Literature is about pushing and expanding beyond set boundaries. \u00a0It is not about doing what has been done before. \u00a0There is no need for new works to do what has previously been done because we already have the works that did these things first. \u00a0 Literature should be able to challenge the writer as well as the reader, and if it does nothing new, it challenges nobody. \u00a0That is why comfort zones should not be worked within in literature.<\/p>\n
Nothing positive can come from only working within comfort zones. \u00a0Works written within a comfort zone will eventually bleed into each other because nothing will stand out in them. \u00a0Why would a reader to choose to read any work by an author if they can’t get anything new out of them? \u00a0Additionally, why would they risk wasting their own time by reading a book that the author wasn’t even willing to take a risk on by working outside of what they’d usually write.<\/p>\n
Star Wars was a very original movie. \u00a0It took some common tropes of science fiction, and did something original with them. \u00a0Most everything in the sci-fi genre up to that point was polished and utopian. \u00a0Rather than conforming to this, Star Wars took technology that was still far beyond our own and made it dirtier. \u00a0Space ships could break down simply from getting old and needing repairs; droids were caught and resold in a sort of black market. \u00a0It additionally combined these tropes with elements of spirituality, forms of story telling like the hero’s journey, and elements of cultures from Asia to Europe to America. \u00a0If one were to look back at the movies that came out from the late 70’s to the 80’s, they would find hundreds of movies that attempted to follow the path set by Star Wars and bombed because audiences wanted something new,.<\/p>\n
If you’re willing to work outside of your comfort zone, the quality of your work can greatly improve. \u00a0Not only can you discover new opinions about things and offer a unique perspective, but even if the quality of the writing done outside of said comfort zone is not immediately the best, it provides an opportunity to improve. \u00a0If you were to shine a single pair of shoes for weeks and weeks they would definitely be very shiny, but there comes a point where they cannot be improved by shining anymore. \u00a0Working within comfort zones is the same way.<\/p>\n
Shine a new pair of shoes and step out of your comfort zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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