“Don’t try to be good; just try to be entertaining.” I’m not sure if that above quote originated with Carlton Mellick III (author of Spider Bunny and The Haunted Vagina), but I’ve heard it attributed to him more than once, so I’ll just say it’s his. It’s a bit of advice that lives rent-free in my brain because I think it’s genuinely good advice. “Good” is such an ethereal thing as it applies to art. Striving for some undefinable good when writing a book only leads to headaches in my experience. By contrast, if you’re entertaining yourself or thinking about what your audience will find entertaining, you will get a lot more out of your creative endeavors. While “entertaining” is still subjective, I find it’s more tangible than “good.”
Less Than Pulp, Issue 18
“Don’t try to be good; just try to be entertaining.” I’m not sure if that above quote originated with Carlton Mellick III (author of Spider Bunny and The Haunted Vagina), but I’ve heard it attributed to him more than once, so I’ll just say it’s his. It’s a bit of advice that lives rent-free in my brain because I think it’s genuinely good advice. “Good” is such an ethereal thing as it applies to art. Striving for some undefinable good when writing a book only leads to headaches in my experience. By contrast, if you’re entertaining yourself or thinking about what your audience will find entertaining, you will get a lot more out of your creative endeavors. While “entertaining” is still subjective, I find it’s more tangible than “good.”