Writers have arguably one of the coolest jobs in the universe, especially since it does have a little bit of a therapeutic aspect to it. We have a way to get rid of our inner demons in ways that nobody else does.
Everybody else in the universe has to keep their demons hidden, locked away, chained up, and they have to do this for the good of society. They then have to go to a psychotherapist, who's modern-day equivalent of an exorcist, talk it out, figure out what the problem is.
For writers, however, it's different. We have the advantage of releasing our inner demons have scenes that are so incredibly evil, nasty and absolutely disgusting, and we actually get paid to do this. We can actually throw them into the world and have a little bit of fun with them. We can explore why they're evil and why they're not so nice.
Basically, we explore why they don't play well with others. And that's what people love about us.
I don't care if
you're doing horror or if you doing science fiction, you can just let
everything go. If you have some sort of evil demon, figure out how to make it even nastier. Throw it into your story and have a lot of fun with it. The more fun you have with it, the more you let it run riot, the more people will love it.
Better yet, by dealing with the demon, by taking time to understand it and to basically figure out where it's coming from you're actually exorcising your own demon, which is sort of cool when you think about it. What this means from a practical perspective is that if you're having a problem, figure out how to set up this really cool villain your story based on that problem. Go deep. have a little fun, explore around and find the darkest, nastiest thing in there. And bring it screaming into the light.
Everyone else has to hide their demons. Writers get to let theirs loose on the world, and get loved for it. Talk about a major perk....
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