A Few of my Favorite Things
10 of my favorite things about writing, in no particular order:
1) Creating a whole person, community, world, or even universe, out of nothing.
2) Being able to spend hours or days coming up with the perfect snappy comeback.
3) Connecting with other writers and people who love books.
4) Getting a review where it's clear the reader got exactly what you were going for.
5) Getting a review where the reader came up with something cool that never even crossed your mind.
6.1) Thinking through/trying on alternative perspectives and life-strategies, through characters who see the world, and react to it, differently than you do.
6.2) Sneakily getting readers to consider alternative perspectives and life-strategies, through characters who see the world, and react to it, differently than they do.
7) Escaping reality for a while.
8) Daydreaming about what Terry Gross is going to ask me on my “Fresh Air” interview.
9) Mulling over which directors and leading actors I'm going to choose for that movie that is definitely going to be made some day.
10) The many opportunities for being silly.
1) Creating a whole person, community, world, or even universe, out of nothing.
2) Being able to spend hours or days coming up with the perfect snappy comeback.
3) Connecting with other writers and people who love books.
4) Getting a review where it's clear the reader got exactly what you were going for.
5) Getting a review where the reader came up with something cool that never even crossed your mind.
6.1) Thinking through/trying on alternative perspectives and life-strategies, through characters who see the world, and react to it, differently than you do.
6.2) Sneakily getting readers to consider alternative perspectives and life-strategies, through characters who see the world, and react to it, differently than they do.
7) Escaping reality for a while.
8) Daydreaming about what Terry Gross is going to ask me on my “Fresh Air” interview.
9) Mulling over which directors and leading actors I'm going to choose for that movie that is definitely going to be made some day.
10) The many opportunities for being silly.
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Michael wrote: "11. Going to work in my slippers.That one is high on my list."
Yes! And taking a walk around the park to work out a plot point! (though generally not in my slippers).
That one is high on my list.