I wonder if this is the real dividing line between character types? Characters who want to blow things up and their security friend trying to stop them from doing so.
As a high schooler, I'm always working toward my dreams for the future, but sometimes I feel like I'm not fully living in the present and "missing something." The other day, I read Fall of the School For Good and Evil and was hit with a wave of nostalgia — I miss the times when I could just sit and read without having to worry about anything, to get lost in a world so unlike my own. Honestly, I was praying to be kidnapped by the School Master 🙏 thank you for making that world so real to me five years ago, and I can't wait for Young Worlds!!
Reading really does immerse you in a way that feeds some part of yourself you don't get in the real world. I think it just brings out those heightened emotions and vulnerability we often bury. I can't wait for you to read the new book!
I always feel as if something is missing, even on the occasional best day. I tend to feel that a lot in writing my stories, so much that I end up creating more than one draft.
I love the idea of Young World having the feeling of being incomplete as a motivation. Is it a somewhat "claustrophobic" feeling that is like, needing adventure and an open world?
With the infinite possibilities for people on this planet, I think it's impossible to get to the point that you won't have some feeling similar to "something's missing". There will always be something else that you could be doing, but that doesn't mean that it is something that you should be doing. There are always new places to explore, new people to meet, new hobbies to try. There is always the possibility of something more. I don't know if I've ever considered it as something being missing from my life but more as a space for more in the future. Maybe people feel this way because of our infinite imaginations, we are (or at least I am) always imagine our lives as different from the reality in some way. So is it that something is missing or something could be different (even if we don't know what or how).
I think that is the heart of the human condition. The vast majority of us are constantly second guessing ourselves, whether it's regret about what *might have been*, anxiety about *what's next*, or an inner seething dissatisfaction with *what is* -- no matter how good and comfortable and satisfying the present may be. And yes, all you have to do is live with other animal species for awhile to realize that it's not inside just us... it may just be a characteristic of everything that is alive.
Some would say that this turmoil is the genesis of all human progress and innovation, but it also can be incredibly destructive of good things that can never be rebuilt. It's why every generation has the tendency to repeat at least *some* of the mistakes of the previous ones, because we all have the hubris to believe that we can do it better. And then we don't, because we don't anticipate the new problems that we create in the process.
That's as wise as wise can get. I tell myself I want to live boldly and then realize that hesitation and second-guessing just feels part of it, no matter how much you remind yourself this is your one chance. I think part of it is that we also are constantly figuring out who exactly we are along the way.
Given what you've shared about your past, the numerous times you've been knocked down and gotten back up, and the extraordinary success you've had trusting your instincts and capabilities... I would have thought you'd trust yourself more by now. You really should, you know. :)
nothing missing. still have goals/hopes/dream/wishes/accomplishments to achieve. once you reach the top (i.e. wealthy lawyer with a "perfect" family and income), i can understand how something you thought you wanted feels unfulfilling. (see also: nearly every character arc in most western storytelling).
BUT: i HAve to know if life on the farm inspired any of New Novel.
OR when you might be writing farm fiction.
for i never thought i'd see the day when you'd write "a boondoggle to nowhere." and i'm intrigued and wondering if this non-urban setting has inspired more fiction than current metaphors and word pictures. (as much as we love the tip-toeing mini donkeys and their walks of shame.) :)
I think *everything* inspired New Novel but I'm thinking of doing a farm book down the line.... I still need more time to kind of truly understand farm life. I'm really just beginning.
I wonder if this is the real dividing line between character types? Characters who want to blow things up and their security friend trying to stop them from doing so.
And isn't it funny that I think we have both those souls within us, constantly in dialogue...
As a high schooler, I'm always working toward my dreams for the future, but sometimes I feel like I'm not fully living in the present and "missing something." The other day, I read Fall of the School For Good and Evil and was hit with a wave of nostalgia — I miss the times when I could just sit and read without having to worry about anything, to get lost in a world so unlike my own. Honestly, I was praying to be kidnapped by the School Master 🙏 thank you for making that world so real to me five years ago, and I can't wait for Young Worlds!!
Reading really does immerse you in a way that feeds some part of yourself you don't get in the real world. I think it just brings out those heightened emotions and vulnerability we often bury. I can't wait for you to read the new book!
I always feel as if something is missing, even on the occasional best day. I tend to feel that a lot in writing my stories, so much that I end up creating more than one draft.
I love the idea of Young World having the feeling of being incomplete as a motivation. Is it a somewhat "claustrophobic" feeling that is like, needing adventure and an open world?
With the infinite possibilities for people on this planet, I think it's impossible to get to the point that you won't have some feeling similar to "something's missing". There will always be something else that you could be doing, but that doesn't mean that it is something that you should be doing. There are always new places to explore, new people to meet, new hobbies to try. There is always the possibility of something more. I don't know if I've ever considered it as something being missing from my life but more as a space for more in the future. Maybe people feel this way because of our infinite imaginations, we are (or at least I am) always imagine our lives as different from the reality in some way. So is it that something is missing or something could be different (even if we don't know what or how).
Oh I love that. Different vs. Missing. The idea of a mysterious unlived life. I'll have more to say on that in the future.... :)
I think that is the heart of the human condition. The vast majority of us are constantly second guessing ourselves, whether it's regret about what *might have been*, anxiety about *what's next*, or an inner seething dissatisfaction with *what is* -- no matter how good and comfortable and satisfying the present may be. And yes, all you have to do is live with other animal species for awhile to realize that it's not inside just us... it may just be a characteristic of everything that is alive.
Some would say that this turmoil is the genesis of all human progress and innovation, but it also can be incredibly destructive of good things that can never be rebuilt. It's why every generation has the tendency to repeat at least *some* of the mistakes of the previous ones, because we all have the hubris to believe that we can do it better. And then we don't, because we don't anticipate the new problems that we create in the process.
That's as wise as wise can get. I tell myself I want to live boldly and then realize that hesitation and second-guessing just feels part of it, no matter how much you remind yourself this is your one chance. I think part of it is that we also are constantly figuring out who exactly we are along the way.
Given what you've shared about your past, the numerous times you've been knocked down and gotten back up, and the extraordinary success you've had trusting your instincts and capabilities... I would have thought you'd trust yourself more by now. You really should, you know. :)
The face-palm emoji was made just for me :)
nothing missing. still have goals/hopes/dream/wishes/accomplishments to achieve. once you reach the top (i.e. wealthy lawyer with a "perfect" family and income), i can understand how something you thought you wanted feels unfulfilling. (see also: nearly every character arc in most western storytelling).
BUT: i HAve to know if life on the farm inspired any of New Novel.
OR when you might be writing farm fiction.
for i never thought i'd see the day when you'd write "a boondoggle to nowhere." and i'm intrigued and wondering if this non-urban setting has inspired more fiction than current metaphors and word pictures. (as much as we love the tip-toeing mini donkeys and their walks of shame.) :)
I think *everything* inspired New Novel but I'm thinking of doing a farm book down the line.... I still need more time to kind of truly understand farm life. I'm really just beginning.