07-13-2016, 10:38 PM
Who was is that said, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story?"
Ha! The only autobiographical piece I've posted here in my humble months as a hog was shot down for being too boring. I'm pondering a revision to make the content more interesting but hesitate to make things up. I want to use the poem to figure out a personal dilemma, but perhaps therein lies the difference between diary and poetry.
Why is it that contemporary writing fetishizes violence and suffering? Especially fiction, it seems like every other story I see about some form of sexual violence? Why? Just for shock value? Contemporary anthologies are full of them.
Of course there's truth in violence, but I feel like authors too quickly jump to a shocking conflict at the expense of exploring other truths, which may be 'boring' to bread and circus audiences.
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Ha! The only autobiographical piece I've posted here in my humble months as a hog was shot down for being too boring. I'm pondering a revision to make the content more interesting but hesitate to make things up. I want to use the poem to figure out a personal dilemma, but perhaps therein lies the difference between diary and poetry.
Why is it that contemporary writing fetishizes violence and suffering? Especially fiction, it seems like every other story I see about some form of sexual violence? Why? Just for shock value? Contemporary anthologies are full of them.
Of course there's truth in violence, but I feel like authors too quickly jump to a shocking conflict at the expense of exploring other truths, which may be 'boring' to bread and circus audiences.
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