May 12, 2016

Jake 2022-03-26 09:01:09

This is a story about making mistakes and asking for less.

In the first half, I couldn't help comparing it to "Murder Comics" and "Into the House," which are both embodied stories about novels and writers. But seeing the second half, I can't compare. Because it moved me so much that I couldn't analyze it calmly. So no analysis today.

This is a story that can only be written at a certain age.

① make mistakes

"We often have to make many choices, and walking with these choices is the hardest lesson in life."

② can not ask

The stories about not being able to love are very crude, and most of them are not sincere. But this is not a love story that moved me. I thought of "Edwood".

If you have a belief, such as music, art, you dedicate your life to it, strive to be unparalleled, and give up everything else. But in fact, your talents are limited. You think you have a great idea, but you just can't express it.

Later, when you see a work, you feel that the author is so compatible with you that he expresses your inner thoughts. You look at him like you look at your ideal self.

At this time, if plagiarism will not cause trouble later, will you copy it?

I think the more devoted you are to your faith, the more you will copy.

It was too painful to resist the temptation. I didn't copy it for profit, I just wanted to be that person too much and wanted to take all his things for myself. Because no matter how hard you try, it's useless.

But still because of piety, after copying it, it will feel more painful. What you lose, you can never make up. Only learn to live with self-blame and self-denial.

I'm seldom afraid of anything, but I'm afraid of this. Fear more than anything.

I have done a novel setting before, and the male protagonist is such a person. I didn't know what I wanted to express before, but today I figured it out. Turns out I was talking about unrequitedness, temptation, wrongdoing, and self-salvation.

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The Words quotes

  • The Old Man: He should've been somebody everyone knows.

    Rory Jansen: Yeah... but what happened?

    The Old Man: Life.

  • The Old Man: You choose the words, you choose the pain.