Morning everyone and welcome to a rant that's been boiling under the surface of my thoughts of late. I barely touched on this yesterday and I thought I'd come back and expand on the idea. It goes into the idea as a writer where you have a set vision for a book. You want to have x happen because it shows y symbolism to get across z message / moral. It's really straightforward and so simple for people to pick up on.
Yeah, let's get back to reality. It doesn't happen that way and everyone else will tell you that too. It gets worse when you have the creators saying that you have to experience it the way you want them to experience it. For one, not everyone experiences the world as you do. It makes the world more interesting and it makes us, as a species, unique. Even with identical twins, they have different mind sets, different goals, and so on. Just because you expect a reader or a video gamer or even the person you're talking to understand what you're trying to get across, it doesn't work that way.
You cannot have this expectation without having heartbreak. This isn't going to say that there aren't going to be critics. There will always be critics. But these are the people who are enjoying what you've created. Let them do so as they want to instead of forcing what you want down their throat. You'll have a lot more happier consumers and that is what is the most important in the end.
Well, I feel better now, dear readers. What's getting under your skin lately. Feel free to share it in the comments or interact with me on either Facebook or Twitter. Until next time, keep on writing.
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