Anthony Scott Glenn answered Victoria Limbert's question, 'The Passage of Time' with this, 'Sometimes it is the journey that is the most important part'. (I've taken it out of context)
Is the Journey the most important part of your writing endeavours or is the Arriving? The Arriving will be different things to different people. It might be getting published for some. It might be the satisfaction of hearing people make positive comments about your work. For others still it might the act of creation that is the important part. I would like to know what you find the most important part of writing.
You see, I think Romeo and Juliet were like any typical teenager :) Basically their parents said no, and being stubborn they pursued each other. I always felt that if they had been allowed to be together, in a few years they would have grown bored due to lack of secrecy and fun and would have ended up with other people. But the parents pushed, and they pulled, which let to typical teen drama and , as you say Isabella, lack of communication is what caused the ending.
I blame the parents :/ they should have just let them get on with and let love fizzle off on its own :p
I say this being a huge lover of the story :)
Victoria - I never thought of Romeo and Juliet as a happy ending, but wouldn't it have been a happier ending to live with the person you love rather than die with them? I still see it as a waste of a good life. I think it was very bad planning and poor communication to end that way. Can you imagine Romeo and Juliet now? They would have texted each other to let the other know what they were doing so their pointless deaths would not have happened.
To Anthony Scott Glenn, I see your sense of balance, and I'd be lying if I said I don't want to get published, but if I ask myself, 'Did I write my first book to get published?' I'd answer truthfully. 'No. I wrote it because I woke up in a dream that I had to put down on paper.' The journey was so exciting for me that at times I'd have to pull into a layby as I was driving home or to work just to write down my thoughts.
The writing is the important part, never mind who reads it, but I think there comes a point - as with anything - that you need to share it. A journey, after all, is the act of moving from one place to another.