Perfection · 6:41am Jan 20th, 2019
Perfection is a funny thing, isn't it? There are so many sayings about it - often times conflicting. We've all heard the old "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." By... some dude what word good. (Clearly not me). But how many times have you heard the opposite? One of my teachers in high school (My dual astronomy and... forensic science teach... what a weird combo) liked to say "Shoot for the moon; even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
Perfection is almost unanimously understood to be unachievable, and yet something you should always aim for. Which, I understand the concept; aim to be perfect, and no matter what, you'll be the best you can be. But it also goes against the idea of setting real, achievable goals, which is a must for self motivating.
I bring this up as I do editing passes on my fic in an effort to gain inspiration for the last few scenes, as well as going and reading other stories. I've been writing for... let's say 6 years, given the long-ass hiatus I took almost entirely word-free. I've never taken a creative writing course, never did especially well in english classes (At least... until after I started writing. but that's a story for another time), and barely did any reading until I got into fanfic. So for my writing to have such a long way to go to is expected. I'm far from perfect; I'd call myself pretty damn average, actually. Which, again, is expected. I never really took writing seriously enough to learn how to actually do it. Which is why, reading my older work, I cringe as I realize it took me more than a year to learn the difference between then and than, and don't even get me started on they're their and there. You can also see when I discovered the semi-colon... and promptly over-used the fuck out of it.
I can clearly see myself trying to emulate the style of whichever author I was reading most at the time. I took probably 2-3 years for me to develop a style I could actually call my own, but even now... I don't think I could really define my style? I admit, I never really tried, but off the top of my head I couldn't identify what sets my writing apart from others. I can feel that it's different, but I can still see my influences in it.
Wait.... what was this blog about?
Damn.
Anyway, right, perfection. I was just wondering about how it has this dual nature of unachievable idealism and yet a constant target, seamingly just on the horizon. An interesting thought, is all.
Also, transitioning scenes is hard and i may have been stuck on the transition to like... the third last scene in my fic. Which might be why I'm writing this blog instead of writing that? ehhh.. whatever. don't judge me. I'm awesome.
So yeah, don't fear perfection - you'll land among the unachievable, or something.
Until next time,
Kodeake out
We, my good sir, have a collab to finish.
is there a way to like a blog post? Cause I wanna