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Originally Posted by Rose of Cairo  I've been exploring my beliefs about writing last night and realized that I had plenty of very bad thoughts about writing and writers.
I don't agree with these thoughts. They're not mine, I just inadvertedly adopted them. I think even with writing fiction you can help the world more than with aggressive fighting against something. |
That's great that you've uncovered what's been bugging you about writing!
I agree with your real thoughts, that writing, even fiction, can do a tremendous amount of good in the world. A number of years ago, I read a book called "Atlas Shrugged" by Atlas Rand - a book that is purely fiction, but through it I was introduced to a philosophy involving freedom and politics that really has affected me, even to this day. Through the book I was finally able to see something that I could not understand until I read it.
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Now I'm doing what Knight suggested. I carry a note book with me all the time and write everything down that pops into my mind. It's a lot! I don't know what I'm going to do with all that, but who knows?
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Cool! Looking forward to see what comes out of that. Maybe it doesn't matter that you do something with all of it, but that you select your favorite stuff that comes out and spread it with the rest of us?