dumb, but that's kinda how I've been feeling lately (all of the above).
Anyway, I started writing again... for pleasure, not work or school, or any type of requirement. I had forgotten really what it is like to write something that has a deep meaning for yourself. I think when we truly write from the heart, everybody can relate in some way or another. I've had a bout of crazy dreams lately that have certainly sparked this creative streak and right now I have at least three different story ideas. Will any one of these get published, will they have meaning to anybody other than myself? Who knows.
It makes me think about what makes a good story. Of course it has to be interesting, but what really makes a good story? Is it a hidden meaning? If so, how hidden? I hated reading all those "stupid" (don't judge me....) poems and stories in literature and being told that I had incorrectly interpreted the writer's meaning. If the writer wanted me to know what she/he meant, why didn't she/he simply state it clearly? I think the real answer is because the writer wasn't writing it for us, but rather for her/himself.
Not to be rude, but I really don't care if anybody decides to read this post. It is really just a chance for me to make a public appearance, and tell you what I think. I write on here for myself. Some of it is censored so that I don't offend my friends (some of which may possibly read this if they're trying to fall asleep...). When I write for myself, I feel this sense of release. It is more than just a release of tension, more than simply a release of the pent up and constricted politically correct thoughts and actions, but rather a release of me. I feel like I am free to do as I please when I can say as I please. Still, we have many societal values in place that will not allow for me to say certain things without being judged extremely harshly, but I can still say much of what I feel without offending most people... maybe.
