I just had this very animated discussion with The Bride on how I think people take themselves too seriously and create high drama out of their lives which I think means losing out on all the fun life has to offer! We read a lot of blogs and when I see the age at which these 'women' write about life and serious issues, it makes me wonder where did the youth go? With today's advances in medicine and technology, we live much longer lives and if you are jaded at the ripe age of 22, talking about life taking it out of you and how you've seen it all, it makes me wonder where will you find the joy for the remaining 40 years? All a person needs is a little perspective - this is when you start, shit happens and look for the good. If you wallow in the bad, it will be always be depressing and you start with admitting that life is fun - one setback does not mean it's over! The Bride says it's a sense of drama that creates this but is a sense of drama enough to think that you are the next Sylvia Plath? People have tried explaining to me that a person's bad behaviour is because he is extremely intelligent - and I'm like unless you have an IQ of 323 like Einstein, there is no excuse to be socially retarded - with an IQ of 156, you're effing Sharon Stone. Keep it in perspective, Dude! and I believe the same thing applies to drama as well, it's how much you want to be at the centre of it that makes a difference, people snap out of it and clinical depression is a real problem but just to be dramatic because you think you are highly strung and have mega sensibility, I find it amusing and after a point, annoying! To me, because I enjoy life thoroughly, I find it contemptible to waste it being miserable without a credible reason just because you think you have been hard done by! and eventually, I think and this is really my personal opinion, its a pretension and an aspiration to be the love ravaged, manic depressive, aged and jaded person at the age of 21!!
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But it is the sense of drama that makes these women/girls great writers (not referring to self here). Great writing has the ability to heighten reality and sensations. This may not be who they actually are in real life. Also, I don't think they are miserable, just angsty. Some people find that interesting and after a point, how does it matter as long as the emotion is superbly conveyed?
I agree with you great writing has the ability to heighten reality and sensations - but the difference is it can be done once! Time and time again, if we repeat the story, it's not great writing. and I don't subscribe to the theory that great writing is always angst ridden - Jane Austen, the Bronte Sisters its not all traume and their lives are normal - its not so dramatised! This I'm so jaded attitude and I've seen it all at age x is just the way people would like to be seen as a pop culture reference!
and just to clarify - I think the writing is beautiful -which is why I read the blogs - however I think the emotion behind it is flawed in some cases!
Gzeez... did you write this at an early hour in the morning pre coffee???
Talk about a drama filled blog post! ;)
Hahahah! Ok Nix point taken!!
Agree agree agree.
However not all great writing is about drama. Sometimes the nicest blogs are the ones which write about everyday happiness and leave the drama at home!
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