Writing Woes

I hate when I write a scene I love but am not sure I ever want to share.  Because there are things I write that I *know* I have no desire to share, but then there are things where I think 'I love how this handles these characters and themes, but I'm not sure I want to deal with this being read by other people', and the latter is much more frustrating.  Because there's a self-assurance involved when I know I just want to keep a piece of writing to myself.  It's a lot simpler than having both deep doubts about the suitability of aspects of the writing towards what I want it to convey and an apprehension towards how it might be received while still thinking there's something in it that others might find deeply valuable too (but would they?).

And those are misgivings I also have about some of the things I've actually written and published online, just not necessarily to the same degree.

Infinite Interpretations

I think it's so fascinating that a character can have so many clashing interpretations that nevertheless still all embody some vital essence of the original character. Not every interpretation will be to my taste, but that doesn't make it bad. There are things I do think can make a characterization bad, but appeal to my personal preferences isn't one of them.