Jason Dias's Blog - Posts Tagged "hope"
Hope versus optimism
Couple redirects on this one.
Is Finding Life on Mars an optimistic book? Absolutely not. Is it hopeful? I hope so. But you have to know the difference, and that's hard to explain to humans. Here's a couple of attempts I made in my column-writing days.
http://anewdomain.net/jason-dias-opti...
https://www.saybrook.edu/blog/2012/02...
In short, if you're looking for optimistic outlooks in your fiction, I respect that, but it isn't what I'm selling. If you're looking for hope, well, me too - and I'm willing to dig deep to find it.
J
Is Finding Life on Mars an optimistic book? Absolutely not. Is it hopeful? I hope so. But you have to know the difference, and that's hard to explain to humans. Here's a couple of attempts I made in my column-writing days.
http://anewdomain.net/jason-dias-opti...
https://www.saybrook.edu/blog/2012/02...
In short, if you're looking for optimistic outlooks in your fiction, I respect that, but it isn't what I'm selling. If you're looking for hope, well, me too - and I'm willing to dig deep to find it.
J
