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AUGUST 2 QUESTION - Have you ever written something that afterwards you felt conflicted about? If so, did you let it stay how it was, take it out, or rewrite it?
MY ANSWER - Yes. Sometimes, in fiction, it was just a scene that didn't sit right because it went against the characters. In my nonfiction, I know some of the things I've written would hurt others. However, for my own catharsis, I had to write about those people or events. After I get it out, I step back and try to decide if it has value to anyone else, or if it was just for myself. Sometimes, this is a difficult decision to make so I just keep it to myself until I feel a need to put it out into the world.
How about you? Have you ever written something that afterwards you felt conflicted about? If so, did you let it stay how it was, take it out, or rewrite it?
3 comments:
I like your method - write it out, then decide.
Yes, good method. Sometimes we just need to vent things for ourselves.
That sounds like a good technique to write what you feel you have to say and then decide whether to share it as an author.
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