Writing Theory 1

What do we write? How do we write? What does our writing say about us, and what do we want to say with our writing? Sounds inane? Well, it’s good to know what we as artists and consumers like about our entertainment. We know when the creative team on film or television is full of garbage. We know when our favorite novelist if full of him or herself. We know who got lazy and how to articulate or disdain and praise. How is it that some of us don’t know what we want to write, why style or genre?

If we are letting the writing simply take us where it wants to go, then why we are not subject to chance? That is to say we are letting things happen and playing passive role in the story. The characters are dictating to us completely. This is chance. That is a chance writer. Inspiration must catch us and be our muse.

How do we enhance the chance? Can we dare to be more random? Does the gamble pay off? Does chance writing say anything about the author?