"Reading Beyond the Words by Bonni Goldberg---she has lots of good ideas/different perspectives on the writing life. Yesterday, I read her section on 'Reasons to Write.' I haven't felt much reason to write lately, mostly because I've been discouraged about the lack of an audience. Why speak if no one is listening?"
Here's the list that followed, which I tucked into my novel notebook, so I could look at it when I was faltering:
To save your eyes, I'll retype my scrawled writing.
Why I Want to Write
1) To ask questions
2) To find connections
3) To respond to beauty/mystery
4) To enjoy the thrill of paradox, of struggling to contain two ideas at once
5) To be intimate with the world/with other readers and writers
6) To remember my life
P.S. Bonni Goldberg is involved in some very interesting projects.
