It started with Nietzsche, an impressionable youth, an overly creative program supervisor, a quickly scribbled story, and my trusty, heartlessly honest writer's group. I boiled these ingredients together in late December and by late January I had one nasty smelling soup. It turned out to be medicine, in fact, and as February sank into place I came to the conclusion that my writing skills were of the hit or miss variety, that I had very little conscious standard or grasp on the principles that would make a great story. It tasted almost as bitter as it stank, but it got the job done. Since then, I’ve been biking back and forth across Vancouver, rationalizing my way through a theory and system of writing. Progress has been made, and I’m optimistic that I may get back on the horse by September (the original deadline was March 
). Well, the point is that every time I’ve had an epiphany my perspective on the world did a 180. Suddenly, I was able to see things as never before: I’ve seen patterns in my favorite literature which I’d have never imagined, in society, in psychology, etc. It’s a momentous feeling that’s pushed me and thrilled me, and definitely taught me at every turn.
Now, it remains to be seen whether anything I’ve learned is as yet credible, but that isn’t the point. What I want to know in this thread is what were such turning points for you that shaped you as writers, changed your perspectives, and made you better?
). Well, the point is that every time I’ve had an epiphany my perspective on the world did a 180. Suddenly, I was able to see things as never before: I’ve seen patterns in my favorite literature which I’d have never imagined, in society, in psychology, etc. It’s a momentous feeling that’s pushed me and thrilled me, and definitely taught me at every turn. Now, it remains to be seen whether anything I’ve learned is as yet credible, but that isn’t the point. What I want to know in this thread is what were such turning points for you that shaped you as writers, changed your perspectives, and made you better?
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