Is there any point in writing if no one will read what I create? This feels like a "Tree falls in the forest" type of deal.
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Why even bother writing?
Is there any point in writing if no one will read what I create? This feels like a "Tree falls in the forest" type of deal.
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What is the point of doing anything?
The only point in doing anything at all is to experience pleasure.
experience of pleasure always has mental correlates, save for heroin
Okay.
So does the act of writing not bring you pleasure?
If your only goal in creating art is social recognition, then no there is no point.
Make money and frick b***hes, that is the point
The main value of writing is the writing itself. It’s the creation. I think we should accept that if it’s something we think we might want to do.
This anon has it right. In the same way doodling a picture no-one will see can be rewarding, writing can be worthwhile even if no one reads it.
Are you really so secluded from the literary circles that nobody would bother reading your work?
If you get published in a semi-decent journal, someone will definitely read the work.
No one on IQfy writes.
We write?
The only lasting satisfaction I have found in this point in my life is writing
Same.
I spent a decade chasing every other goal under the sun, and in the end the only thing that gives me any kind of joy is writing, the same thing that brought me joy since the first grade.
It’s fun tho
Personally, I fall into the trap of wanting to write because I want to be a writer and that’s partially because I just hate my job so much. That’s not a good motivation to write. There are others, but that one can’t be relied upon if it’s your only motivation I think. Or at least not if you want to write good stuff.
jk rowling only came up with one good idea
she tried to sell her book to publishers for 6 years with no success
the harry potter books have made billions
somehow she got the ebook rights to her books
anytime someone buys a harry potter ebook, she makes like $6
Most writers, wannabe and successful, claim they write because they are driven by an intellectual need. But they are really "status writers". They write because they aspire to be part of the literati, to belong to the intellectual elite. So they crave the approval of people, especially people already in the literati, to view and praise their works. In this case writing is about ego, about feeling the need to belong.
The minority of writers write in an aspiration to present knowledge, some aspect of truth, in written form. They do not care much about being read because their work is a reflection of the ultimate reality, and derived from truth they do not need to beggar after praise. They do not feel the need to write in itself, but to present the truth they have found. They do not "write", but "discover", and put their discovery into words.
The former aspires to be the latter but when trying to write, finds he cannot. He finds himself having nothing to write because he has discovered nothing. But as a status writer he is too distracted by thinking about the praise he will receive, so instead of putting his mind to discover, he puts his mind to find recognition. Usually he will cobble together some mix of literature he feels is high status and come up with a bland, uninspired text.
So it's up to you to choose which way you will find intellectual satisfaction from.
The abstract opposition between 'wanting to write for social recognition' and 'wanting to write for its inherent intellectual/creative satisfaction' seems like a dead end. The answer's not 'a bit of both', but it has something to do with the relationship between those two poles. Surely writing always involves at least an implicit audience - it's a medium of communication. The creative pleasure in writing fiction is seeing your work take on a life of its own, but that involves seeing if it can survive in the wider world, for other readers. I've only had this experience with music, but when you're part of a small group of people with similar tastes and interests, who feel like you're all trying to get at the same thing, it's really hard to draw a line between which enjoyment is from the act of creating and which is from contributing to that community (and to your persona within that community) - each kind of enjoyment is inherently connected with the other.
Why even live if we will all going to die ?