The worse mistake I've ever made about writing (beside studying literature) was to wall myself up in cynicism and apathy. In a desperate attempt at manliness, I figured out that being tough meant not feeling anything. My schemes worked so well that now, I have to push myself in order to have a different mood than bored/cynical. Thanks heavens life put some people on my way that are livelier than a naked runner at the base-ball field, but hell...sometimes silence and solitude feel so damn good. It's so easy to judge people from your compound. When you never feel anything (because feeling is so stupid and such) you shouldn't judge people who do.
Every writer who pretends to be artistically driven is going in the trade with the intention of exposing occidental society through his dark and mysterious shades. They want to be Chuck Palahniuk, Brett Easton Ellis or Hunter S. Thompson. These writers are great, but they are unique. No one wants them eternally reproduced. Anyway most aspiring-to-be writers don't survive the process of critic and editing. It sure it soul crushing when stranger pound your brilliant insight on your peers into mush. That's the ultimate test.
That's why I have this romantic idea that writers should be moved by what they write. They should attach themselves to their words, their stories, so they could you their feelings to fuel their inspiration. That would create a dynamic cycle, no matter if the critic had been good or bad. Writing with feeling is important, because feelings are the part of you that is put on paper. No one wants rehashed Palahniuk.
Cynicism is a very important sign from which you should form an appreciation of a writer. Cynical bastards are amateurs.
I think I'm finally getting it.
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