 Mystery: April 15, 2015 Issue [#6931] |
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This week: Taboos And Sheltered Lives Edited by: Gaby  
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When it comes to your own writing, which subjects seem to be a taboo in your book, if any?
How does it effect your writing?
Has your writing affected your life in any way? Broadened your horizon?
To you as a writer, there aren't any limitations when it comes to writing. Only your imagination can stop you from exploring every possibility there is. Yet, when it comes to particular subjects, writers shy away from certain ones. It also separates fiction from non-fiction. People read mostly because they want to escape reality, but they'll also read anything and everything that strikes their fancy. We are here to broaden their horizon as well. Why limit them to a simple murder mystery when the actual world is utter chaos? It's cruel and unjust. They might not know what you know. Why not educate them a bit?
As a small example, human trafficking. A subject many frown upon but it's very much alive and a huge problem. There's nothing wrong with writing about things which are considered 'taboo'. Racism, religion and religious rebellions, drug trafficking, are all subjects people let dust settle on so as not to confront it - let sleeping dogs lie, sort of thing. It doesn't work that way. You as a writer have the chance and opportunity to educate others on those subjects! Will you be criticized for it? You bet! But if your heart is in it, you won't let anyone stop you.
My personal life isn't of any importance to you, but I did encounter the subject of religion on more than one occasion, where I was the target. It's an issue. I'm born Roman Catholic, but I'm also Orthodox. My parents had a mixed marriage and when the country I lived in decided it needed 'cleansing', mixed marriages weren't really welcome. I visited my grandma once, where I was told that I'm lucky for being the religion that I am (mind you, I had no control over which religion I was going to be born in) because otherwise it would have been my head. This came from a teenage boy when I was about ten or so. Don't you think such things are a problem in our society? My religion shouldn't matter, but alas it does. There were more instances, but I won't bore you with those.
I don't write religious things because I don't want any part of it, but that doesn't mean that I ignore the subject because it becomes a taboo when stepping on someone else's toes. My own marriage is a mixed one, and yes, it's been judged as well. People will go the distance to hurt another, without thinking things through or thinking about consequences. Why ignore such things?
Why are first impressions so important? You only get one chance to impress someone with your personality and that's it. But doesn't that mean that we are being judged on the spot. On one hand we depend on our judgement to steer us in the right direction, while on the other we are prejudice and see only what we want to see. Doesn't that apply to everything else? The important and crucial subjects which affect the world or a minority of people?
You can read and write for your own pleasure, as we all do, yet perhaps, only perhaps, do you dare to take a bigger step and cross that line of what's proper and what's not? Let your written word be the voice that's fighting for something important. You may be surprised at the outcome. Anyone can write. Many are good at it, but a mystery is only a mystery - another murder, non-existent, nonessential, unimportant - to be read. Something to pass the time with.
Think about it.
'til next time!
~ Gaby 
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From my previous newsletter:
billikus wrote:
Aww Gaby, a wonderful newsletter. And yes, cutting meat is a lot like EDITING your story 
Thank you!  Hey, you've got to write just like you have to eat. 
GaelicQueen wrote:
The Editor's letter emphasized the importance of writing tightly and letting your brain refresh with other activities. Sometimes writing in a different location instead of at my desk refreshes my perspective.
Most definitely! Whenever I do have time to write, I prefer sitting outside surrounded by nature - heightens my senses. |
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