Employment and Shortcomings

My wife finally got a full-time job, and we could not be happier. We have been looking for a while, and for it to finally happen has been something of a godsend. We were applying to jobs every day, and preparation precedes success. This opens the door for many things that we were not able to do like vacations and going to places that we could not go to before due to the need to save money. Also, we can really save but also buy things that we have always wanted but could not afford.

We saw the movie, Shortcomings, the other day. It was about a young Japanese American man who has relationship issues. Als, he has an Asian female friend who is attracted to women but is hiding it from her parents. There was a lot that I liked with this movie, especially the main friendship, but it did come across as if the messaging got in the way of the story a lot of times. It left me confused in some scenes and created undeserved outcomes for certain characters. I think that there are nuanced ways to get certain messages across, but what I have been noticing in modern media is a very explicit way to get a message across.

I just want good storytelling and hope to write good stories. Right now, I am keeping things simple with my stories. I think that many creators have gone so far away from the basics of storytelling that they are getting lost, or they simply do not have the experience or knowledge to tell good stories. I can only learn from others and hope to do better myself.