You’ve heard all the quippy reasons, I’m sure. The glib, hyperbolic, hollow, or snarky answers that people give when they are asked why they write.
Because I’ve got a story burning inside, they might say. Or because I might be good at it someday.
Because I want to change the world. Because I can’t not write.
These things are all over the place. And as long as we’re not really paying attention, those answers are fun. They’re lofty. Or truthy. At least truthy enough to pass the audition. They can feel almost wise.
Still, I don’t think any of them are correct.
So begins award-winning SF author Ron Collins’s introspective look into what it means to live a creative life and, specifically, what it might mean to be a writer. Written as he was striving to rediscover his creative footing, Collins addresses questions like:
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