HAZARDS - PART III
While writing tonight I was overwhelmed with emotion at a piece of dialog and cried. It surprised me. Upon re-reading what had been written, I realized how close it was to my truth, how much of me lay bare upon the computer screen.
Thus another hazard of being a writer comes to light - thou art fair fodder for the fertile mind. All writers are told to "Write what you know" and ideally, one should know oneself best. Therefore there is some of me in each of my writings, from Bud the Bunny to Rescue Bunny and Fire Bear to Kaleidoscope to Bob of the Desert to creations that have not yet told me their name. Will others recognize the parts that are me? Will they attribute the correct aspects, think me the hero or the villain? Be amazed/shocked/worried that I could write such a thing, for to order write it I had to think it?
It is a hazard I knew I would face, yet only truly tonight felt the impact.
Just for future reference, Fire Bear is a complete concoction of my imagination, and no personal insights into my psyche should be implied. At all. Seriously.
Thus another hazard of being a writer comes to light - thou art fair fodder for the fertile mind. All writers are told to "Write what you know" and ideally, one should know oneself best. Therefore there is some of me in each of my writings, from Bud the Bunny to Rescue Bunny and Fire Bear to Kaleidoscope to Bob of the Desert to creations that have not yet told me their name. Will others recognize the parts that are me? Will they attribute the correct aspects, think me the hero or the villain? Be amazed/shocked/worried that I could write such a thing, for to order write it I had to think it?
It is a hazard I knew I would face, yet only truly tonight felt the impact.
Just for future reference, Fire Bear is a complete concoction of my imagination, and no personal insights into my psyche should be implied. At all. Seriously.
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