Rod Miller
It's hard to say. In a general way it just seems like an enjoyable way to spend time, I suppose. In a specific way, a scene or a line or a character will show up and you want to get it down. Sometimes that results in a poem or a short story or a novel. Even nonfiction and magazine articles can come about that way, inspired by the appearance of an interesting character or incident.
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