Why do I Write?, Just a thing I thought up. Enjoy~ Options

[Rebecca]

To those whom it may concern, I shall not in any way censor or bowdlerize my works. I shall write whatever comes to me at the moment, and you shall have to simply deal. I shall warn you that it is a habit of mine to use extensive vocabulary mixed with everyday slang. What this story shall become, I have no idea. But I can guarantee a few things, which will become clear once you read this tale. This is also true for all of my other works.

There is no such thing as symbolism, unless the author says so themselves. Trying to find meaning where there is none is the sad attempt to make sure students were paying attention to more than just the most basic points of the plot.

Trying to determine why an author used certain words, or syntax, or anything else, is like trying to determine why a chicken lays eggs, or why children are afraid of monsters in the closet. We don't know why we do it, but it is all we know how to do, and if we do it well, and a message is given, then we have done our jobs. Usually, that job is nothing more than to entertain, and keep your attention long enough to get a halfway decent paycheck so we can stop living on instant noodles for maybe a month or so.

Quite soon, I believe, it shall become clear that these two rules are true for all authors who write as their main source of revenue. The quality of our works, and how much effort we put into it, are both determined by how badly we need that income, and how much we enjoy writing. It is also by our own choice that we enter one of the most unpredictable economies as our career, as no one can predict (and trust me, they have tried) what will become popular. One year, it might be Arthurian Tales, then suddenly it's New Magic, then Vampires and Werewolves, and then Zombies.

Why do I enter this economy? Because I truly love the sensation of writing. It is not the motion of typing that satisfies me. It is not the watching of words being formed on a page. It is the story that I tell as it is conceived in my head, and born as I finally find the words worthy enough to express it. It is watching that story grow and mature from infancy into adulthood, and finally, watching it blossom as it reaches full maturity as I write those final words.

Any good parent can attest to the wonderful feeling of watching a child grow up, and being there as they reach their path and potential. While I am not a parent, myself, I do feel that my works have a similar impact. I become emotionally attached to these jumbles of words. I cry when things take a turn for the worse, even though I am the one controlling what words go on the page. I am filled with unbounded joy when the hero triumphs over all the odds, even though I knew it would have happened all along. And when I finally close the book on the story, knowing that there is nothing more I can do to move it along, that it must carry its own weight from now on, I feel like I have done my job well, that I have raised this idea from its very first word, to the countless pages it now fills. It is at that point that I can finally put the pen down, and say:

“The End.”

[Noviwan]

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[Rebecca]

Why thank you, mister bear. I just kinda went on a rant and wrote it down. This is the result.