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imo these are two different things (apart from conflating "joy" with "funny" in the thread): wanting joyful stories is one thing, but wanting joyful (or funny) stories to be recognized via awards is another https://twitter.com/nameshiv/status/1354529796240203776
As someone who worked 20 years in retail and call centers, struggled with poverty and near-homelessness for a couple of years, there was always a pressure to be performatively joyful during that time
My writing is not grief porn, though
My writing is not grief porn, though
It's also not often a laff-a-minute or pure squeeing, either. Eliciting any emotion at all in a reader is difficult, and most of my own emotions are complicated
Maybe it's cliché, but happiness exists alongside sorrow; pure joy is a state I only knew as a child
Maybe it's cliché, but happiness exists alongside sorrow; pure joy is a state I only knew as a child
For example, this essay I wrote captures a LOT of sorrow, but ends with some small hope (and the acknowledgement that the moment might not last): https://www.alineofink.com/?p=491
I think this (very) short story is one flavor of humor, but ymmv: https://curiousfictions.com/stories/575-karlo-yeager-rodriguez-writing-for-the-end-of-the-world
This humor piece was informed by some bullshit working environments. Is it funny to you? https://curiousfictions.com/stories/643-karlo-yeager-rodriguez-emergency-evaluation-for-penny-ante-as-recorded-by-cal-q-tron-of-the-benevolent-order-of-heroes
I set out to make this story funny, but might not have been viewed as such by fans because it parodied Beloved Franchises™ https://curiousfictions.com/stories/179-karlo-yeager-rodriguez-every-orphan-child-to-a-good-home-should-go
Another in the "joy is fleeting" category is also about grief and depression: https://curiousfictions.com/stories/3451-karlo-yeager-rodriguez-this-is-not-my-adventure
Would I have liked any of them to be recognized for awards? Sure
Did I bemoan how none of them did? Nope
That's because I wrote these first and foremost for *me*
Wanting to be recognized by "the awards" isn't anything I can control; I can't set that as a goal
Did I bemoan how none of them did? Nope
That's because I wrote these first and foremost for *me*
Wanting to be recognized by "the awards" isn't anything I can control; I can't set that as a goal
P.S. if the vibes are fucked worldwide, it's perfectly fine to write sad or angry stuff
