Just a rant from creative writing class...
I don’t care where you are in your writing experience...you should write what you want to, not what everyone else is telling you to write!
You have to be more flexible if you’re working on something you want to publish, but if you’re just writing a short story for your entertainment and the possible entertainment of classmates, family, and friends, then why not write exactly what you want to?
I like reading and writing happy stories. The conflicts aren’t always black-and-white, but they’re there. I like writing happy “fluff” scenes where you get to know and love my characters. Those are the scenes that keep me reading published books, and those are the scenes I like to write for myself when I don’t have to worry about coming up with a literary masterpiece. If it helps me get to know the characters, I like to read it :)
Of course that’s not an excuse for awful writing and being lazy, but I think you’ll find (as I have) that the most realistic scenes (as far as character dynamics/relationships go) are the ones where you worry less about the checklist of writing a story and focus more on who the characters are, how they interact, and the small moments they have together :)
Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t write a happy story because “it’s not deep enough” or “it’s unrealistic”. I’m sorry to hear that happiness isn’t your reality, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be mine.
Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.