There a murderous writing hamster in my brain. Kinda like Ratatouille, but for writing trash stories instead of making 5star fancy foods. I can't help it, sometimes the hamster just takes over. Or else it runs stir crazy.
Role model? My favorite fafic writers? I think there's a lot of amazing content out there that may be even better than traditional media but doesn't get the attention.
I enjoyed authors like Roald Dahl, while known for creative and great meaningful children's books that don't dumb or reduce things down just bc it's meant for children (Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) his adult content is quite gruesome and reflective of deeper humanity( The Lottery).
On the flipside, Edgar Allen Poe started out writing comedy but found his 'grim' content to be more popular.
Jane Austen OG Queen, forever stan.
Currently, I'm inot contemporary Japanese authors like Ruth Ozeki. But I've always been into poetic meaningful, maybe even too 'mundane' authors that focus on magical realism, slice of life, a realistic tragedy like Murakami, Franz Kafta, and Khaled Hosseini.
There's also always anime, games, and manga- where a lot of good storytelling goes under-appreciated under the guise of pop and otaku culture. Unlike my 'novel' reading choices, I like my manga to be more adventurous/fantasy.
My current novels are 1. an Otome Villainess girl parody/SLice of Life introspection/Historical Fiction. 2. Lord of the Flies inspired survival piece digging into the dark side of humanity.
Great topic OP.