A REFLECTION WHILE WRITING MY FIRST NOVEL
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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.
