Can good taste be acquired? Can you improve your comprehension of literature? I never went to art school, and although I read carefully and watch movies with sharp attention, I feel like I'm always missing stuff. In my own writing, sometimes I'm not sure what's good or bad.
What do?
Yes
Yes
It's normal, just read more.
Thank you Desu
When you read more, or study any art more for that matter, your taste develops. It is completely normal for your taste to be altered or sharpened over the years. Critiquing your own writing is hard, don't you worry.
Appreciate the response. If anything, I'm more worried about being too soft on my writing. In thinking that something is good, when it really isn't. I'd much rather the opposite. And sometimes I tell myself my writing is shit but I'm not exactly convinced that I'm being honest with myself; rather, I'm just saying it because I should. The reality being that I'm just unsure of how I feel.
I know the feeling. Maybe you could try posting the parts of your writing you feel insecure about, so people can give you feedback.
>Can good taste be acquired?
yes, by not caring about what others think
That doesn't ensure good taste. Plenty of people with shit taste don't care what other people think of them.
>implying that there is such a thing as good taste
just read whatever you find either valuable or enjoyable
Why force yourself to read through something you hate only because it makes people think you have good taste? It's not like you'd think about it enough to learn from it since you hate reading it. Sure, people say that Shakespeare is good and I'll check him out because of that. If I like it, good and if not then I won't read another book of his.
yeah bro art is like, subjective, dude.
*hits bong*
*reads pulpy fantasy book n.3818479"