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Originally Posted by moonrambler  This is so cool. I was going to immediately answer that maybe it has to do with this, fundamentally: your statement "I've always loved writing, doing writing." I was going to say, "It's part of who you are. No matter how much other people have tried to convince you that you can't be successful with it, no matter how much you tried to run from it, you can't get away from it, because it is part of the essence of your being."
Then I thought, well, maybe I should think a little further and not just immediately answer. I'm kicking back and taking a break from work, so I clicked on your website link, which I haven't looked at in a month or two. And there it is, right there, you already said it just a couple days ago!
I’ve never had any doubt about writing and it has been a key feature of my life, as has the business of inventing worlds about which to write. I think this is why I can never answer the question ‘Why do you write?’ because I’ve never considered not writing as a possibility, although I never until recently considered that I could seriously make a career out of it. It’s something very essential, more than just work, something that I consider precious and thrilling and an essential part of who I am. |
Thank you! Aside from feeling a little embarrassed, perhaps it does explain why some things manifest in people's lives even though they're riddled with doubt and uncertainty. Something deep down inside of us still drives our connection to the universe and it will do everything it can to make what we truly need to have in our lives arrive. Although sometimes I think the universe gets a wee bit p*ssed off at all the hedging I do!
Thank you again, I feel much better knowing that...