(The following post was inspired by the "The Future of S&S post)
(long but worth the read
rowing up in the 90's/2000's has been eventful and fun but i have many complaints about what is happening to entertainment/media/books
At the age of 11 I was introduced to Magic the Gathering the card game. it was very fun to me and got me deeply involved in Fantasy so i continued to follow the bunny trail which lead me to AD&D. i have the origional book deities and demigods which was the first time i saw Elric, Arioch, Yarkoon.....the whole shebang (which i believe was done without MR.M's concent but i could be wrong) stick with me i am getting to the point now.....As a teenager I was trapped in the past. I got a hold of every/any MM book i could find because it drew me in like no other and the Elric Saga fastly became my favorite book series. Heres where i realized the problem kicks in.....
What the hell is going on around me? I am reading these amazing books, watching old horror movies, jamming black sabbath and danzig, and realizing the 90's absolutly suck! dont get me wrong there are many things that i did like in the 90's but i liked the old things better. So as time goes on i start writing in high school. I dive into S&S and start writing some pretty good stuff if i must say so myself... my friends thought it was good, people liked it but as soon as i took it to school, or turned it into writing contests i was geting shafted every time because of the following reasons...
"too violant" "too dark" "not creative enough, to raw"
so i started to wonder... Maybe i am just not a good writer, so i was determined to get the answer. i brought in Elric of Melnibone to my creative writing class (11th grade high school) and read some excerpts. My teachers hated it because it was "too violant"and what not.
My question was answered. i am not a bad writer, its just most pieces of novalty these days dont have the raw feeling like they did have. i'm not a violant person but My teachers made me out to be because i had a person die in a damn book! whats wrong with that? Basiclly i wanted to state that the reason no one is making novals as raw, epic, or enthralling is because WE ARE BEING TOLD WERE WRITING CRAP! Publishers want to make money so they sign people who are writing Harry Potter or Eragon material. Its childish, happy, non realistic! (again dont get me wrong they are very good books and are well written) But i am ready to break out of the childish...and they lived happily ever after theme and write some raw, good old fashioned S&S but like i said, our generation is lead by the throat to make books that will SELL. its all about the money. Same thing with movies also. everything looks alike, they all follow the same template. Its like medias little supply and demand they hold over my generation and i am tired of it! we have to follow the flow and if you step out of line, you have no chance.
anyone know how i feel? :)
just had to get that off my chest.
(long but worth the read
rowing up in the 90's/2000's has been eventful and fun but i have many complaints about what is happening to entertainment/media/books
At the age of 11 I was introduced to Magic the Gathering the card game. it was very fun to me and got me deeply involved in Fantasy so i continued to follow the bunny trail which lead me to AD&D. i have the origional book deities and demigods which was the first time i saw Elric, Arioch, Yarkoon.....the whole shebang (which i believe was done without MR.M's concent but i could be wrong) stick with me i am getting to the point now.....As a teenager I was trapped in the past. I got a hold of every/any MM book i could find because it drew me in like no other and the Elric Saga fastly became my favorite book series. Heres where i realized the problem kicks in.....
What the hell is going on around me? I am reading these amazing books, watching old horror movies, jamming black sabbath and danzig, and realizing the 90's absolutly suck! dont get me wrong there are many things that i did like in the 90's but i liked the old things better. So as time goes on i start writing in high school. I dive into S&S and start writing some pretty good stuff if i must say so myself... my friends thought it was good, people liked it but as soon as i took it to school, or turned it into writing contests i was geting shafted every time because of the following reasons...
"too violant" "too dark" "not creative enough, to raw"
so i started to wonder... Maybe i am just not a good writer, so i was determined to get the answer. i brought in Elric of Melnibone to my creative writing class (11th grade high school) and read some excerpts. My teachers hated it because it was "too violant"and what not.
My question was answered. i am not a bad writer, its just most pieces of novalty these days dont have the raw feeling like they did have. i'm not a violant person but My teachers made me out to be because i had a person die in a damn book! whats wrong with that? Basiclly i wanted to state that the reason no one is making novals as raw, epic, or enthralling is because WE ARE BEING TOLD WERE WRITING CRAP! Publishers want to make money so they sign people who are writing Harry Potter or Eragon material. Its childish, happy, non realistic! (again dont get me wrong they are very good books and are well written) But i am ready to break out of the childish...and they lived happily ever after theme and write some raw, good old fashioned S&S but like i said, our generation is lead by the throat to make books that will SELL. its all about the money. Same thing with movies also. everything looks alike, they all follow the same template. Its like medias little supply and demand they hold over my generation and i am tired of it! we have to follow the flow and if you step out of line, you have no chance.
anyone know how i feel? :)
just had to get that off my chest.
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