Twisted Hilarity
For writing a happy ending, what inspires me are the tragedies in the world around us. Inequality, injustice, bigotry, cruelty, you name it - it often makes me want to write something where, for once, all the good guys get their happily ever after.
Life can be so difficult, and we get so much reminder of that whenever things go wrong. But writing a story where things go right, and people are saved, and lovers stay united? That, to me, is the best reminder that these, too, happen in the real world. It gives me hope; makes my whole day better, really.
And knowing that sometimes, it made someone else's day a bit brighter, that's rather inspiring as well.
Life can be so difficult, and we get so much reminder of that whenever things go wrong. But writing a story where things go right, and people are saved, and lovers stay united? That, to me, is the best reminder that these, too, happen in the real world. It gives me hope; makes my whole day better, really.
And knowing that sometimes, it made someone else's day a bit brighter, that's rather inspiring as well.
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