Eigengrau has been released

And I don't know if I should be proud of this accomplishment. I'm riding a pretty weird writer's high right now and I don't know what I'm feeling. I wrote a story. No, I wrote a Grecian Tragedy. Well, I wrote something, anyhow, but I don't know if people should read it. There's enough wrong in the world without me adding more.

I feel conflicted. Help.

Comments

[Hodios]

Writing a story of "it's bad but it gets better" isn't adding more wrong to the world.

[Scarheart]

4500787 It's not so much that as a complete change in comparison to the other stories of the Weedverse.

I, too, am conflicted after reading it. There will be much inner conflict. Some will turn to the Dark Side. Others will embrace the Light. But keep in mind this. Everyone, and I mean everyone will at some point need to eat something sooner or later. I might have a bowl of cereal. Or leftover lasagna.

Who knows?

[Grabnock]

I feel conflicted. Help.

I hear that writing can be therapeutic for writers. Perhaps you should explore your emotions using a creative outlet.

Like for instance another chapter maybe?

[Boulder]

4500798 How bout Coco Pops, they're dark brown?
cdn.taste.com.au/images/recipes/sfi/2006/11/14587.jpg
Taste better than Rice Krispies!
ukonlinegoodies.com/images/kellogs-rice-crispies-510g.jpg

[anunenka]

This is so bad (in the evil sense) it's good. I feel Dim is a budding Elric of Melniboné.

[LifeIsAMasquerade]

I thought the first chapter was compelling. It wasn't particularly sexy, it wasn't ridiculously grim, and yet it was- the storytelling felt odd, but right. When Dim was apathetic, so was I, and when he was emotional, I was there with him. The whole thing feels very insulated and isolated, but there's always the knowledge that something else lies outside the tower. I want to see the outside world through Dim's eyes, and I want to see how the Weedverse reacts to someone who has done so much evil (though he thought/thinks it was right) and yet might have the potential to be redeemed. He's been indoctrinated into the Dark way of life, but he seems to have inklings that things aren't right, and I feel there's hope for him. I could see his story ending here, but I'd rather see Dim progress.