[The Real LJ Idol Dreamwidth Mini Season Literary Prize Fight] Week 1 - Topic 1

[dreamwriters]

It's that time of the year, the seasons change and some intrepid writers embark on an epic adventure of #Preptober while preparing for the crazy deadline of National Novel Writing Month (though I admit RLJI is its own crazy deadline too). I don't have a great track record for either challenge to be quite honest (look at me, sliding in just under the deadline here). But I still keep trying anyway. Even if it makes me enemies.

The world needs stories. We need the stories that are primal screams of injustice and survival. We need the stories that are escapism at its finest. We need the artists to envision the possibilities when things seem impossible.

I'm a bit of a Rebel during the fall and this year is no exception. I'm revisiting a very old and very dark story of one of my headmates. She's a survivor who learns how to become a hero after losing most of her hope in the world, when she stumbles into the life of a member of a safehouse for super powered individuals.

I like these kinds of stories. The ones where perseverance is rewarded, where the underdog rises up and wins. Where even when it's the darkest story, there is a glimmering possibility of hope and belonging.

I'm going to get my stories into the world this year because they're one of the ones we need.

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This was written for therealljidol Week 1 Topic 1 : It's hard to beat a person who never gives up"

Comments

[thephantomq]

Stories that offer home are definitely sorely needed, right now. <3 Sometimes the grimdark way people like to write things is just.. a little too much. Happy endings aren't lame.

And yet I can't seem to follow this advice line of thinking for my own writing, hah.

[rayaso]

I hope we get to read a lot of your stories, especially the dark ones!