LNIK TO "WHY I WRITE" BELOW Have you ever questioned an author about why they write? Probably sounds like a silly question. That's like asking why does a chef, cooks? Why does a teacher, teach? Has an author ever question themselves about why they write? Especially writing about it for the world to see? Of course! Joan Didion is a perfect example for an extravagant author like herself, for telling the world, “Why I write.” She writes down in this descriptive work, some of the concepts or inspirations, as to why she writes. She says in her story about how she “simply became a writer.” “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. “ She pictures writing a novel with just a two-picture duo in her mind. She first pictures things without thinking of any characters or plot, just a blank page, for her readers. Something that the reader would have to see for themselves reading her work. The second picture was for something that she actually saw in her mind. Didion describes that what she sees, doesn’t mean it necessarily happens. She would use images in her mind that she would pass off as inspirations of the things around her, such as an airport. People passing by her everyday, for several years, knowing each person has their own story, she would make up stories in her mind of what that person is doing there and where their journey will continue afterwards. She finishes off her explanation of why she writes with saying, “Let me tell you one thing about why writers write: had I known the answer to any of these questions I would never have needed to write a novel.”
Now the question is, why do I write? I’m not an author, I’m not an English major. Why do I write? I guess the answer to that is because I have to. I understand the benefits of writing though. When I was younger, I was always fascinated by the thought process of songwriters. I never understood the concepts of books and why it took so long to tell a story, when a song writer could do it in a matter of 3-4 minutes, depending on the song. I remember trying to write songs when I was a child, but the process was too difficult for me, still is. I have a major respect for people who can accomplish this. The way they can captivate people into listening to the relatable stories and even using their own stories to captivate both emotion through the ears instead of the eyes by reading. Listen with the ears and not with the eyes.
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