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What’s the reason you choose to write? Are you seeking fame and fortune? (good luck with that). Do you have a burning need to share your musings with others? Do you want to make the world a better place, or is writing a safety valve for thoughts and emotions that have no other outlet?
For me its a combination of the last two. I write because it allows me to at least feel like I’m making a small difference. It’s one of the few ways I feel like I have a voice in these crazy times when the lunatics have taken over the asylum and society’s foundations are crumbling.
Reading the news is an exercise in despair, so I turn to writing to release my anger and fear about what’s happening out there. By channeling it into my fiction I have an illusion of power, because let’s face it, writers are control freaks at heart. That’s why we create worlds where we get to make all the rules and play God.
My hope is that my finished book will have some impact, because isn’t that the point of writing? Don’t we all want to make a difference, even if it’s only a tiny one?
The Weight of Heavy Intention
I thought all writers felt this way, which is why I was surprised to read about Elizabeth Gilbert’s views on the subject. In her book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear Gilbert argues that writing…
