Sometimes…
I’m all like, “My WIP is a novel of social criticism.”
Other times, I’m like, “My novel is pure FLUFF.”
That is all. For now.*
*The inspiration for this post randomly came during #yalitchat. In case you wanted to know. ;P
Oh, and I feel really awkward saying "like" so many times in such a short post. :P
If you want to argue that all writers put something of themselves into their work, then I think most novels contain some sort of criticism. I mean, some novels are more clearly critiques than others, but you can find a theme in just about anything if you look hard enough. So really, it's probably going to be up to the reader, what they take from it.
ReplyDeleteWell....it wasn't really about whether writers put themselves in their work or not, it's just that sometimes I think, "Wow! My WIP is a masterpiece--it's wonderfully deep and criticizes the faults of society!" Other times I like, "Gosh, this is total fluff. Fluff, fluff, fluff. But good fun."
ReplyDeleteThat was the whole point of this post. :)
But I do agree with what you say; I guess it depends on what the reader thinks, and the mentality of the reader. But I just thought it was funny that my novel can be viewed on such a wide range, but on second thought, so can a lot of books. :)