Goodreads asked Chris Westfall:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Chris Westfall I was working with my writing coach, explaining to her how all these obligations were slowing me down, and I had all this stuff on my mind, and I wasn't sure how I was going to get to all of it, and yadayadayada. She said to me, "Chris, what if it's all writing?" That gave me pause. Of course, not everything in life is writing...but she was asking about possibility. What if I could write my own story, in the same way I was exploring the story of the Coach and the Client inside of easier? What if tackling life's challenges was writing, too? Meaning: not some made-up story, but that the approach to life and writing was the same. In other words, a creative approach to life and love and learning and (yes, you guessed it) writing? That's the best thing about writing: the opportunity to create. To look in the direction of what's easier. To explore new possibilities for the reader, and discover something about your self in the process. That creativity - and the chance to weave in an unexpected turn in the journey -is what keeps me coming back for more. My coach said, "What if it's all writing?" My response: "What if it's all....creativity?" The best thing about being a writer is the best thing about being a keynote speaker and being a consultant and being a coach and being a husband and being a father and being able to share these words with you: it's the process of creation. Sure, the forms are different. But the impulse: to create, to write, to dream, to live...it's all the same. And quite often, it's nothing less than extraordinary.

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