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May. 15th, 2012 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatYou ever wonder what it is about a piece of writing, a story, a blog, a tv show or a film that grabs you and sucks you in? Why one piece of writing does, and one just doesn't?
Or why one piece of music sticks in your head (not in a earworm sort of way but in the sort of way that you have to listen to it over and over and over) and another just...doesn't?
Is it rightly told - like UKL states...or something more primal, less easy to explain?
I've noticed some blog posts that I do get lots of comments and are linked to...while others seem to be ignored entirely...or get slammed. I can't figure out why exactly...there's no clear pattern. Oh sure I could say the one's that are about Buffy, Spike or Whedon get a lot of comments - because, hello, fandom. But that's not always true either. Nor is it dependent on the writing.
And in my own reading...I don't know why one post that I read makes me laugh, pulls at me, while another...I scroll on by barely seeing it. And I don't know why one story feels like something is missing or lacking, while another is filled with power and captivates.
The worst part about finishing a book you love or a tv series you adored or a film that captivated you...is that it is over. You can't ever experience that feeling again. There's this weird sense of loss. You want that feeling back. Oh sure you can re-read the book or re-watch the show or film, but somehow it's gone, when you see it again and again and again...it's not the same. And there's this odd feeling of yearning...longing...wanting more...like eating a sumptuous desert or a beautiful day by the beach or in the woods.
It's gone. Fading fading...quickly into blurred memory.
Or why one piece of music sticks in your head (not in a earworm sort of way but in the sort of way that you have to listen to it over and over and over) and another just...doesn't?
Is it rightly told - like UKL states...or something more primal, less easy to explain?
I've noticed some blog posts that I do get lots of comments and are linked to...while others seem to be ignored entirely...or get slammed. I can't figure out why exactly...there's no clear pattern. Oh sure I could say the one's that are about Buffy, Spike or Whedon get a lot of comments - because, hello, fandom. But that's not always true either. Nor is it dependent on the writing.
And in my own reading...I don't know why one post that I read makes me laugh, pulls at me, while another...I scroll on by barely seeing it. And I don't know why one story feels like something is missing or lacking, while another is filled with power and captivates.
The worst part about finishing a book you love or a tv series you adored or a film that captivated you...is that it is over. You can't ever experience that feeling again. There's this weird sense of loss. You want that feeling back. Oh sure you can re-read the book or re-watch the show or film, but somehow it's gone, when you see it again and again and again...it's not the same. And there's this odd feeling of yearning...longing...wanting more...like eating a sumptuous desert or a beautiful day by the beach or in the woods.
It's gone. Fading fading...quickly into blurred memory.