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This. Most good writing is indecent.

Writing 2w

Most great works of literature are awkward and disturbing. ie Cormac McCarthy’s entire body of work. Just write whatever you want and if you’re uncomfortable sharing something then share or submit it for publication anonymously

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Anonymous 2w

Elaborate

Anonymous 1w

What if our writing isn’t indecent, but so strange that most people can’t connect the dots?

Anonymous

#1 2w

I second this motion

Anonymous

#2 1w

Most works that “make it big” and are considered “good” became famous because they broke social norms + literary conventions of their time. Given that what is decent is socially constructed, and given that the works that are successful + transformative (and thus “good”) are the works that break those social norms in an interesting way, most good writing is “indecent”.

Anonymous

OP 1w

It is, perhaps, an overgeneralization, but I think it’s a valuable way of considering one’s own writing. Trying to fit a story into a moral framework is helpful but should not stop people from experimenting. A lot of things we accept as moral today will be immoral tomorrow, and a lot of things tomorrow accepts as moral will be immoral the day after that.

Anonymous

#3 1w

That’s normal for beginners.

Anonymous

#3 1w

Dont have such a low opinion of most people. Most people are smarter than you think

Anonymous

#4 1w

This isn’t from my own opinion—this is from what other people have told me

Anonymous

#3 1w

I’ve had the same problem - practice is the key!