Submitted by Charli on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 04:55
Bob Mayer asked some thought-provoking questions over at Genreality during the past week. I've been thinking about them. I still don't have solid answers to all of them.
What is your passion?
Why do you write?
What are you looking for internally?
What are you looking for externally?
All I know for sure is that the answers have changed. And maybe in some ways they have stayed the same, in that "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" manner. I think what I want from writing has changed. What I want to do with writing has changed. What I'm willing to trade for writing has changed. How about you? Would you answer those questions differently today than you would have when you first started to carve out a writing career?
I would've answered those
I would've answered those questions with blind enthusiasm eight years ago. And all the answers would've revolved around writing. Now, I don't know if I have a single answer to any of those questions.
They are hard questions.
They are hard questions.
Those are tough questions.
Those are tough questions.
And, like most writers, the answers have changed significantly since I began to publish.
Makes you think, doesn't it,
Makes you think, doesn't it, NJ? I think it's worth figuring out the answers, though.