The REAL Horror of Alan Wake 2

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@3ndlessL00p 3 ай бұрын

I'm a writer myself, I'm no stranger to the horror of creativity and of writer's block. To me, my perfectionism and the fear that what I write will never be as good as how I imagine it, has occasionally been fully paralyzing. I'd like to share a part from the end of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (which I found out about due to Sam Lake listing it as one of the inspirations for Alan Wake). It speaks to the burden that creativity can be and resonates well with the way you ended this video. At least I think so. It goes like this: "Passion has little to do with euphoria, and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same latin root: "Pati". It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer."

@asfandope 3 ай бұрын

@@3ndlessL00p I love how perfectly that quote fits with the themes of Alan Wake as he's literally suffering for and because of his creation. I think a lot of writers feel a similar feeling of terror at the prospect of writing simply because to create is to suffer either by those thoughts of doubt it the process of writing itself being essentially siphoning the life force of a writer onto a page.

@crustacio5170 3 ай бұрын

I didnt see any other KZbin Channel talk about that theme in that Masterpiece that is Alan Wake 2, that game and your video perfectly describes the fear of any artist, and you perfectly portrait that in your video, please keep up releasing videos like that cause i love it mkk

@asfandope 3 ай бұрын

@@crustacio5170 you're very welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@remi2051 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video, Alan wake 2 is one of my favorite games probably ever, and I don’t hear enough about its depth of themes and it’s absolute masterclass of storytelling

@asfandope 3 ай бұрын

@@remi2051that's half the reason I did this video, the games themes should be discussed more as it's like you said, a masterclass.

@MominKhan-zo5iq 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant work. Couldn't have imagined it being explained any better. Keep it up.

@asfandope 3 ай бұрын

@@MominKhan-zo5iq 🫡

@WritingGeekNL 3 ай бұрын

This video perfectly described my horror with this title. But I played these titles during a phase in which I suffered an insane writer's block after a group of people collectively criticized my writing... one even called me an amateur... It wasn't the critique, but the vagueness or dishonesty amongst that group. Feeling left out and insulted... it was a disaster. But now I simply lack the energy and time to write long stretches.

@asfandope 3 ай бұрын

@@WritingGeekNL trust me, I can definitely relate to getting criticized. It's a paralysing feeling once you start getting too much into your own head. I adopted this method called "write drunk, edit sober" where you get as much of your idea as possible on paper and then edit it after and it made writing a lot easier for me. Maybe you could try it out if you haven't already.

@WritingGeekNL 3 ай бұрын

@@asfandope Thanks for the advice, of course, but I myself am more of an architect type of writer. Besides that, it wasn't the fact that they were giving critique, but more so the issue was that their critique was quite... dumb? I wouldn't even say it was lacking. As in, it would be like this: "I thought this sentence was beautiful or bad." (Not describing the issue at hand... just that) "I feel this [insert vibe] from reading the text." (Also no description of why... besides that it was stuff like 'It feels very wintery') But then I was hit by a brick wall when the group leader described me as an amateur in a one-on-one conversation. After keeping my calm for a while, I stood up and left with an excuse. What made that feel extra insulting to me was that I could never express my genuine opinions, because it felt unsafe to say. Two others wrote texts that were incoherent and them plus others wrote typical Marvel or Twilight-dialogue... sure, fine, okay. It wasn't fun. I have had writer groups that were better, but this just sucked. I once translated a text and send it to a KZbinr that gives harsh critiques, took that perfectly fine and some people in the comments already mentioned they love my style and others compared it to Malazan. + I don't drink alcohol, so the literal drunk part doesn't work, lmao.

@matthewjaco847 3 ай бұрын

@@WritingGeekNLTo hell with anybody who throws around the word amateur. It’s easy to criticize, but it’s agony to create something truly worth reading. (Personally, it’s something I’ve rarely ever accomplished, but damn it to hell if I’m not going to keep trying.) The “process” is different for everyone, but I sincerely hope you find yours.