Screen screen in front of me who’s gonna read my next story?
Not quite poetically perfect, but you get the point.
Writing is one of those things best done because you love it. Any other reason will leave you wanting.
I do love writing. I love the doing of it probably more than anything else! I get to create a situation any way I like about anything I want anywhere I want. What’s not to like about that?
Now if I had to pay the rent or feed myself or actually be responsible for anything with my writing, I think that might take a lot of the joy out of it. Then the tendency might be to write what I think other people want to read.
The problem with that is who knows what “other” people want? When I start writing like that, no one is likely to be thrilled.
So, I write just like I always have, then I close my eyes and push the button and off it goes into the big world. Like an acorn blowing off into the wind, no one really knows what is going to happen to it. Chances are pretty good, it will just end up where most of the others do to be devoured by the same little squirrels day after day.
But hey, squirrels are cute and loyal and I like them!
Unlike a cache of nuts, a cache of stories doesn't do anyone any good. It just leaves me wanting.
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