[Essay] Fan Mail and Creative Activities

Recently, whenever I am saved by the way my beloved ØMI thinks or expresses himself, I make it a point to write fan mail, and I have realized that the ABCs of creative work are hidden within that fan mail.

For example, writing text that is easy for ØMI to read from his perspective, rather than being self-centered. I carefully check whether my true intentions are being conveyed properly.
If I think it won't be understood, I repeat the process of ruthlessly cutting it down.

In my case, "INFINITY MOON" is a piece of writing where I poured out all my feelings. A month ago, I thought that was fine.
But, since I started writing fan mail in June, I discovered myself seriously thinking about "how to make it understood."

No, it's not that I wasn't thinking about it at all.
But I reflected on the fact that I hadn't been putting it into practice.

Setting a persona for who you want to convey your message to is easy.
But whether that is actually being executed is a different matter.

The moment I realized this, I was shocked, thinking, "No wonder it doesn't reach the readers!"
I really think this is something you don't notice unless you write. At the very least, I didn't notice it.

Read it!
Look at it!
I wrote it!

That won't get me anywhere.
My dream is to be an author whose books never stop being reprinted.
I wouldn't even be able to pass through the checkpoints.

It was truly frightening.

That is precisely why I strongly felt that I want to grow.
No, I will grow.
For the sake of my dream, too.

I save the fan mail I send and read it over. Next time I send one, I'll try to improve such-and-such.
Thinking that way, I continue to write novels and compose essays today.

This has been Zakuro, feeling the difficulty of fan mail firsthand.

Hiroomi Zakuro