tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451303407246775762.post4129591467802099435..comments2023-07-24T08:09:46.351-07:00Comments on about 1 in 300: Senselessness and SensibilityJ.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09119277882985578203noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451303407246775762.post-21849351652351048462008-07-27T13:48:00.000-07:002008-07-27T13:48:00.000-07:00It's weird to hear myself called an optimist, beca...It's weird to hear myself called an optimist, because I've never thought of myself as one. It's true my writing usually ends with some sort of hope, often bittersweet, and I guess I still believe there's hope in the real world, too.<BR/><BR/>I don't think you would be writing unless you had something to say. Even if your message is dark, it's *your* message, and it may touch others and make them think, whether or not they agree with you. And that's worth doing, even if you aren't imparting what the world generally sees as hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451303407246775762.post-24097511359300684432008-07-27T01:05:00.000-07:002008-07-27T01:05:00.000-07:00Raven,"they can see the way the world should work"...Raven,<BR/><BR/>"they can see the way the world should work" <BR/><BR/>I am ashamed here. In you I see the heart and mind of the optimist, and I feel I have never done you any justice as a fellow blogger. <BR/><BR/>Of course I completely understand what you're saying, but the truth (not to mention irony) is that I'm not so sure I'm imparting any kind of hope whatsoever. I have fleshed out the skeleton for screenplay number 3--when it is done, I will have written a trilogy of sorts--and I already know that it is a story that sees straight through hope and dwells on the heart of despair that exists at hope's center.<BR/><BR/>I will keep you in mind Raven as I write number three. I think hope and idealism and beauty are important. But thanks for reminding me...J.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09119277882985578203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451303407246775762.post-4191288568701958242008-07-26T23:26:00.000-07:002008-07-26T23:26:00.000-07:00Congrats on finishing #2. I think writing is even ...Congrats on finishing #2. I think writing is even more important in a world that doesn't make sense (I ask myself if the world has ever made sense) because through reading or watching what was written people can escape from the real world, they can see the way the world should work (but doesn't), they can see tough issues tackled and they can be made to think, and so on, depending on the genre. For the writers, it can be a small way of changing or making sense of the world. There's not much we little folks can do, but through our writing we can touch the hearts of strangers. That's worth it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com