EroticCupcake
Just Tryin' to Write
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One of my favorite moments in literature was near the end of Catch-22, when we learn that a zany comedic relief character isn't actually comedic relief, and that their wacky actions are the result of very specific trauma. This wasn't really a twist, but just additional context that forces the audience to reinterpret the comedy as tragedy. In Catch-22, it hit me super hard.
I feel like Scrubs could pulled this off at times. I'm positive MASH pulled this off with Klinger, but I haven't watched enough to see it.
I find myself writing about a person who acts in a very specific, odd way. The behavior is somewhat based on a person I knew earlier in life. Much like me, the main character doesn't understand the root of this behavior. Also much like me, he gives up trying to understand and just accepts it for what it is.
As the story developed, the narrator connects her odd behavior to other unrelated trauma, and that caused me (the writer) to see her behavior not as whacky, but tragic. I didn't plan this going in to the story. Because the behavior was inspired by a real person, there is some possibility the tragic lens applies to her as well (or some version of it).
I feel like I Joseph Heller'd myself. I spent a half day sorting through tough emotions because I was trying to construct a story. I don't know that I would have treated the real life person much differently if I had put this together sooner (it's also possible I am reading the situation wrong), but it's been a strange ride.
This is such an odd and specific experience, I can't begin to explain "what I am thinking." If anyone could understand this feeling and may have experienced something similar, it would be this group.
I feel like Scrubs could pulled this off at times. I'm positive MASH pulled this off with Klinger, but I haven't watched enough to see it.
I find myself writing about a person who acts in a very specific, odd way. The behavior is somewhat based on a person I knew earlier in life. Much like me, the main character doesn't understand the root of this behavior. Also much like me, he gives up trying to understand and just accepts it for what it is.
As the story developed, the narrator connects her odd behavior to other unrelated trauma, and that caused me (the writer) to see her behavior not as whacky, but tragic. I didn't plan this going in to the story. Because the behavior was inspired by a real person, there is some possibility the tragic lens applies to her as well (or some version of it).
I feel like I Joseph Heller'd myself. I spent a half day sorting through tough emotions because I was trying to construct a story. I don't know that I would have treated the real life person much differently if I had put this together sooner (it's also possible I am reading the situation wrong), but it's been a strange ride.
This is such an odd and specific experience, I can't begin to explain "what I am thinking." If anyone could understand this feeling and may have experienced something similar, it would be this group.