What is helping you making your analyses? Some kind of methods? Logic, philosophy, formulas?
Hello! Itās nice seeing you again, but itās probably more that I havenāt been that interactive on this blog for awhile. Im flattered youāre asking this of me.
I think got much better at analysis by reading the thoughts of others and taking note of what they target as reference for how I can analyze another work. But for personal philosophy? Hmm. Through all the analysis I read, Iāve learned to never take the words of anyone on a straightforward basis. What you take away from a story will never be the complete same as someone elseās interpretation. Read the text on your own pace and use the knowledge you have to create a general understanding.
I canāt really recommend the way I write analysis, I keep everything in my head and thoughts I have later only feel like instinct. But I can tell you what kind of analysis I dislike: diagnosis analysis.
You know, the āthis is why I think that character has thisā write ups. There are characters Iāve read about that have made me think of a medical diagnosis, but centering your analysis on the idea just for funsies is not good in my opinion. Characters are not real people and you can definitely make connections on how a backstory has affected their present day, but you should really be analyzing their personality as itās written and the intentions of the author (or what the author mightāve missed about what they wrote).
A diagnosis is a little box that takes a general sense of traits that might debilitate someoneās life and says nothing about who they are. People who are given the same diagnosis might have nothing in common and struggle with it at different spectrums. I know people only write these for fun typically, but itās a fundamentally useless way to understand a characterās writing. Especially when others try to use their personal understanding of how real people end up with negative/worrying qualities.
So hereās some things I personally recommend when you want to write an analysis:
Do constant research on relevant topics and look back on what tropes youāre familiar with, think about where they mightāve come from.
Take note of the habits in analysis you admire and what you disagree on.
Always take awareness of the storyās general tone and recognize that when you disagree with the author, you are essentially disagreeing with the work and how it decided to preset itself. That is okay.
Adding to the last point, there is no such thing as the author being wrong or not deserving their own work. Donāt be silly.
Donāt listen to fandom. Donāt listen to fandom. Donāt listen to fandom.
The moment you try to appease the people who disagree with you based on their shallow understanding of the story and want you to always agree with them on some stupid basis of potentially being the one in the wrong, you have no credibility.
Regardless, do listen to them anyway to improve your arguments and forming you beliefs to have structure. Itās always good to learn.
Take awareness of what genre the author is writing in. Donāt be that person who wanted action in a romance story. Itās also helpful to look back on the genreās history to find what mightāve influenced them.
Just take note of all that and you should generally be okay. Iām always improving my own skills, Iām not perfect. I use redundant wording and donāt keep a consistent style when writing longer works. I have tons of flaws and try to refrain on immediate impressions impacting how a read a story. If youād like me to elaborate on something more specific, youāre welcome to send another ask.
