Sunday, November 2, 2014

A NOTE TO ALL WRITERS

A REFLECTION WHILE WRITING MY FIRST NOVEL
 
 
A victim of the classical tale of romance with the even more classical "happily ever after" ending - I have discovered myself to be...

How much worse this is for a budding (prospective) writer of realistic works - works that are honest and reflective of the true nature of the world they seek to describe!

How heard yet muffled is the cry, the plight of the novelist, the dramatist, the poet, and even the narrator - whose  dynamics of craft have been misconstrued by the overly commercialized, over publicized lies of beguiling Disney fairytales, light family comedies, and the misleading conventions they stand for! How pitiful and even contemptible is the state of affairs in which we, as literary artists, have found ourselves in!

I look to George Bernard Shaw, who, in his time, looked to Henrik Ibsen, as did he look to another thence, for inspiration and guidance into how a true 'realistic' honest peace is to be structured. Not as if to dictate a strict, rigid set of dynamics, but to offer insight into the nature of a revolutionary and creative work of literature, that is not only true to the artist's creative intentions, but also to the audience, hungry for something true to life, for something reflective, constructive and even discursive of the issues of society.

The need for a "Neo-Renaissance" literary movement that stands for these ideals is long overdue, but today, or rather now is better than later. For as the creator came before the creation, so must the writer come before his vision to change and to inspire (a consequence to which every wielder of the quill must feel obliged to realize).
 

-Jude.

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